Liverpool 4-0 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 19 August 2009

Result

Liverpool 4-0 Stoke City

Premier League · Wednesday 19 August 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 4-0 Stoke City: match report

Liverpool won against Stoke City 4-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 19 August 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.

Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Fernando Torres (4'), Glen Johnson (44'), Dirk Kuyt (78') and David N'Gog (90'). Stoke City did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.

Liverpool went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Stoke City 11th with 47.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 0 for Stoke City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadStoke City
  • 44'Goal · Glen JohnsonLiverpool · 2-0
  • 78'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 3-0
  • 90'Goal · David N'GogLiverpool · 4-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Liverpool 0, draws 2, Stoke City 0.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Yuki Takahashi, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard

Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap