I’ll have a long-ish overarching season review up either tomorrow or Saturday (okay, Monday at worst), but I want to post some statistics to keep in mind as a preface. I’m well aware of the old chestnut “lies, damned lies, and statistics,” but I think all these facts merit a mention. But including them in the same post as a season-long review is probably too much.
I’m including the numbers for all of Liverpool’s seasons under Benitez as a comparison, because we’ve heard that Liverpool hasn’t made enough progress under Benitez so often this season. Judge for yourself.
Liverpool’s league record under Benitez:
04/05:
Home: 12 wins, 4 draws, 3 losses
Away: 5 wins, 3 draws, 11 losses
58 points
05/06:
Home: 15 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss
Away: 10 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses
82 points
06/07:
Home: 14 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss
Away: 6 wins, 4 draws, 9 losses
68 points
07/08:
Home: 12 wins, 6 draws 1 loss
Away: 9 wins, 7 draws, 3 losses
76 points
In the past three seasons, Liverpool’s only lost one game at Anfield in each. It was to the eventual league winners in all three.
League goals for and against:
04/05: 52 scored, 41 conceded (82 for in all competitions)
05/06: 57 scored, 25 conceded (104 for in all competitions)
06/07: 57 scored, 27 conceded (90 for in all competitions)
07/08: 67 scored, 28 conceded (119 for in all competitions)
Liverpool only conceded 7 league goals at Anfield in 06/07 compared to 13 this year.
Top scorer:
04/05: Milan Baros - 9 in the league, 13 in total (Gerrard and Garcia also finished the season with 13 goals)
05/06: Steven Gerrard - 10 in the league, 23 overall
06/07: Peter Crouch - 9 in the league, 18 overall (Kuyt was top scorer in the league with 12)
07/08: Fernando Torres - 24 in the league, 33 overall
Clean sheets:
04/05: 7 in the league, 18 overall
05/06: 22 in the league, 33 overall
06/07: 20 in the league, 28 overall
07/08: 18 in the league, 25 overall
Points behind the league winners:
04/05: 37
05/06: 9
06/07: 21
07/08: 11
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