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Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool - December 05, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 16

White Hart Lane - London - England

December 05, 1998

36 521

Tottenham

2 - 1

Liverpool

Ruel Fox

26'

(o.g) Jamie Carragher

50'

55'

Patrik Berger

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26' - Goal Ruel Fox26

33' - Substitution Steffen Iversenis substituted by Les Ferdinand33

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50' - Own goal Jamie Carragher50

55' - Goal Patrik Berger photo David Thompson

55' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by David Thompson

75' - Substitution Stig Inge Bjørnebyeis substituted by Danny Murphy

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

2 - 1

Liverpool

Tottenham Liverpool

Team line-ups

Tottenham

Walker

Ian Walker

England

B.date31/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Young

Luke Young

England

B.date19/07/1979

Age19 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Carr

Stephen Carr

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/08/1976

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Fox26

Ruel Fox

Montserrat

B.date14/01/1968

Age30 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Nielsen

Allan Nielsen

Denmark

B.date13/03/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Anderton

Darren Anderton

England

B.date03/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m86

positionRight Midfielder

Sinton

Andy Sinton

England

B.date19/03/1966

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Iversen33

Steffen Iversen

Norway

B.date10/11/1976

Age22 years

H1m85

positionForward

Ginola

David Ginola

France

B.date25/01/1967

Age31 years

H1m86

positionRight Winger

Armstrong

Chris Armstrong

England

B.date19/06/1971

Age27 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Walker		27	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sol Campbell		24	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luke Young		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Carr		22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ruel Fox	26	30	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Allan Nielsen		27	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Anderton		26	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Sinton		32	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steffen Iversen	33	22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Ginola		31	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Armstrong		27	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

Liverpool

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Babb

Phil Babb

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/11/1970

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Bjørnebye75

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Heggem

Vegard Heggem

Norway

B.date13/07/1975

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard55

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age18 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Berger55

Patrik Berger

Czech Republic

B.date10/11/1973

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Fowler

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Owen

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age18 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		28	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		29	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Babb		28	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye	75	28	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vegard Heggem		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		31	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	55	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrik Berger	55	25	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler		23	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen		18	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Les Ferdinand	33	31	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Danny Murphy	75	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		David Thompson	55	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ruel Fox

Colin Calderwood

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steven Gerrard

Jamie Redknapp

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Graham vs Liverpool

11 victories

5 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on December 05, 1998

Graham vs Houllier

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Gérard Houllier

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Houllier vs Tottenham

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 05, 1998

Houllier vs Graham

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 05, 1998

Referee

Graham Barber

7 victories	4 draws	2 losses	Tottenham13 matches	General total	Liverpool21 matches	13 victories	2 draws	6 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Tottenham2 matches	Season total	Liverpool4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 11, 2004					Latest figure on January 10, 2004

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Key figures

Robbie Fowler played his game number 10 vs Tottenham in his professional career

Tottenham keeps its 3 consecutive wins at home running (since 21/11/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/08/1997-17/09/1997 time period (3 matches).

Liverpool keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 03/11/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/02/1998-06/05/1998 time period (11 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 3-2 Brentford23/09/1998

DTottenham 3-3 Leeds United26/09/1998

VTottenham 2-0 Newcastle United24/10/1998

DTottenham 2-2 Charlton02/11/1998

VTottenham 2-0 Nottingham Forest21/11/1998

VTottenham 3-1 Manchester United02/12/1998

Overall

VTottenham 3-2 Brentford23/09/1998

DTottenham 3-3 Leeds United26/09/1998

VTottenham 2-0 Newcastle United24/10/1998

DTottenham 2-2 Charlton02/11/1998

VTottenham 2-0 Nottingham Forest21/11/1998

VTottenham 3-1 Manchester United02/12/1998

Current form

Overall

VLiverpool 5-1 Nottingham Forest24/10/1998

VLiverpool 3-1 Fulham27/10/1998

LLiverpool 1-2 Derby County07/11/1998

LLiverpool 1-3 Tottenham10/11/1998

LLiverpool 1-3 Leeds United14/11/1998

VLiverpool 2-0 Blackburn29/11/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	6	6
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	6	6
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Drawless streak	0	6
Scoring streak	0	6
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	15
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
5	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
6	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.27	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.73
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.57
1.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.27
1.71	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.29

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-3 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

12	Yellow cards (Competition total)	11
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steffen Iversen	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Michael Owen
Steffen Iversen	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Robbie Fowler
Allan Nielsen	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Michael Owen

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

28 v

14 d

20 l

89 gf

77 ga

Away

63 matches

7 v

18 d

38 l

51 gf

118 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

127 matches

35 v

32 d

60 l

141 gf

199 ga

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

38 v

18 d

7 l

118 gf

51 ga

Away

62 matches

20 v

14 d

28 l

77 gf

89 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

127 matches

60 v

32 d

35 l

199 gf

141 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	April 15, 1963
Home	7 - 2	April 15, 1963

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	September 02, 1978
Away	4 - 0	December 13, 1975

Latest head to head

November 10, 1998 - League Cup 1998/1999

Liverpool

1 - 3

Tottenham

March 14, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Tottenham

3 - 3

Liverpool

November 08, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Liverpool

4 - 0

Tottenham

May 03, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Liverpool

2 - 1

Tottenham

December 02, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Tottenham

0 - 2

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Jimmy Greaves	11 goals	1963 - 1968
Martin Peters	6 goals	1970 - 1973
Martin Chivers	6 goals	1971 - 1974
Steve Archibald	6 goals	1980 - 1983
Cliff Jones	5 goals	1963 - 1968
Glenn Hoddle	4 goals	1980 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Ian Rush	13 goals	1982 - 1993
Roger Hunt	9 goals	1963 - 1968
Kenny Dalglish	8 goals	1978 - 1984
Steve Heighway	7 goals	1971 - 1976
Robbie Fowler	5 goals	1993 - 1995
Kevin Keegan	5 goals	1972 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Steve Perryman	43 matches	1969 - 1986
Pat Jennings	33 matches	1964 - 1986
Gary Mabbutt	29 matches	1982 - 1996
Cyril Knowles	28 matches	1964 - 1975
Alan Gilzean	22 matches	1965 - 1973
Glenn Hoddle	22 matches	1976 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Ian Callaghan	34 matches	1963 - 1977
Ian Rush	31 matches	1981 - 1996
Bruce Grobbelaar	31 matches	1982 - 1993
Tommy Smith	30 matches	1965 - 1977
Emelyn Hughes	30 matches	1967 - 1978
Chris Lawler	27 matches	1964 - 1973