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...... OFFICIAL MEMBERS’ PRE-MATCHDAY STATS GUIDE FC ...... v Stoke City 14.01.2012 • Kick- off 3:00pm Season 2011/12

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Glen JOHNSON 2 1 Asmir BEGOVIĆ José ENRIQUE 3 2 5 3 Fabio AURELIO 6 4 Danny COLLINS Luis SUÁREZ 7 5 8 6 Tom SOARES 9 8 Maxi RODRIGUEZ 11 10 Jordan HENDERSON14 11 Mamady SIDIBE Sebastian COATES16 12 Dirk KUYT18 15 Stewart DOWNING19 16 Jay SPEARING20 17 Lucas LEIVA21 18 Danny WILSON22 19 Jamie CARRAGHER23 20 Pepe REINA25 23 Michael TONGE Charlie ADAM26 24 Alexander DONI32 25 Martin KELLY34 26 Martin SKRTEL37 27 Carlo NASH Jon FLANAGAN38 28 Craig BELLAMY39 29 Thomas SØRENSEN Jack ROBINSON49 30 HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v STOKE CITY

DID YOU KNOW? 1. Earlier this season Stoke won 1-0 with a Jon Walters penalty after was adjudged to have fouled him. It was Liverpool’s fi rst defeat of the campaign and ’s 50th defeat as Reds manager. 2. The last meeting between the clubs saw Liverpool win 2-1 at Stoke in this season’s League Cup. Luis Suarez scored twice for the Reds (the fi rst time he had achieved the feat) after Kenwyne Jones had given the home side a half-time lead. 3. Liverpool have won 14 of the last 15 league meetings at Anfi eld. Since losing 4-3 to Stoke here in March 1959 the Reds have won 24 and drawn 2 of the 26 clashes on this ground. 4. The Reds biggest home win against Stoke came in January 1902 when they won 7-0. 5. In all competitions the Reds have won 48, drawn 11 and lost 3 at home to Stoke in 62 meetings. Maxi Rodriguez made his Reds debut against Stoke at 6. Liverpool have scored in 31 of their last 33 home clashes the Britannia Stadium in January 2010. against Stoke in the league and cup. 7. hopes to record his 50th league goal for the 14. Maxi Rodriguez has scored 9 goals in his last 8 league Reds. starts. 8. Home and away Liverpool have lost only 3 of the last 23 15. , still looking for his fi rst league goal league meetings – all 3 away from Anfi eld. They came in for the Reds, scored against Stoke for Aston Villa last April 1984 and in both of the last 2 visits to the Britannia season. His side lost 2-1 at the Britannia Stadium. Stadium. 16. This will be Kenny Dalglish’s 50th game in charge of 9. Liverpool are 4 goals short of recording 500 in league the Reds since he returned a year ago. He has won 26, football under Kenny Dalglish. drawn 12 and lost 11. 10. The Reds have found their goalscoring touch at Anfi eld having scored 8 goals in the last 2 home games. 11. Against City 3 days ago Steven Gerrard THE LAST FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS took his 33rd penalty for the Reds and was successful for the 26th time. BETWEEN THE SIDES 12. scored his fi rst goal for Liverpool against Stoke at August 2009 in what was his second 10TH SEPTEMBER 2011 appearance for the Reds. STOKE CITY 1 13. Maxi Rodriguez made his Reds debut against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium in January 2010. LIVERPOOL 0 3RD FEBRUARY 2011 LIVERPOOL 2 STOKE CITY 0 14TH NOVEMBER 2010 STOKE CITY 2 LIVERPOOL 0 16TH JANUARY 2010 STOKE CITY 1 LIVERPOOL 1 20TH AUGUST 2009 LIVERPOOL 4 Dirk Kuyt hopes to record his 50th league goal for the Reds. STOKE CITY 0 HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v STOKE CITY

17. Only Liverpool and Manchester City are unbeaten at home in the this season. 18. The Reds have never lost to Stoke on this ground in the top-fl ight. They have won 39 and drawn 9 of the 48 games at Anfi eld. 19. Peter Crouch made his Stoke debut against Liverpool back in September. He has scored against Liverpool once in his career in the Premier League – for in a 2-0 win in January 2005. 20. Two players have scored league hat-tricks against Stoke, both at Anfi eld. Andy McGuigan became the fi rst to score 5 goals in a game for the club as the Reds won 7-0 in 1902 and who netted 4 in a 6-1 victory on Boxing Day 1963. 21. The last man to achieve the feat was in an 8-0 League Cup win at the Britannia Stadium in November 2000. 22. City, who have won 3 times at Anfi eld, look to complete a third league double over Liverpool – the others coming in 1954-55 and 1956-57. 23. Stoke City have won 4 times away from home in the Premier League this season – at West Brom (1-0), Everton (1-0), Wolves (2-1) and Blackburn (2-1). 24. Last season Liverpool won this fi xture 2-0 at home. 25. Luis Suarez scored on his debut just 16 minutes after coming on as substitute. Earlier had given the Reds the lead. Luis Suarez scored on his debut just 16 minutes after 26. Stoke have scored 8 times away from home this season. coming on as substitute. Only with 6 have netted fewer on their travels. HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v STOKE CITY

27. Only Arsenal, Wigan and Blackburn have conceded more goals away from home in the top-fl ight than Stoke The Barclays Premier League Table as of 11/01/2012 (20). 28. Stoke are aiming to fi nish in the top-half of the Premier League for the fi rst time. In their 3 previous campaigns they have 12th, 11th and last season 13th. 29. This season Stoke recorded successive home league wins over Liverpool for the fi rst time since 1967-68. 30. Peter Crouch scored his 100th league goal in his side’s 2-1 win at Blackburn earlier this month – 22 of them coming in his time at Anfi eld. 31. Stoke City have won their last 4 games on the road. 32. also made his Stoke debut in the same game. His fi rst game in English football came at Anfi eld in 2007 after he joined Birmingham. 33. Stoke have lost only 1 of the last 8 league games – a 3-0 defeat at Manchester City just before Christmas and they have kept 2 clean sheets in the last 17 games. 34. Stoke have won at Anfi eld 3 times. They all came in a 4 year period in the 1950’s in Division 2. They won 4-3 in 1959, 2-0 in 1956 with their fi rst success coming in 1955 when they won 4-2. 35. Stoke have gained only 2 points in the last 26 visits to Anfi eld. Both of them were 0-0 draws - Boxing Day 1970 and September 2008. 36. They have scored 1 goal in the last 10 league visits to Anfi eld. That came from in a 5-1 defeat in March 1983. 37. Stoke City have scored in only 2 of the last 13 league games they have played at Anfi eld. 38. Stoke have scored more than once in a game at Anfi eld in only 1 of the last 21 visits. They hit 3 in 1975-76 but still lost 5-3.