Midseason Review Part I

The more I think about it, the less I want to do an over-arching review of the season so far. I still maintain that by January the table doesn’t really lie, but there are still 19 more games to be played, and I’m not writing any requiems just yet.

This’ll be a two-parter. First, I’d like to point out some comparisons between the last two seasons. Later this week (most likely after the Wigan game) will be the mid-season “awards”/player ratings (I haven’t quite decided the format).

All of these stats are for the Premiership only. All of the preseason talk was on the importance of the league, and at the least, I want to point out where there’s been improvement (and where there hasn’t).

Points total after 19 games:
07/08: 37
06/07: 34

Results over 19 games:
07/08: 10 wins, 7 draws, 2 losses
06/07: 10 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses

League position after 19 games:
07/08: 4th place
06/07: 3rd place

# of points behind 1st place:
07/08: 10, with a game in hand
06/07: 13

Goals scored after 19 games:
07/08: 33
06/07: 28

Goals against after 19 games:
07/08: 12
06/07: 15

Goal scorers:
07/08: Torres 9; Gerrard 7; Babel, Kuyt, Voronin 3; Alonso, Benayoun 2; Hyypia, Sissoko 1
06/07: Kuyt 6; Bellamy 5; Alonso, Gerrard 3; Crouch, Garcia, Gonzalez 2; Agger, Carragher, Fowler, Riise 1

Clean Sheets:
07/08: 10
06/07: 10

# of games Liverpool failed to score in:
07/08: 5 [Pompey (a), Birmingham (h), Blackburn (a), United (h), City (a)]
06/07: 7 [Everton (a), Chelsea (a), Bolton (a), United (a), Arsenal (a), Boro (a), Portsmouth (h)]

Away form:
07/08: 6 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss; 21 points out of 30
06/07: 2 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses; 8 points out of 27

Home form:
07/08: 4 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss; 16 points out of 27
06/07: 8 wins, 2 draws; 26 points out of 30

The Wigan preview will be up sometime tomorrow, depending on the extent of my hangover.

Happy New Year, all.