MatchPre-Brighton stats: Milestone appearances in sight for Curtis Jones and Virgil van Dijk
Jones, who debuted for his boyhood club back in January 2019, is one outing away from taking his total to 200 in all competitions.
Van Dijk, meanwhile, is set to play in his 250th Premier League game for the Reds.
Read on for more facts and figures, supplied by Opta and club statistician Ged Rea, ahead of the Anfield affair with the Seagulls…
Liverpool have lost just one of their eight Premier League home games against Brighton (won five, drawn two).
Brighton beat Liverpool 3-2 in their last meeting in May but have never beaten the Reds in consecutive league matches before.
The team scoring first has not won any of the last four Premier League encounters, since a 3-0 victory for the Seagulls in January 2023.
Liverpool have won 11 of the 13 games they have played this season when netting the first goal.
No team has scored more league goals this campaign from the 76th minute onwards than Liverpool. They have netted 11 times, as have Brighton.
The last eight league games between the clubs have produced 30 goals, while the only goalless draw came at Brighton in September 1961.
Across the last three seasons, Liverpool have lost just one of their 14 Premier League home fixtures that have come immediately after playing in Europe in midweek (won 10, drawn three), winning six of their last seven since a loss to Crystal Palace in April 2024.
Dominik Szoboszlai could score in three successive games for the first time in his Reds career.
Only Van Dijk (1,174) has made more passes in the Premier League this season than Brighton's Lewis Dunk (1,161) and Jan Paul van Hecke (1,103).
Not since December 2017 have Liverpool gone three successive matches without a victory at Anfield with fans in the ground.
James Milner has faced Liverpool on 24 occasions in his career, with four different clubs – Leeds United, Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Manchester City. He scored once in a victory for City almost 14 years ago.
Brighton have won just two of their 16 Premier League matches versus the reigning champions, with those wins coming at Liverpool in 2020-21 and at home to Manchester City last term.
Danny Welbeck has been directly involved in four goals across his last six Premier League appearances against the Reds (two goals, two assists).