Liverpool face PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League at Anfield on Wednesday night (kick-off 8pm).
The Reds have won five of their first six meetings with PSV in European competition (D1), but were beaten 3-2 in Eindhoven in last season’s UEFA Champions League league phase, their sole defeat in the first stage of last season’s competition.
Liverpool have won each of their last 13 UEFA Champions League home games in the group stage/league phase, beating Real Madrid 1-0 on MD4 to set the outright longest such run by a Premier League side. The Reds have actually only lost once at Anfield across their last 25 group matches in this competition, 2-0 vs Atalanta in November 2020 (W21 D3).
Only Club Brugge (14) have recorded more direct attacks than Liverpool (12, alongside Marseille) in this season’s UEFA Champions League, while the Reds have allowed the joint-third fewest (3, alongside Chelsea), more than only Manchester City and Internazionale (2 each).
PSV have scored more goals from the 86th minute onwards in UEFA Champions League games this season than any other team (4), with their 93rd minute equalizing goal on MD4 against Olympiakos their latest ever result altering goal away from home in the competition.
Arne Slot has only won one of his last eight games against PSV in all competitions (D3 L4), and against no side has he suffered more defeats in his managerial career (4 – level with FC Twente and Vitesse).
Across the opening four matchdays of this UEFA Champions League campaign, the only players to create 5+ big chances were all Liverpool players – five each for Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo and Domink Szoboszlai.
