StatsHow Arne Slot could set a new Liverpool club record against Manchester United
Arne Slot will set a new club record if Liverpool avoid defeat against Manchester United on Sunday.
The next point the Reds gain will be their 100th in the Premier League under Slot.
The 4.30pm BST kick-off with United at Anfield will be the 46th game of the head coach’s tenure, meaning he has the chance to achieve the milestone in fewer fixtures than any other previous boss in the club’s history, beating Kenny Dalglish’s 48.
Read on for 14 more of the best pre-match facts and figures from LFC statistician Ged Rea…
This will be the 217th meeting between the clubs across all competitions and the 185th in the league. All except four of the previous 184 league matches have been in the top flight.
In the 216 previous clashes, both teams have scored 291 goals.
This will be the 100th meeting at Anfield in all competitions, Liverpool winning 48 to United’s 26.
Avoiding defeat would also see the Reds set a new club record of 10 league games unbeaten against United at Anfield, bettering the run set in the 1970s.
Liverpool have won 20 encounters in the Premier League era, with United winning 29 and 17 ending in draws.
Of those games at Anfield, the Reds have won 12, with nine draws and 12 defeats. In the last seven at home, Liverpool have scored 18 times to United’s three.
The last nine home and away meetings have seen the Reds score 28 goals while conceding eight.
Of the last five drawn matches at Anfield, four finished goalless (in 2016, 2017, 2021 and 2023).
The Reds need one goal to record 50 at Anfield in the Premier League under Slot.
During Slot’s reign, Liverpool have failed to score in just one top-flight match – at home to Nottingham Forest in September 2024. They have netted in all 41 Premier League games since then.
The Reds are unbeaten in their last 20 Premier League fixtures at Anfield.
Liverpool are undefeated in their last 10 games played on October 19, since a 1-0 loss away to HJK Helsinki in the European Cup in 1982.
Liverpool and United have met once before on October 19 (a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford in 1985).
The Reds have not lost four games in a row in all competitions since November 2014.