Liverpool head to Man United tonight seeking to equal a membership report at Previous Trafford, whereas Mo Salah may equal or break two legendary goalscoring data.
Salah is the one participant in historical past to attain at United in three successive Liverpool visits in all competitions.
He has scored six targets in his final three appearances towards United and 7 in his final 4 in league and cup.
Ought to he rating Salah will develop into solely the second Liverpool participant ever to attain in 4 successive league video games towards United – the opposite being Dick Forshaw in 1925/26 and once more in 1926/27.
Moreover, he would develop into the membership’s outright main scorer in all video games towards United. He at present has 9, stage with Steven Gerrard.
Salah (119) may additionally equal or surpass Gerrard (120) because the membership’s second-highest scorer within the historical past of the Premier League. Robbie Fowler is prime (128).
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Success vs. United
Liverpool have scored 13 targets of their final three encounters with United – as many as they’ve scored within the earlier 14 league conferences.
Virtually 10 % of all Liverpool league targets scored final season got here towards United.
They’re eight unbeaten in league conferences, with 5 wins and three attracts since a 2-1 loss on this floor in March 2018.
Solely as soon as earlier than have they remained unbeaten on extra consecutive events – from 1919 to 1927 that they had a sequence of 11 with out defeat.
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An Previous Trafford first?
This Liverpool group may develop into the primary within the membership’s historical past to win three successive league visits to Previous Trafford.
The Reds may maintain back-to-back clear sheets at Previous Trafford for the primary time since January 2002 (received 1-0 each occasions).
They haven’t saved clear sheets in three successive league video games towards United residence and away since 1979.
They might additionally report a fourth successive league win over United for the primary time since January 2002.
Liverpool may go 5 unbeaten within the league at Previous Trafford for the primary time since 1927 and equal the membership report.
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Alisson enters the highest 10
Alisson’s subsequent recreation will see him enter the membership’s prime 10 all-time goalkeepers’ look record.
He has already performed 186 occasions, retaining 84 clear sheets, helping two targets and scoring one.
A begin tonight will see him leapfrog Jerzy Dudek, who additionally made 186 appearances for Liverpool, retaining 77 clear sheets.
Ray Clemence (323), Bruce Grobbelaar (267), Pepe Reina (177), Elisha Scott (137), Tommy Lawrence (133) and David James (102) have all saved extra clear sheets for Liverpool than Alisson.
Nonetheless, solely Clemence (48.57%) has the next starts-to-clean-sheets ratio than the Brazilian (45.16%).
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Glory, glory
United have received simply one of many final eight league matches.
That is the primary season since 1992/93 that United have misplaced their opening two league video games.
They’ve misplaced their final 4 league video games for the primary time since February 1979. They had been final defeated in 5 in succession within the prime flight in March 1972 (in a sequence of seven).
United have misplaced by 4 targets or extra in three of the final eight league video games.
By comparability, they misplaced by no less than 4 targets in three of Alex Ferguson’s 810 Premier League video games in cost.
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Tonight’s referee
Michael Oliver has reffed this fixture thrice – all at Previous Trafford.
Liverpool have by no means received, with two attracts and one defeat.
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This season’s scorers
Man United: Personal targets 1
Liverpool: Nunez 2, Salah 2, Alexander-Arnold 1, Diaz 1
* Stats courtesy of LFC statistician Ged Rea (@ged0407).
