Liverpool take on Galatasaray in the second leg of their Champions League Last 16 tie at Anfield on Wednesday night (kick-off 8pm).
Arne Slot‘s men are 1-0 down after a difficult first leg in Turkey, but are hoping the atmosphere in the stadium will help drive them to victory and a place in the quarter-finals of the competition.
We crunch the numbers ahead of the big game…
Having been unbeaten in their first three UEFA Champions League meetings with Galatasaray (W1 D2), Liverpool have now lost their last three against the Turkish side, though all three defeats have come away from home.
Only twice have Liverpool lost the first leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie and gone on to progress to the next round, with both previous instances coming in the semi-finals of the competition (2006-07 vs Chelsea, 2018-19 vs Barcelona).
Liverpool have lost twice against Galatasaray already this season – the last team to beat the Reds three times in the same campaign were West Ham United in 2015-16 (2x Premier League, 1x FA Cup).
None of Liverpool’s last 30 UEFA Champions League games has finished in a draw (W21 L9), with only Marseille ever having a longer run in the competition (a current run of 32).
Mohamed Salah has scored 49 UEFA Champions League goals (2 for Basel, 1 for Roma, 46 for Liverpool) and could become the first African player to net 50 in the competition.
Virgil van Dijk has been directly involved in five goals in the UEFA Champions League this season (2 goals, 3 assists); the most by a centre back in a single edition since Jérôme Boateng in 2014-15 (6), and already the most by a Liverpool centre back.
Hugo Ekitike completed six dribbles in the first leg against Galatasaray, the most by a Liverpool player in a UEFA Champions League knockout stage game since Mohamed Salah in March 2020 v Atletico Madrid (7).
