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Tyler stats: Red Monday special
- Updated: October 12, 2016
Are Manchester United the Anfield specialists? Is this the dirtiest Premier League fixture? Who runs more? Martin Tyler knows…
The Sky Sports commentator answers your stats-related questions ahead of Red Monday, Liverpool v Manchester United live on Sky Sports 1 on Monday evening.
And don’t forget to have a go at Tyler’s Teaser in the video above…
How to send your questions to Martin:
1: Email your posers to skysportsclub@bskyb.com
2. Tweet @SkyFootball using the hashtag #TylersTeasers
Martin’s Starting Stats
Before I answer your questions on Liverpool versus Manchester United, I’ll reflect on my trip to Slovenia to see England draw 0-0 and end of a run of 14 consecutive victories in qualifiers. Slovenia avoided defeat against England for the first time in five meetings.
Slovenia remain the last country to score against England in a qualifier (16 months ago) and were the only nation England conceded to in Euro 2016 qualification. Slovenia themselves have kept a clean sheet in seven home competitive internationals since England won 3-2 there.
England will now go over four years without an away defeat, as they don’t play away in November. The last away defeat (as opposed to a neutral ground) was when Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four in November 2012 in Sweden.
Of the five internationals between the two countries, Bostjan Cesar – who had a spell with West Brom in 2007/08 – started all five. Wayne Rooney had started the previous four – and is now 4+1 after coming on as sub.
Only three players started from the 3-2 game 16 months earlier – Joe Hart, Gary Cahill and Tuesday night’s captain Jordan Henderson.
Cahill got his 50th cap – the 58th Englishman to reach that landmark. Rooney got his 118th cap and his 10th of those as a substitute (including his first v Australia in 2003).
It was a nice battle between Joe Hart and Josip Ilicic, who had faced each other 10 days earlier for Torino against Fiorentina.
United top of the Kop?
Has any team won at Anfield in the Premier League as many times as Manchester United? Pete, Salford
MARTIN SAYS: United’s 2-1 win in March 1993 was their first of 12 Premier League victories at Anfield, the most recent was a 1-0 win last January, which is indeed the most of any Premier League side by some distance.
Victories at Anfield have …
