We look ahead to Saturday’ Premier League clash at the Amex and crunch the numbers ahead of the big game with Brighton.
Brighton have won two of their last three home league games against Liverpool (D1), beating them 3-2 in this exact fixture last season. They’d only won one of their first 13 against the Reds (D6 L6).
Following their 2-0 win at Anfield in December, Liverpool are looking to complete the league double over Brighton for the first time since 2019-20.
Liverpool have won 2-0 (Premier League) and 3-0 (FA Cup) against Brighton this season. They last won three games without conceding in a season against an opponent in 2021-22 (vs Arsenal), while Brighton last lost three without scoring in 2006-07 (vs Bristol City).
Liverpool have conceded eight goals in the 90th minute (including stoppage time) in the Premier League this season, with only Leeds shipping more (9). All eight of these goals against the Reds have resulted in them drawing (3) or losing (5) the match.
Liverpool have lost nine of their 30 Premier League games this season (30%), their highest loss rate in a single campaign since 2014-15 (32% – 12/38). They last lost 10 games in a season in 2015-16 (10).
Mohamed Salah is both the top scorer (10) and top assister (7) against Brighton in the Premier League. He is one of only three players to be outright top for both goals and assists against a particular opponent in the competition, along with Alan Shearer (Nottingham Forest – 10 goals, 7 assists) and Les Ferdinand (Wimbledon – 9 goals, 6 assists).
No player has scored more goals from outside the box than Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai this season (4). All four of his strikes have been from direct free-kicks, with only David Beckham (2000-01) and Laurent Robert (2001-02) netting more in a single campaign (both 5).
