Matchdetails from Birmingham City - Liverpool played on Sunday 4 April 2010 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!

Birmingham City

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Liverpool

Starting Lineup

25		Pepe Reina
2		Glen Johnson
16		Sotirios Kyrgiakos
22		Emiliano Insúa
23		Jamie Carragher
8		Steven Gerrard (c)
15		Yossi Benayoun
17		Maxi Rodriguez
21		Lucas Leiva
9		Fernando Torres
18		Dirk Kuyt

Substitutes

1		Diego Cavalieri
5		Daniel Agger
27		Philipp Degen
4		Alberto Aquilani
19		Ryan Babel
20		Javier Mascherano
24		David N'Gog

Goals

Steven Gerrard 47'

Substitutions

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

Liam Ridgewell 56'

Opposition substitutions

James McFadden out for Kevin Phillips 78'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.76
- Average age of the Birmingham City starting lineup: 27.18
- Liverpool league position after match: 6
- Birmingham City league position after match: 9
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- Pre-game stats: LFC lost 10 PL games, 7 more than in the whole of 08-09. Lost 6 PL games in 07-08 and 08-09 combined. Last lost more than 10 in 04-05 – lost 14. Finished 5th, ended that season with just 58 points.
- LFC were 2nd in PL after 32 games last season with 70 points, 1 behind leaders Man Utd. This season 6th with 54 points; dropped 42 points, only dropped 28 points in whole of 08-09.
- Kept 13 PL clean sheets this season. Only Man Utd (15) and Chelsea (14) have kept more.
- Emiliano Insúa tears quadriceps in his thigh and misses the rest of the season.

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Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez

Opposition manager: Alex McLeish

Referee: Atkinson M

Attendance: 27,909

Half-time score: 0 - 0

Game number: 5198

League game number: 4215

View other results

			Overall					Home					Away
#		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Chelsea	33	23	5	5	84	30	14	1	1	52	14	9	4	4	32	16	74
2	Manchester United	33	23	3	7	77	27	14	1	2	45	11	9	2	5	32	16	72
3	Arsenal	33	22	5	6	75	34	14	1	2	44	15	8	4	4	31	19	71
4	Manchester City	32	16	11	5	64	40	10	4	1	33	16	6	7	4	31	24	59
5	Tottenham Hotspur	32	17	7	8	58	32	11	2	3	35	10	6	5	5	23	22	58
6	Liverpool	33	16	7	10	54	33	12	2	2	40	13	4	5	8	14	20	55
7	Aston Villa	32	14	12	6	44	32	7	7	2	26	13	7	5	4	18	19	54
8	Everton	33	13	11	9	52	44	9	6	2	32	20	4	5	7	20	24	50
9	Birmingham City	33	12	10	11	34	38	7	8	2	17	12	5	2	9	17	26	46
10	Stoke City	32	10	12	10	32	35	7	5	5	23	19	3	7	5	9	16	42
11	Blackburn Rovers	33	11	9	13	35	50	9	5	2	24	14	2	4	11	11	36	42
12	Fulham	32	11	8	13	35	37	10	2	4	24	12	1	6	9	11	25	41
13	Sunderland	33	9	11	13	44	51	8	7	2	30	17	1	4	11	14	34	38
14	Wolves	33	8	8	17	28	51	4	4	8	10	20	4	4	9	18	31	32
15	Bolton Wanderers	33	8	8	17	36	61	5	5	7	22	28	3	3	10	14	33	32
16	Wigan Athletic	33	8	7	18	30	64	5	5	6	14	20	3	2	12	16	44	31
17	West Ham United	33	6	10	17	40	57	5	4	7	25	26	1	6	10	15	31	28
18	Hull City	32	6	9	17	31	66	6	5	4	21	22	0	4	13	10	44	27
19	Burnley	33	6	6	21	32	71	6	5	6	21	24	0	1	15	11	47	24
20	Portsmouth	33	6	5	22	28	60	4	3	10	20	29	2	2	12	8	31	14

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