Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino head into Liverpool's 200th European Cup/Champions League match closing in on Ian Rush's goal tally in the competition for the club.

Salah and Firmino were on target as Red Star Belgrade were beaten 4-0 at Anfield a fortnight ago, and both now sit one goal short of the legendary Rush's total of 14 European Cup goals for the Reds before Tuesday's return game.

The Champions League Group C encounter at the Rajko Mitic Stadium will be Liverpool's 200th in Europe's elite club competition, with 113 of the previous 199 ending in victory for the Reds.

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

The Reds have scored 48 goals in the Champions League (from the group stage onwards) since the start of 2017-18. Including last season's play-off tie with Hoffenheim, they have netted 54 times in their last 18 outings - an average of exactly three goals per game.

Jürgen Klopp's team have found the net at least twice in 14 of their last 18 matches in Europe and netted three or more in nine of the last 14.

Daniel Sturridge has scored in each of his last three European starts for Liverpool.

Liverpool have played in Europe four times previously on this day and recorded their biggest ever Champions League victory, an 8-0 win over Besiktas, on November 6, 2007. Their only European defeat on this date came to Red Star at Anfield in 1973.

Red Star have won two and drawn three of their five European games at home this season, conceding just once.

Belgrade played their first game in this season's competition on July 11 - four days before the World Cup Final. This will be their 28th fixture of the campaign.

They currently lead their domestic league by nine points having won 14 and drawn one of their opening 15 games. They have scored 40 times and conceded just eight goals.