Champions League14 interesting stats to know about RB Leipzig v Liverpool
Check out 14 interesting facts and figures about Liverpool’s Champions League fixture at RB Leipzig on Wednesday evening.
The Reds head to Germany for matchday three of the competition’s league phase, aiming to follow up victories against AC Milan and Bologna so far.
Read on for the pick of club statistician Ged Rea’s offerings about the 8pm BST kick-off at Red Bull Arena…
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 12 meetings with German opposition in all European competition (winning nine and drawing three).
The teams were drawn together for the only previous time in the 2020-21 Champions League campaign. They met in the first knockout round and the Reds won 2-0 in both legs, which were held in Budapest due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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Watch on YouTubeLiverpool have won 14 of their last 19 away Champions League matches, including nine of the last 11.
If Arne Slot’s side win this game they will become the first team in the club’s history to win each of their opening six away fixtures of a season.
The Reds could record an eighth consecutive victory in all competitions for the first time since March 2022 (a run of 12).
Success at Red Bull Arena would also see Liverpool win 11 of their opening 12 games of a campaign for the first time in their history.
Mohamed Salah could make his 69th European Cup appearance for Liverpool, to move him into third place on the club’s all-time appearance list in the competition, behind Jamie Carragher (91) and Steven Gerrard (87).
The Egyptian needs two goals to reach 50 for the Reds in European competition.
Before both joined Liverpool, Ibrahima Konate made 95 appearances for RB Leipzig between 2017 and 2021, while Dominik Szoboszlai scored 20 goals in 91 matches for the club, winning the German cup in 2021-22 and 2022-23.
Konate is a yellow card away from a one-match ban in this competition.
Unbeaten Leipzig have 17 points after seven Bundesliga games, a new club record. They have conceded only twice in the league, keeping six clean sheets.
Their only two defeats this season have both come in Europe, away at Atletico Madrid and at home to Juventus.
Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi spent five years at Anfield and though he did not make a senior appearance, he was on the bench 51 times.
Die Roten Bullen have lost only one of their last 10 matches at home in all competitions, keeping seven clean sheets during that run.
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