StatsLiverpool v Union SG: Van Dijk and Salah close on Reds landmarks
Virgil van Dijk could captain Liverpool for the 50th time when Union SG visit Anfield in the Europa League on Thursday evening.
Mohamed Salah, meanwhile, will play his 150th game for the Reds at Anfield if he features against the Belgian outfit – he has scored 103 goals on home soil since joining the club.
Read on for more facts and figures ahead of matchday two in Group E…
Liverpool and Union SG have never met before in any capacity and the Belgian club will be the Reds' 136th different European opponent.
Jürgen Klopp's men have won 16 of their last 22 European matches, with one draw and five defeats.
Liverpool's last Europa League loss at Anfield came more than 10 years ago, in October 2012 – a 3-2 defeat by Udinese.
Their record against teams from Belgium stands at 12 wins, two draws and one loss from 15 meetings. In that sequence they have scored 28 times.
The Reds have finished top of their Europa League group in all three seasons they have played in the competition. On each occasion they have amassed 10 points – 2010-11, 2012-13 and 2015-16.
Darwin Nunez has five goals from his nine European appearances for Liverpool so far. The fastest to reach 10 European goals for the club are Sadio Mane and Salah, who each did so in 13 matches.
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Watch on YouTubeLiverpool's win at LASK on matchday one was Klopp's 50th victory in Europe as Reds boss. No manager has won more for the club.
Since 1946, Liverpool have played 15 times on this date, winning 14. The other saw them lose 2-1 at Queens Park Rangers in 1985.
This season the Reds have won all four home games, scoring 12 goals in the process.
It was against Belgian opponents almost 59 years ago that Liverpool wore an all-red kit for the first time, defeating Anderlecht 3-0 at Anfield.
On matchday one, Union SG drew 1-1 at home against Toulouse, with Mohamed Amoura equalising on 69 minutes.
Union's coach is Alexander Blessin, who was born in the same German city as Klopp: Stuttgart. The two men played against each other briefly in May 2000 (for seven minutes) as Klopp's FSV Mainz 05 beat Stuttgarter Kickers 2-0. Blessin came on as a substitute for Stuttgarter on 80 minutes and Klopp was substituted on 87.