Liverpool v Birmingham City
Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Liverpool2-5-33-5-2Birmingham City
Liverpool bench
- Vladimir Smicer35 min
- John Arne Riise23 minA
- Danny Murphy11 min
Birmingham City bench
- Olivier Tebily14 min
- Jovan Kirovski11 min
- Clinton Morrison10 min
Goals
3–1- 33'0–1Mikael ForssellBirmingham City
- 35'1–1Steven Gerrard penLiverpool
- 69'2–1Harry KewellLiverpool
- 78'3–1Emile HeskeyLiverpool
Match numbers
10
Shots
77
Shots on target
46
Corners
424
Fouls
172
Yellow cards
10
Red cards
0Who played
| Liverpool | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Kirkland | 90 | – | ||
| Sami Hyypiä | 90 | – | ||
| Salif Diao | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Igor Biscan | 90 | – | ||
| Steven Gerrard | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Dietmar Hamann | 90 | – | ||
| Harry Kewell | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Emile Heskey | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Florent Sinama-Pongolle | 79 | – | ||
| Djimi Traoré | 67 | – | ||
| El-Hadji Diouf | 55 | – | ||
| Vladimir Smicer sub | 35 | – | ||
| John Arne Riise sub | 23 | 1 | – | |
| Danny Murphy sub | 11 | – |
| Birmingham City | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Bennett | 90 | – | ||
| Kenny Cunningham | 90 | – | ||
| Jamie Clapham | 90 | – | ||
| Damien Johnson | 90 | – | ||
| David Dunn | 90 | – | ||
| Robbie Savage | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Stan Lazaridis | 90 | – | ||
| Mikael Forssell | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Stephen Clemence | 80 | – | ||
| Christophe Dugarry | 79 | – | ||
| Matt Upson | 76 | – | ||
| Olivier Tebily sub | 14 | – | ||
| Jovan Kirovski sub | 11 | – | ||
| Clinton Morrison sub | 10 | – |