Liverpool v Tottenham: Seven fascinating pre-match stats
Liverpool welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Anfield in the fourth round of the EFL Cup tonight. With the help of club statistician Ged Rea, we've compiled seven of the best pre-match facts to whet your appetite ahead of the game.
Home and away Liverpool are unbeaten in their last eight meetings with Spurs, since losing 2-1 in the Premier League at White Hart Lane in November 2012.
The Reds inflicted Tottenham's first ever Wembley final defeat in the 1982 League Cup showpiece. Ronnie Whelan (2) and Ian Rush netted in a 3-1 victory after extra-time.
The last time the teams met in this competition, Liverpool were beaten 4-2 at White Hart Lane in November 2008. Damien Plessis and Sami Hyypia scored for the visitors.
Divock Origi has scored five goals in six games in this competition for Liverpool. If the Belgian finds the net tonight, he will be the first Reds player to score in the opening three games of a League Cup campaign since Robbie Fowler in 1996.
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Liverpool beat Burton Albion 5-0 and Derby County 3-0 to reach this stage. The Reds have not kept three successive clean sheets in the League Cup since 1997-98.
The Reds are unbeaten in their last 17 home games (11 wins, six draws) since going down 1-0 to Stoke City in the semi-final of this competition back in January. Liverpool still went on to reach the final on penalties.
If selected, tonight will mark the 50th game of Georginio Wijnaldum's English club career.