Liverpool go to the Etihad on Sunday three places and 17 points clear of Man City at the top of the Premier League. It’s a game that Arne Slot will want to win in order to maintain the gap to Arsenal in second place.
We crunch the numbers ahead of the big game…
- Liverpool are vying to win a Premier League game away to Pep Guardiola’s Man City for the first time.
- The Reds can claim their third Premier League double against City, having also won both fixtures in the 2005-06 and 2015-16 seasons.
- City’s only defeat in their last 15 league home matches against Liverpool was a 4-1 loss on 21 November 2015.
- The Reds won 23 of 27 league and cup games under Arne Slot prior to January but have failed to win seven of 14 matches (D4, L3) so far this year.
- Liverpool are unbeaten in 22 top-flight matches (W15, D7), their longest such run since a 44-game streak from January 2019 to February 2020.
- Mo Salah’s opener at Villa Park on Wednesday night was his 15th away league goal this season, the most by a Liverpool player since Gordon Hodgson tallied 15 on the road in 1930-31.
- Salah has 15 assists in the Premier League so far this season, equalling the Liverpool record set by Steve McManaman in 1995-96 and five short of the overall record of 20, registered by Thierry Henry in 2002-03 and Kevin de Bruyne in 2019-20.
