Match12 stats to know ahead of Fulham v Liverpool

The Reds visit Marco Silva’s men for a 4.30pm BST kick-off on Sunday seeking to maintain their challenge for the league title.

Check out 12 things to know about the encounter in the capital below…

In Premier League fixtures, Liverpool have won 20, drawn six and lost seven of their 33 meetings with Fulham.

This is the fourth clash between the teams this season, having also faced off in the Carabao Cup semi-finals. The Reds have won two and drawn the other.

Liverpool are unbeaten in their last six visits to Craven Cottage in all competitions, including five in the league.

They have not kept a clean sheet in their last eight league visits to Fulham, however. The last at the ground came in April 2009, when Yossi Benayoun scored a 92nd-minute winner.

Mohamed Salah has four goals in seven appearances against Fulham in a Liverpool shirt, including goals in both league meetings last season.

Not since April 1963 has there been a goalless draw between the sides at Craven Cottage – almost 61 years to the day of this game.

The Reds have scored in each of their last 19 away Premier League matches, the longest current run of any side. In their entire league history, they have had only one longer away scoring run, netting in 21 in a row between February 1955 and February 1956 in the second tier.

Liverpool have not lost in the last seven matches they have played on this date, and only one of the last 12 – against Leicester City in 1999.

Three Reds players have scored a hat-trick against Fulham: Daniel Sturridge at Craven Cottage in May 2013; Maxi Rodriguez in a 5-2 away win in May 2011; and Billy Liddell at Anfield in September 1954.

Harvey Elliott became the Premier League’s youngest ever player – aged 16 years and 30 days – when appearing for Fulham in an away defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers in May 2019.

Fulham have already recorded nine top-flight home wins this season – their highest number since totalling 10 in 2011-12.

Rodrigo Muniz has netted six goals in his last five home appearances and is the Cottagers’ leading scorer in the league with eight goals.