pick of the stats

Based on a positive outcome tonight these seem to be the most telling for me-

"Liverpool have conceded just one goal in their last six Group games staged on this ground.

Since losing at Anfield to Benfica in March Liverpool have won eight successive games at home in all competitions"

LIVERPOOL V GALATASARY: STAT ATTACK

Ged Rea 27 September 2006

All the relevant facts and figures ahead of Liverpool's Champions League clash against Galatasary with LFC statistician Ged Rea.

LIVERPOOL v GALATASARAY

Liverpool's European Record (overall): Pld 262 Won 148 Drawn 58 Lost 56

Liverpool's record in European Cup: Pld 131 Won 76 Drawn 29 Lost 26

Jamie Carragher tonight is in line to become Liverpool's third most experienced European campaigner. Ian Callaghan (89) and Tommy Smith (85) are ahead of both Jamie and Ray Clemence who has also made 80 appearances. Carra played in the European Cup for the 50th time in Eindhoven on Matchday One.

Steven Gerrard is two behind Ian Rush's club record of 14 European Cup goals. His last goal in European competition came against against Kaunas at Anfield last season.

Liverpool have scored 15 hat-tricks in Europe down the years with the last coming in July 2005 when Steven Gerrard scored three against TNS at Anfield.

The Reds have kept 12 clean sheets in the last 21 European games.

Liverpool's biggest home win in the Champions League was the 5-0 defeat of Spartak Moscow in October 2002.

The Reds need two goals to record 300 in European competition at Anfield.

In the first Group match in Eindhoven two weeks ago only Jose Reina, Steve Finnan, Jamie Carragher and Stephen Warnock of the eleven who started were in the team beaten by Benfica here in March.

Liverpool have conceded just one goal in their last six Group games staged on this ground.

Since losing at Anfield to Benfica in March Liverpool have won eight successive games at home in all competitions.

Liverpool's next goal will be the 200th scored by the club since Rafa Benitez became manager.

Galatasaray's European Record (overall): Pld 192 Won 70 Drawn 50 Lost 72.

Galatasaray's record in European Cup: Pld 126 Won 47 Drawn 32 Lost 47.

This is the Turkish club's 10th season in the Champions League and they have won 18 and lost 32 of the 69 games played.

They won the UEFA Cup in 2000 to become the first Turkish club to lift a European trophy and also the first side from that country to beat two English teams (Leeds United and Arsenal) in the same season.

Later that year they defeated Real Madrid 2-1 in Monaco to lift the Super Cup.

They have played 13 games against English opposition and won only once in normal play. That was a 2-0 defeat of Leeds in the 2000 UEFA Cup Semi-final in Istanbul.

They have not won in England though they have drawn at Old Trafford, Elland Road and Anfield.

They reached the Semi-Final of European Cup for the only time in 1988-89 losing 5-1 on aggregate to eventual winners Steaua Bucharest."

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