MatchAlisson set for LFC landmark and 15 more stats to know ahead of Villa clash

If the goalkeeper features in the Premier League clash, he will bring up the landmark of 200 league games for the club. In the previous 199, Alisson has registered 85 clean sheets.

Read on for more facts and figures to know ahead of the 8pm BST kick-off at Villa Park…

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This will be Jürgen Klopp’s 238th and final away game as Liverpool manager (excluding fixtures on neutral grounds or home matches played away from Anfield). He has won 129 of those previous 237.

Two goals would see the Reds record their second-highest goals tally in a season in their history (all competitions). They currently have 137. They scored 138 in 1985-86 and the club record came under Klopp in 2021-22 (147 goals).

Liverpool have won more Premier League away games against Villa than they have versus any other opponent (16).

The last four meetings between Villa and the Reds at Villa Park in all competitions have seen the scoring opened within the first five minutes of the match, with both sides doing so twice.

Liverpool have only lost their final away league game in one of their eight previous seasons under Klopp (five wins, two draws), going down 1-0 at Chelsea in 2017-18.

Mohamed Salah has been involved in nine goals across his last eight Premier League games against Villa (six goals, three assists), scoring three in his last three at Villa Park.

The Reds were 3-0 winners when the sides met at Anfield earlier in the campaign, courtesy of strikes from Dominik Szoboszlai and Salah alongside an own goal.

Villa are unbeaten in their last four Premier League fixtures at Villa Park (two wins, two draws).

The Reds have won each of their last four league matches played on a Monday, netting 15 goals in the process and conceding just three.

Liverpool have won eight of their last nine visits to Villa Park in the Premier League.

Douglas Luiz has either scored (one) or assisted (two) each of Villa’s last three league goals against the Reds.

Ollie Watkins, meanwhile, has had a hand in six goals across his seven league appearances versus Liverpool (five goals, one assist).

Liverpool have scored 341 league goals against Villa in their history, more than they have netted past any other team.

The 67 points Villa currently have is already their highest in a 38-game Premier League season.

Unai Emery’s side have won 12 of their 18 home league matches this season, alongside three draws and three defeats.