Liverpool have won only one of the past nine Premier League meetings, 1-0 at home in October 2022.

However, Manchester City have triumphed on just two of their 27 Premier League visits to Anfield.

Both Premier League meetings last season ended in a 1-1 draw.

City have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 games against Liverpool in all competitions since a 4-0 Premier League win at the Etihad Stadium in July 2020 when the Reds had already secured the title.

The away side has won just six of the 54 Premier League encounters between the two clubs, the lowest percentage (11%) of any fixture to be played more than 30 times.

Liverpool begin this matchround with an eight-point lead at the top. Only Manchester United, with nine points in 1993-94, have had a bigger advantage after 12 games and they went on to win the title by eight points.

Liverpool’s only Premier League defeat so far this season was 1-0 to Nottingham Forest at Anfield. They’ve since won seven of their eight league games, scoring at least twice in seven of them.

The Reds have won 10 of their 12 Premier League matches. On the 11 previous occasions a team has earned 10 victories at this stage of the season, only two did not go on to win the title: Newcastle United in 1995-96 and Arsenal in 2022-23 – both won their 13th league fixture and finished as runners-up.

Liverpool can win more than 10 of their first 13 top-flight games in a season for the third time after 1990-91, when they won the title, and 2019-20, when they finished as runners-up to Arsenal.

Arne Slot’s tally of 31 points after 12 matches equals the Premier League record set by Guus Hiddink, who won his 13th game in charge.

Liverpool are unbeaten in 15 Premier League home fixtures against the reigning champions since a 1-0 defeat versus Manchester United in 2007-08.

Caoimhin Kelleher has lost just one of his 21 Premier League appearances, a 1-0 defeat by Brighton at Anfield in February 2021 in his second game.

Mohamed Salah is two short of becoming the eighth player to score 100 Premier League home goals.

Salah has scored 11 goals in all competitions versus Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City – the most of any player.

Manchester City have equalled their longest winless streak of six matches in all competitions under Pep Guardiola.

The draw with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday was the first time in Guardiola’s 942 games as a manager that his side has surrendered a three-goal lead.

City have conceded two or more goals in six successive fixtures in all competitions for the first time since 1963.

They have lost their last three Premier League games, as many as they had in the previous 47 combined. City last lost four successive matches in the same season in 2007.

Guardiola has lost eight times against Liverpool, his second-highest tally against any opponent after nine versus Tottenham.

Erling Haaland has scored only two goals in his last seven Premier League appearances, after he netted 10 goals in his first five games this season.

Haaland has had a league-high 33 shots on target this campaign. The next Manchester City player on this list is Josko Gvardiol, with seven.

Since Rodri joined Manchester City in 2019-20, the Citizens have lost 10 of 28 Premier League games without him.