MatchSheffield United v Liverpool: 10 stats to know
Check out 10 interesting facts and figures ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Sheffield United at Bramall Lane this evening.
The teams last met during the 2020-21 season, when the Reds completed a league double by winning 2-1 at Anfield followed by a 2-0 result away from home.
Liverpool have won each of the last five league meetings with the Blades, a club-record run stretching back to 2007.
The Reds will be aiming to achieve a third successive league clean sheet at Bramall Lane for the first time ever.
Mohamed Salah still needs one goal to register 200 for Liverpool in all competitions and become only the fifth player to achieve the feat for the club after Ian Rush (346), Roger Hunt (285), Gordon Hodgson (241) and Billy Liddell (228).
Salah also requires one goal to reach 150 in his Premier League career, with the first two having come while he was at Chelsea.
Under Jürgen Klopp, the Reds have lost only three of their last 50 matches during the month of December.
Liverpool have scored in each of their last 31 outings in all competitions since a 0-0 draw at Chelsea in April.
No Reds substitute has ever scored against Sheffield United.
The last 10 goals scored by Liverpool players against the Blades home and away have come from 10 different players.
Sheffield United have former Reds Rhian Brewster, Yasser Larouci and Jack Robinson in their ranks, with the latter still Liverpool’s youngest ever player in the league after making his debut in May 2010 aged 16 years and 250 days.
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