With improbable current type in opposition to Man United, Liverpool may break a membership document once they face Erik ten Hag’s group at Anfield.
The Reds have received 4 of their final 5 matches. In the meantime, Man United have misplaced three of their final 4.
With the visiting supporters extraordinarily pessimistic heading to Anfield, all of the indicators level to a Liverpool win however, as everybody is aware of, this fixture can throw up surprises from nowhere.
Jurgen Klopp and his group must be absolutely on their recreation in entrance of the most important crowd at Anfield since 1977.
Omens are good
At Anfield, Liverpool are unbeaten within the final seven league clashes, with 4 wins and three attracts – their longest run with out defeat in opposition to the Pink Devils at residence since a run of 9 within the Nineteen Seventies.
The Reds have solely conceded one objective within the final seven encounters at Anfield, going again to December 2018.
Within the final 5 conferences on residence soil, Liverpool have scored 16 instances to United’s one. Within the final 5 encounters residence and away, Liverpool have scored 21 targets whereas conceding 4.
The final three drawn video games between the groups at Anfield have all ended 0-0 – in 2016, 2017 and 2021.
Though Liverpool have received solely eight of the final 24 league conferences residence and away, they’ve misplaced solely two of the final 14.
The present seven-game unbeaten residence run in opposition to Man United within the league is their longest since 1979 – once they recorded 9 with out loss.
Erik ten Hag’s group have misplaced 12 of their 24 video games in all competitions this season, as many as they misplaced in the entire of the final marketing campaign.
A glance again
Final season on this recreation, Liverpool received 7-0 to document the most important ever victory by both aspect within the historical past of the fixture.
The Reds’ targets that day got here from Cody Gakpo (2), Darwin Nunez (2), Mo Salah (2) and Roberto Firmino, with Salah changing into the membership’s document goalscorer within the Premier League.
Their 7-0 win final season was the primary time in Premier League historical past that any group had scored seven targets in a recreation with out one coming within the opening half-hour.
That is the 212th assembly of English soccer’s two greatest golf equipment in all competitions, and the 181st league encounter.
Liverpool have received 19 Premier League conferences, with Man United successful 29 and 14 ending in a draw. At Anfield, in that interval Liverpool have received 12 with seven attracts and 12 defeats.
A membership document on the road
A objective from the Reds will see Liverpool rating for a thirty fifth consecutive recreation in all competitions, and it’ll set a brand new membership document. The earlier document was set by Jurgen Klopp’s Reds from April-December 2021.
Liverpool may rating 4 targets or extra in three successive Anfield video games for the primary time since December 2019 once they defeated Newcastle 4-0, Arsenal 5-1 and Crystal Palace 4-3.
Solely twice earlier than has Anfield ever witnessed league attendances of greater than 57,000. The document is 58,757 v Chelsea in December 1949 with the opposite being 57,561 v Middlesbrough in October 1948.
Liverpool may hold a membership document fifth successive residence league clear sheet in opposition to United.
On this assembly final season Salah turned the primary Liverpool participant in historical past to attain in opposition to the Pink Devils in a fifth consecutive league recreation.
In actual fact, the Egyptian has scored extra targets for Liverpool in opposition to Man United than every other participant within the membership’s historical past. He has 12 in his 12 appearances, together with 11 targets in his final six video games in league and cup.
Salah has netted extra targets in opposition to Man United (12) than he has in opposition to every other group, yet one more than Man Metropolis.
Scorers this season
Liverpool: Salah 14, Jota 8, Nunez 7, Gakpo 6, Diaz 5, Szoboszlai 3, Alexander-Arnold 2, Endo 2, Gravenberch 2 , Elliott 1, Mac Allister 1, Quansah 1, Robertson 1, Van Dijk 1, personal targets 4
Man United: McTominay 6, Bruno Fernandes 5 , Hojland 5, Casemiro 4, Garnacho 3, Martial 2, Rashford 2, Dalot 1, Eriksen 1, Lindelof 1, Maguire 1, Mejbri 1, Varane 1
* Stats courtesy of LFC statistician Ged Rea (@ged0407).
