It’s only a few days since we last put together head-to-head stats for this fixture. In the words of Steven Gerrard, ‘We go again’, albeit with an FA Cup focus.
Wolves have met Liverpool in eight previous FA Cup ties and have a positive record against the Reds, progressing more often (5 times) than they’ve been eliminated (3). The last time they faced them in the fifth round was in 1948-49, winning 3-1 and eventually lifting that season’s trophy.
This is the second time in the last five seasons that Liverpool with face the side bottom of the Premier League in the FA Cup fifth round – they won 2-1 against Norwich in 2021-22, who had knocked Wolves out in the fourth round.
Liverpool have lost their last two away matches in the FA Cup, with each of their last five wins in the competition coming at Anfield. The Reds haven’t lost more away games in a row in the competition since a run of four between January 1951 and January 1954.
Mo Salah has been involved in nine goals in nine FA Cup starts for the club (7 goals, 2 assists), scoring in his one start against Wolves in the competition in January 2023 at Anfield. He has scored a goal every 110 minutes in the competition, the second best of any Reds player to play 500+ minutes behind Tony Hateley (one every 83 minutes, eight in seven games).
