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Match details
Premier League
St Andrews | Sat 26 Apr 2008 at 15:00 UK local time
Birmingham City
2
-
2
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
25
Pepe Reina
3
Steve Finnan
4
Sami Hyypia
(c)
6
John Arne Riise
37
Martin Skrtel
11
Yossi Benayoun
16
Jermaine Pennant
21
Lucas Leiva
47
Damien Plessis
10
Andriy Voronin
15
Peter Crouch
Substitutes
30
Charles Itandje
23
Jamie Carragher
48
Emiliano Insúa
8
Steven Gerrard
18
Dirk Kuyt
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Peter Crouch
63'
(Andriy Voronin)
Yossi Benayoun
75'
(Lucas Leiva)
Substitutions
John Arne Riise
out for
Emiliano Insúa
64'
Opposition Lineup
Maik Taylor
David Murphy
Radhi Jaidi
Liam Ridgewell
Stephen Kelly
Olivier Kapo
Fabrice Muamba
Mehdi Nafti
Sebastian Larsson
Mikael Forssell
James McFadden
Opposition goals
Mikael Forssell
33'
Sebastian Larsson
55'
Opposition substitutions
Mehdi Nafti
out for
Franck Queudrue
76'
Olivier Kapo
out for
Gary McSheffrey
76'
Mikael Forssell
out for
Mauro Zarate
87'
Notes
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.71
- Average age of the Birmingham City starting lineup: 26.72
- Liverpool league position after match: 4
- Birmingham City league position after match: 18
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Premier League table after the match
Overall
Home
Away
#
P
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
1
Manchester United
36
25
6
5
74
21
16
1
1
43
6
9
5
4
31
15
81
2
Chelsea
36
24
9
3
62
25
12
6
0
35
12
12
3
3
27
13
81
3
Arsenal
35
21
11
3
66
29
13
5
0
36
11
8
6
3
30
18
74
4
Liverpool
36
19
13
4
64
28
11
6
1
42
13
8
7
3
22
15
70
5
Everton
35
18
7
10
50
29
10
3
4
29
14
8
4
6
21
15
61
6
Aston Villa
35
16
10
9
67
45
10
3
5
34
20
6
7
4
33
25
58
7
Portsmouth
35
16
9
10
48
36
7
8
2
24
12
9
1
8
24
24
57
8
Manchester City
36
15
10
11
44
44
11
4
4
28
20
4
6
7
16
24
55
9
Blackburn Rovers
35
13
13
9
45
43
7
7
4
23
18
6
6
5
22
25
52
10
West Ham United
36
13
9
14
39
44
7
6
5
22
22
6
3
9
17
22
48
11
Tottenham Hotspur
36
10
13
13
65
59
8
5
5
46
32
2
8
8
19
27
43
12
Newcastle United
36
11
10
15
44
60
8
5
5
25
24
3
5
10
19
36
43
13
Sunderland
36
11
6
19
36
56
9
3
6
23
20
2
3
13
13
36
39
14
Wigan Athletic
36
9
10
17
32
49
8
5
5
21
15
1
5
12
11
34
37
15
Middlesbrough
36
8
12
16
33
52
5
5
7
17
22
3
7
9
16
30
36
16
Bolton Wanderers
36
8
9
19
33
53
6
5
7
21
18
2
4
12
12
35
33
17
Reading
36
9
6
21
37
65
8
2
8
19
24
1
4
13
18
41
33
18
Birmingham City
36
7
11
18
42
59
5
8
5
26
22
2
3
13
16
37
32
19
Fulham
36
6
12
18
35
60
4
5
9
20
31
2
7
9
15
29
30
20
Derby County
35
1
8
26
17
76
1
5
11
10
33
0
3
15
7
43
11
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