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Glen JOHNSON 2 1 Paul ROBINSON José ENRIQUE 3 2 Míchel SALGADO 5 3 Fabio AURELIO 6 4 Luis SUÁREZ 7 5 Gaël GIVET 8 6 Ryan NELSON 9 8 Maxi RODRIGUEZ 11 10 Jordan HENDERSON14 11 Vince GRELLA Sebastian COATES16 12 Dirk KUYT18 13 Mark BUNN Stewart DOWNING19 14 Radosav PETROVIĆ Jay SPEARING20 15 Steven N’ZONZI Lucas LEIVA21 16 Danny WILSON22 19 Jamie CARRAGHER23 20 Rubén ROCHINA Pepe REINA25 22 Nick BLACKMAN Charlie ADAM26 23 Alexander DONI32 24 Martin KELLY34 25 Martin SKRTEL37 28 Jake KEAN Jon FLANAGAN38 29 Simon VUKČEVIĆ Craig BELLAMY39 30 Jason ROBERTS Jack ROBINSON49 31 HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v BLACKBURN ROVERS

DID YOU KNOW? 1. At Anfi eld: Liverpool 38 wins, Blackburn 9 wins, 16 Draws. Overall: Liverpool 53 wins, Blackburn 35 wins, 38 Draws. 2. Last season Liverpool won this fi xture 2-1 with all three goals coming early in the second half. , with his last goal for the club, gave the Reds the lead within two minutes, scored an unfortunate own goal before shot home the winner. 3. The last meeting, back in January, saw Blackburn win 3-1 at . Martin Olsson and Benjani (two) netted for the hosts. Steven Gerrard pulled one back on 8 minutes but fi ve minutes later he missed from the penalty spot. It was to be ’s last game in charge of Liverpool. 4. In the Liverpool have won 16 of the 34 meetings with Rovers winning seven. 5. At Anfi eld Liverpool have won 11 and drawn fi ve of the 17 Premiership clashes. 6. Liverpool have won the last four in a row against Blackburn at Anfi eld – the fi rst time since 1954-55 when they won for the 6th time in succession. 7. The Reds have lost only twice in the last 25 league meetings home and away – 1996 and last season. Steven Gerrard and El-Hadji-Diouf during the Barclays 8. , in 1958, is the last player to score a Premier KLeague match 24th October 2010. hat-trick for Liverpool against Blackburn– doing so at Ewood. 9. Dick Forshaw in 1923 is the only Liverpool player to perform the feat at Anfi eld in this fi xture. 10. Liverpool have kept 8 clean sheets in the last 14 league THE LAST FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS meetings with Blackburn at home, though Blackburn have scored in four of the last fi ve visits. BETWEEN THE SIDES 11. Liverpool’s biggest home win over Blackburn has been achieved on four occasions - in October 1896, October 5TH JANUARY 2011 1933, April 2004 and April 2009 – winning 4-0. 12. Steven Gerrard began his Liverpool career with a BLACKBURN ROVERS 3 substitute appearance against Blackburn in November 1998. LIVERPOOL 1 24TH OCTOBER 2010 LIVERPOOL 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 28TH FEBRUARY 2010 LIVERPOOL 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 5TH DECEMBER 2009 BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 LIVERPOOL 0 11TH APRIL 2009 LIVERPOOL 4 “LIDDLEPOOL” banner displayed in the Kop during the BLACKBURN ROVERS 0 Barclays Premier League match 24th October 2010. HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v BLACKBURN ROVERS

KENNY DALGLISH HAS MANAGED BOTH LIVERPOOL AND BLACKBURN TO CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS.

13. joined Liverpool in the summer of 2006 for £6.5 million. He scored 17 goals for Blackburn in 32 appearances in all competitions in his one and only season with the Lancashire club (2005-06). 14. made his league debut for Liverpool as a substitute in last season’s 2-1 win at Anfi eld. 15. , Andy Carroll and all scored against Blackburn last season for , Newcastle and Aston Villa respectively. 16. Liverpool’s Boxing Day fi xture (at Blackpool) last season was postponed due to a frozen pitch. 17. managed Blackburn to Premier League title success in 1994-95.

Players to have played for both clubs in the Premier League , Craig Bellamy, Stig Inge Bjornebye, , , , , Stephane Henchoz, Jason McAteer, , Florent Sinama-Pongolle, David Thompson and . HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v BLACKBURN ROVERS

18. Liverpool’s leading scorers against Blackburn in the Premier League :- 7, Fernando Torres 5, The Barclays Premier League Table as of 20/12/2011 Steven Gerrard 4. 19. The Reds have lost just twice on Boxing Day in the last 24 years. The last time they were beaten at Anfi eld was in 1986 when United won 1-0. Their last defeat was at the hands of Blackburn in 2006 at Ewood. 20. Blackburn’s biggest league win at Anfi eld came in September 1905 when they won 3-1. 21. Blackburn’s last victory on this ground came in September 1993 when scored in a 1-0 win. It is their only league success at Anfi eld since 1963. 22. They have lost 10 and drawn fi ve of the last 15 meetings here since that victory. 23. Rovers have scored just four times in their last eight visits to Anfi eld. 24. Not since May 2002 have they scored more than once in front of the Kop – and on that day they lost 4-3. 25. The last Blackburn player to score a hat-trick against the Reds was Danny Shea was in September 1913. 26. Only three players have been sent off in Premier League meetings between the teams – all Rovers players. (1995) and Zurab Khizanishvili (2005) at Anfi eld and at Ewood in 2003. 27. The last Liverpool player dismissed against Blackburn was Steve McMahon in a F.A. Cup tie in 1991 v Liverpool FC Newcastle United

Glen JOHNSON 2 1 José ENRIQUE 3 2 Daniel AGGER 5 4 Fabio AURELIO 6 5 Luis SUÁREZ 7 6 Mike WILLIAMSON Steven GERRARD 8 8 Andy CARROLL 9 10 Maxi RODRIGUEZ 11 11 Pater LOVENKRANDS Jordan HENDERSON14 13 Mehdi ABEID Sebastian COATES16 14 Dirk KUYT18 16 Ryan TAYLOR Stewart DOWNING19 17 Alan SMITH Jay SPEARING20 18 Jonas GUTIERREZ Lucas LEIVA21 19 Danny WILSON22 20 Jamie CARRAGHER23 22 Pepe REINA25 23 Charlie ADAM26 24 Cheick TIOTE Alexander DONI32 24 Martin KELLY34 26 Martin SKRTEL37 27 Steven TAYLOR Jon FLANAGAN38 28 Craig BELLAMY39 35 Jack ROBINSON49 40 Tams KADAR HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v NEWCASTLE UNITED

DID YOU KNOW? 1. At Anfi eld: Liverpool 50 wins, Newcastle 11 wins, Draws 14. 2. The game at Anfi eld in May of last season saw Liverpool win 3-0. It was their 50th home win in what was the 150th league fi xture between the clubs. The goals were scored by Maxi, and Luis Suarez. 3. Maxi’s goal came in his 50th appearance for the Reds. 4. In the fi rst meeting of the 2010-11 campaign at St James Park, Liverpool lost 3-1 in what was ’s fi rst game in charge. Dirk Kuyt equalised ’s opener, before and Andy Carroll sealed the points for the Magpies in the last ten minutes. 5. Liverpool have won the last six home games against Newcastle scoring 16 goals and conceding just one. 6. The Reds have in fact scored 42 goals in the last 16 visits of the Magpies. 7. Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 16 Anfi eld league clashes with United, winning 14. 8. In the last 10 meetings home and away Liverpool have won eight and lost two. 9. The Reds have scored in all 10 of those games. Maxi’s goal came in his 50th appearance for the Reds. 10. There has not been a goalless draw in the last 52 meetings between the teams since February 1974 on Tyneside. 11. The Reds have found the net in 29 of the last 30 meetings at Anfi eld - and in all of the last 16. THE LAST FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS 12. The last three fi xtures at Anfi eld have all produced the same result – Liverpool 3 Newcastle 0. BETWEEN THE SIDES 13. Dirk Kuyt’s fi rst Liverpool goal came against Newcastle at Anfi eld in September 2006 – the Reds winning 2-0, while Lucas’ fi rst Reds league goal was also against the 1ST MAY 2011 Magpies in a 3-0 win in May 2009. LIVERPOOL 3 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 11TH DECEMBER 2010 NEWCASTLE UNITED 3 LIVERPOOL 1 3RD MAY 2009 LIVERPOOL 3 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 28TH DECEMBER 2008 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 LIVERPOOL 5 8TH MARCH 2008 LIVERPOOL 3 Dirk Kuyt and Steven Taylor in the Barclays Premier League match 11th December 2010 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v NEWCASTLE UNITED

14. Glen Johnson scored the fi rst goal of his professional career against Newcastle in November 2003 in a 5-0 Chelsea home win. 15. Liverpool have won 20 and lost eight of the 34 Premier League meetings against Newcastle. 16. In the 34 Premier League fi xtures between the teams 108 goals have been scored at an average of 3.18 goals per game. 17. The Reds have scored 70 goals against Newcastle in the Premier League – more than they have achieved against any other team. 18. Liverpool’s biggest Anfi eld league win over Newcastle came in August 1967 - the Reds winning 6-0. Their heaviest defeat by Newcastle on this ground was by a 5-1 margin in December 1907.

Players to have played for both clubs in the Premier League , Craig Bellamy, Andy Carroll, Jose Enrique, Danny Guthrie, , Mike Hooper, Michael Owen and .

Dirk Kuyt celebrating against Newcastle United in the Barclays Premier League match 11th December 2010 HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v NEWCASTLE UNITED

19. The last Liverpool player to score a hat-trick in this fi xture 33. There has only been one goalless draw in a league was Michael Owen in a 3-0 Anfi eld win in May 2001. meeting at Anfi eld – February 1970. Owen had previously achieved the feat for the Reds at 34. Current Magpies boss Alan Pardew was in charge of St James’. West Ham when they lost the 2006 F.A. Cup Final to 20. There have been seven hat-tricks scored in total by Liverpool. Liverpool players against the Newcastle. 21. Andy Carroll scored 31 goals in 80 league games for the Magpies and 33 in 91 appearances in all competitions. The Barclays Premier League Table as of 20/12/2011 22. Jose Enrique joined Newcastle from Villarreal in 2007 and played 129 games for the Magpies scoring one goal (against Forest in March 2010). 23. Craig Bellamy played for Newcastle from 2001-05 scoring 42 goals in 128 appearances. 24. Dirk Kuyt has scored fi ve goals for Liverpool against Newcastle in eight appearances. 25. Stewart Downing’s only goal against Newcastle in his career came in August 2004 while he was at . 26. The last Liverpool player to be sent off against Newcastle was Salif Diao who was dismissed in a 1-0 defeat on Tyneside on New Years Day 2003. 27. Liverpool’s leading scorers against Newcastle are:- Michael Owen 13, Robbie Fowler 6, Steven Gerrard 6, Dirk Kuyt 5, Danny Murphy 4. 28. Newcastle have not scored in their last fi ve visits to Anfi eld. The last man to score for them in front of the Kop was in a 3-1 defeat in December 2004. 29. Newcastle have won only twice in the last 39 league visits to Anfi eld – in back to back visits of 1988-89 and 1993-94. 30. Danny Guthrie played seven times for Liverpool with his last appearance coming against his current club at St James Park in November 2007. 31. The last Newcastle player to score a hat-trick against Liverpool was in November 1993. 32. The Magpies’ only Premier League win at Anfi eld came on 16th April 1994 courtesy of a 2-0 win thanks to goals from and Andy Cole.