Match11 stats to know ahead of Liverpool's clash with Brentford

The Reds will contest their first competitive Anfield fixture of 2024-25, with Thomas Frank’s Bees the opponents in a 4.30pm BST kick-off on Sunday.

Read on for some early Opta facts and figures to know about the encounter…

Liverpool have won each of their last five home games against Brentford, keeping a clean sheet each time.

The Reds haven’t lost their opening home fixture in any of the last 20 league campaigns (15 wins, five draws), winning 10 of their last 11.

Virgil van Dijk has won 81 of his 99 Premier League games for Liverpool at Anfield (16 draws, two losses). If the Dutchman features and the Reds avoid defeat in this game, it will be the fewest defeats a player has suffered in their first 100 Premier League home appearances with a specific club.

Arne Slot won his first Premier League game in charge of Liverpool last weekend against Ipswich Town, with Graeme Souness in April 1991 the last Reds boss to win his opening two league games.

Liverpool had 50 touches in the opposition box against Ipswich, the most in a boss’ first ever game in charge in the Premier League that Opta has on record since 2008-09.

Brentford have won four of their last seven Premier League matches (one draw, two defeats), more than in their previous 21 games combined (three wins, four draws, 14 losses).

The Bees have lost just one of their previous six Premier League away games in the month of August (one win, four draws), with that sole defeat coming at Fulham in 2022.

Mohamed Salah has 127 goal contributions in 127 Premier League appearances for Liverpool at Anfield (92 goals, 35 assists).

The Egyptian has six goal involvements against Brentford in the competition (five goals, one assist).

Yoane Wissa has scored and assisted in each of his last three Premier League appearances for Brentford, the first player to achieve that for any club since Riyad Mahrez in December 2021 for Manchester City. No player in Premier League history has scored and assisted in four consecutive appearances.

The visitors’ Bryan Mbeumo has 16 goal involvements in his last 18 away Premier League appearances (nine goals, seven assists).