Match12 stats to know ahead of Liverpool v Manchester United
Check out 12 interesting facts and figures about Sunday’s Premier League contest between Liverpool and Manchester United.
The long-time rivals lock horns again at Anfield this weekend, with kick-off 4.30pm GMT.
Here are a dozen statistics to know ahead of the encounter…
In the corresponding game of last season, Liverpool won 7-0 to record the biggest ever victory by either side in the history of this fixture.
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Watch on YouTubeA goal on Sunday would see Liverpool score for a 35th consecutive game in all competitions and set a new club record. The previous best was achieved under Jürgen Klopp from April to December 2021.
This will be the 212th meeting between the two clubs in all competitions and the 181st league encounter.
At Anfield Liverpool are unbeaten in the last seven league clashes, with four wins and three draws – their longest such run against United since a run of nine in the 1970s.
The teams have met before on this date on three previous occasions and the Reds won each of them: 2-1 in 1921 and 2-0 in 1995, both at Anfield, and then 1-0 at Old Trafford in 2000.
Liverpool could keep a club-record fifth successive home league clean sheet against United.
Mohamed Salah has scored more goals for the Reds versus United than any other player in the club’s history. He has 12 in his 12 appearances, including 11 goals in his last six games in league and cup.
The Reds have won all of their 11 previous matches at Anfield this season in all competitions, scoring 35 times in that sequence while conceding seven.
Trent Alexander-Arnold made his first Premier League start against Manchester United, at Old Trafford in January 2017.
United’s last Anfield win was a 1-0 in January 2016 with a Wayne Rooney goal. Only Anthony Martial of all the players who appeared that day remains at his club.
They have won 25 times at Anfield in league encounters – more than any other club – and their 12 successes at the stadium in the Premier League era is also the most by any visiting team.
United’s four away league wins so far this season came at Burnley (1-0), Sheffield United (2-1), Fulham (1-0) and Everton (3-0), while they suffered defeat at Tottenham Hotspur (2-0), Arsenal (3-1) and Newcastle United (1-0).
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