MatchBrentford v Liverpool: 14 stats to know

The Reds will be in the capital on Saturday for an 8pm BST kick-off as they look to return to winning ways in the top flight.

See a selection of the best pre-match facts and figures, from Opta and LFC statistician Ged Rea, below…

Virgil van Dijk is in line to captain Liverpool for the 150th time in all games.

Two Reds players celebrate their birthdays on the day of this game. Federico Chiesa turns 28 and Dominik Szoboszlai becomes 25.

The last Reds player to score on his birthday was Sadio Mane in a 2-2 draw at Manchester City in April 2022.

Andy Robertson's next appearance will bring up the milestone of 350 games for Liverpool.

Having lost just one of their first three Premier League meetings with Liverpool (won one, drawn one), Brentford have now lost each of their last five against the Reds.

Liverpool have scored at least once in all eight of their Premier League games against Brentford, their second-best 100 per cent scoring rate versus an opponent after Queens Park Rangers (14).

The Reds have lost each of their last four Premier League away games against London sides - they last lost five consecutive league visits to the capital between March and November 1970.

Last season at Brentford

Brentford have won two of their last three Premier League matches, more than in their previous seven combined (won one, drawn two, lost four). The Bees are looking for consecutive wins for the first time since April-May last season under Thomas Frank.

Brentford's Igor Thiago has netted five Premier League goals this season, with only Erling Haaland (11) and Antoine Semenyo (six) scoring more. Thiago had the most shots (six), shots on target (three), shots from inside the box (six) and touches in the opposition box (10) in the Bees' 2-0 win over West Ham United on Monday.

Brentford have only lost two of their last eight home Premier League games (won four, drew two), though did lose the most recent match against Manchester City at the start of the month (0-1).

Liverpool have won six of their eight Premier League games kicking off at 8pm or later since the start of last season (drawn one, lost one), with both times they failed to do so coming away from home, drawing at Nottingham Forest in January and losing at Brighton & Hove Albion in May.

The Reds have kept a clean sheet in five of their last seven Premier League matches against Brentford, including four of their last five meetings.

Mohamed Salah averages a goal involvement every 83 minutes against Brentford in the Premier League (six goals, one assist in 579 minutes), with three goal involvements in four previous away appearances against them.

Jordan Henderson played 492 times for Liverpool from 2011 to 2023, scoring 33 goals. He became the first captain in club history to lift six different trophies. If selected for the hosts, he will face the Reds for the first time since leaving Anfield.