PreviewIpswich Town v Liverpool stats: Records, Dominik Szoboszlai's milestone and more
Take a look at our statistical preview of Liverpool's trip to Ipswich Town on Friday evening.
The Reds travel to Portman Road for an 8pm BST kick-off in Premier League action.
Here, Opta and club statistician Ged Rea share the facts and figures to know about the fixture…
Dominik Szoboszlai could make his 150th appearance for Liverpool in all competitions.
The Reds have won their last four Premier League games against Ipswich across the 2001-02 and 2024-25 seasons, scoring 17 goals and conceding just once.
The Reds are unbeaten in all six away Premier League matches against Ipswich at Portman Road (won four, drawn two). It is the most games they have played at one stadium without losing in the competition.
Liverpool have not conceded more than once in any of the last 11 home and away league meetings, since a 2-2 draw at Portman Road in August 1992.
They are unbeaten in their last 20 Premier League matches against newly promoted sides (won 15, drawn five) but the last to beat them was an AFC Bournemouth team managed by current Ipswich boss Gary O'Neil in March 2023.
Liverpool have drawn their opening two league games of a campaign for only the fourth time, following 1894-95, 1897-98 and 2022-23, but this is the first season in which both draws have been the same scoreline (2-2 in this case).
They have never drawn their opening three league matches of a season.
Liverpool are the first team in Premier League history to score four equalisers in their opening two games of a season.
Ipswich are unbeaten in their last 18 home league games, 17 in the Championship last season and a 2-1 win against Sunderland this term. They have not won consecutive Premier League home games since a run of four in December 2001/January 2002.
Ipswich have kept one clean sheet in their last 36 Premier League games and none in their last 21 since a 2-0 win over Chelsea in December 2024.
The Reds have only conceded two or more goals in their first three games of a Premier League season once before, doing so in 2012-13 in Brendan Rodgers' first campaign in charge.
Florian Wirtz made 11 passes that broke the defensive line in the first two games of the season, with only Bruno Fernandes making more (13).
Alexander Isak has four goals in just two Premier League appearances against Ipswich, all for Newcastle United in 2024-25. Three of those were as a hat-trick at Portman Road.
Ipswich could win their opening two home league games of a top-flight season for the first time since 1993-94, with this their fifth campaign since then.
Liverpool lost their last Friday league game at Aston Villa in May last season (4-2), having won on 10 of the previous 11 occasions.
Not since September 2002 have Liverpool drawn three successive league games 2-2.
Andoni Iraola's only visit to Portman Road saw Bournemouth win 2-1 in the Premier League in December 2024.
Virgil van Dijk has played every minute of Liverpool's last 41 league fixtures.
