Champions LeagueA Fabinho milestone and 12 more pre-Inter stats
Fabinho could play his 150th match for Liverpool in tonight's Champions League last-16 first leg against Internazionale.
The midfielder will hope to reach the landmark at San Siro after continuing his goalscoring form with the winner versus Burnley on Sunday.
Having netted four times in his first 10,796 minutes as a Reds player, Fabinho has now struck five goals in his last 572 minutes of action.
For more facts and figures ahead of the clash with Inter, courtesy of LFC statistician Ged Rea, read on…
Liverpool are in the knockout stages for the 12th time in their last 15 Champions League campaigns.
Jürgen Klopp’s men have won eight of their last 11 away games in this competition, most recently at San Siro when they beat AC Milan in the group stage in December.
The Reds have won their last four two-legged ties against Italian opponents since losing to Genoa in the UEFA Cup in 1992 at the quarter-final stage.
Liverpool are aiming to win three successive away games in Italy for the first time ever.
Mohamed Salah, meanwhile, has the chance to extend his current club record of scoring in seven successive European away fixtures.
The Egyptian has scored in nine of his last 11 Champions League appearances, with 11 goals in that sequence. He has 33 European goals in total for the club – all in this competition.
Alisson Becker and Salah have started all six Champions League games this season, while Sadio Mane and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have also appeared in each fixture.
Luis Diaz began every group game for FC Porto and scored twice, including one at San Siro against AC Milan in early November.
The Reds have won 14 of their 19 away fixtures this season, scoring 51 times.
This is Inter’s first appearance in the Champions League knockout stages since 2011-12. They finished runners-up to Real Madrid in Group D with 10 points after gaining just one point from their opening two games.
Inter have won their last five meetings with English teams at San Siro since drawing with Manchester United in February 2009.
The Serie A side have lost only three of their last 36 home matches in all competitions. They came against AC Milan, Real Madrid and Juventus – all by a one-goal margin.
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