Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah heads into Saturday's match at Crystal Palace just one strike short of equalling the Premier League record for the most goals scored in a season by an African player.

The Egyptian international has found the net 28 times in the top flight during his debut season with the Reds, and is closing in on the 29 goals Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba scored for Chelsea in the 2009-10 league campaign.

LFC's in-form No.11 has scored 10 goals in his last seven Premier League appearances.

For more need-to-know pre-match facts and figures courtesy of club statistician Ged Rea, read on...

In the 17 Premier League clashes between Liverpool and Crystal Palace, there have been 60 goals scored at an average of 3.5 per game.

The Reds have won on their last two visits to Selhurst Park, but have never won three in a row at the south London ground in the league.

However, Liverpool have emerged victorious in their last three away clashes at Palace in all competitions.

This will be Jürgen Klopp's 100th Premier League game in charge of the Reds. He has overseen 53 victories in the previous 99 matches.

Former Reds boss Roy Hodgson will be the fourth different Palace manager Klopp has faced. Alan Pardew, Sam Allardyce and Frank de Boer are the others.

In the last seven league visits to Selhurst Park, Liverpool have found the net 19 times.

The Reds' biggest ever top-flight league win came against Palace in September 1989, when eight different men found the net in a 9-0 victory.

Nathaniel Clyne played 137 times for Palace during four seasons with the club and the Liverpool right-back could make his first appearance of the 2017-18 campaign against the Eagles after recovering from injury.

Sadio Mane has scored four times in seven games against Palace in his career.

Joel Matip scored his first Liverpool goal in the 4-2 win at Selhurst Park in October 2016.

James Milner was sent off at Palace in March 2016 with the Reds trailing 1-0, but Christian Benteke's stoppage-time strike to make it 2-1 meant it was the first ever known occasion that Liverpool had come from behind with 10 men to win a game.

Benteke, who made 42 appearances for the Reds, has netted six times against LFC in the league during his career - only eight players have scored more against Liverpool in the Premier League era.