Liverpool v Stoke City: What the stats tell us
Liverpool welcome Stoke City to Anfield this evening - and club statistician Ged Rea has provided us with 10 of the best pre-match facts to whet your appetite ahead of the Premier League clash...
The clubs met four times last season, the Reds recording a Premier League double and winning the League Cup semi-final 6-5 on penalties. Joe Allen, now of Stoke, scored the decisive spot kick for Liverpool.
In the Premier League, the teams have met 16 times - Liverpool winning seven and Stoke four, with five draws. At Anfield, the Reds have won five and drawn three of eight matches.
The Reds have never lost to Stoke at Anfield in the top flight, winning 42 and drawing 11 of the 53 games played in L4.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 22 games at Anfield since the League Cup defeat by Stoke last January. That is their longest sequence without defeat at home since a 32-match run from February 2008 to March 2009.
Divock Origi has scored in his last three Anfield appearances. The last Liverpool player to find the net in more than three successive home games was Daniel Sturridge from January to March 2014, doing so in a five-match sequence.
Sadio Mane scored his first Premier League goal against Stoke in October 2014. Southampton won the game 1-0.
Liverpool are four goals short of recording 100 in the Premier League under Jürgen Klopp. This will be the boss’ 48th league game in charge.
The Reds have kept five clean sheets in their last seven games in all competitions and four in their last six in the league.
Stoke striker Peter Crouch played 134 times for Liverpool, scoring 42 times during his spell at Anfield from 2005-08.
Potters full-back Glen Johnson made 200 appearances in his six years at Anfield, scoring nine times. His last Reds goal was in this fixture in November 2014, which the Reds won 1-0.