Hull City 1-3 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 25 April 2009
Result
Hull City 1-3 Liverpool
Premier League · Saturday 25 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Hull City 1-3 Liverpool: match report
Hull City were beaten by Liverpool 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 April 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Xabi Alonso opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Hull City's goal came from Geovanni (73'). Liverpool scored through Xabi Alonso (44'), Dirk Kuyt (63') and Dirk Kuyt (89').
Discipline: Hull City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Hull City were 16th on 34 points from 33 and Liverpool 2nd on 71 points from 33. Hull City went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 86.
Hull City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Hull City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Hull City's last five read L-L-D-L-D and Liverpool's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 44'Goal · Xabi Alonso
- 44'Yellow card · Dean Marney
- 45+3'Yellow card · Nicholas Jonathan Barmby
- 59'Red card · Caleb Folan
- 61'Yellow card · Craig Fagan
- 63'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
- 65'Yellow card · Álvaro Arbeloa
- 73'Goal · Geovanni
- 89'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
Head-to-head
Team news
Hull City line-up (4-4-2)
Boaz Myhill, Michael Turner, Kamil Zayatte, Nick Barmby, Kevin Kilbane, George Boateng, Dean Marney, Craig Fagan, Caleb Folan, Diego Gómez, Samuel Ricketts
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel