MatchLiverpool v Man City stats preview: Tactics, goals and potential Iraola feat

Three weeks on from their last outing, the Reds will return from the international break by hosting Enzo Maresca's pace-setters at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.

Read a selection of pre-match facts and figures, supplied by Opta, below.

This will be the first Premier League fixture between Liverpool and Manchester City since March 2015 with neither Jürgen Klopp or Pep Guardiola in the dugout.

Andoni Iraola could become only the third permanent Reds boss to avoid defeat in each of his first six top-flight matches in charge of the club, after Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan.

The away side has won two of the last three Premier League games between the clubs – as many as the previous 32 beforehand. The only time there have been two consecutive away wins in this Premier League fixture was in the 2002-03 campaign.

Since their goalless draw in October 2018, the 15 subsequent Premier League meetings have averaged 3.1 goals per game.

Liverpool have applied high-intensity pressures to 48.9 per cent of their opponent's touches in the opposition's half of the pitch in the Premier League this season – the highest rate of any team in 2026-27.

City, meanwhile, are completing 83 per cent of their passes attempted while under high-intensity pressure in the competition this term – the best accuracy of any side.

The top two scorers in this season's Premier League are Erling Haaland (five goals) and Alexander Isak (four goals), who both also lead the league for expected goals (Haaland 4.4, Isak 3.5).

The Reds have drawn each of their last four Premier League games at Anfield. Only in March 2021 (eight), February 2003 (seven) and March 1993 (five) have they ever gone five or more matches without a home win in the competition.

Dominik Szoboszlai has three goal involvements across his last three Premier League outings versus City.

Bradley Barcola's only previous appearance against Sunday's opponents came in the Champions League in January 2025, scoring and assisting in a 4-2 win for Paris Saint-Germain.

City are unbeaten in their previous 10 away league matches (won six, drawn four).

After scoring once in his first four Premier League games against Liverpool, Haaland netted in both league meetings last term.

All three of Antoine Semenyo's league goals against Liverpool have come at Anfield. He only has more strikes in the competition versus Fulham (four).