MatchEuropa League: 16 of the best stats ahead of Liverpool's clash with Sparta Prague

The Reds hold a 5-1 advantage from last week's victory in Czechia as they host Brian Priske's side under the lights at Anfield on Thursday night.

Take a look at the best facts and figures ahead of the 8pm GMT kick-off…

Liverpool are aiming to reach the quarter-finals of a European competition for the 28th time in their history.

The Reds have won an away first leg in Europe 38 times and never been eliminated.

Liverpool have failed to score in only four of the last 34 European fixtures – three against Real Madrid and the other versus Internazionale.

No Liverpool team has ever lost a European game at Anfield by four goals.

Jürgen Klopp's men are undefeated in their last 30 Anfield matches in all competitions, scoring 88 goals in that time.

Klopp has taken charge of Liverpool in Europe more times than any Reds manager. This will be his 89th match.

This is the boss' eighth European campaign with the club and he could reach the quarter-finals for the sixth time.

Liverpool have used 29 different players in the competition so far this season.

Wataru Endo and Harvey Elliott are the only players to start all seven Europa League fixtures, with Darwin Nunez and Joe Gomez also appearing in all of them. Only Elliott has played every minute of the European campaign so far.

Nunez has scored eight goals in 15 European appearances for Liverpool. The fastest to 10 goals for the club in Europe: Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah (13 games), Robbie Fowler (16), Roger Hunt (18).

Nunez has scored a brace in a match three times this season – all away from Anfield. He has eight goals in his last 10 outings.

Salah could become the first Red in history to score 20 goals in all competitions for a seventh successive season.

Salah's next game will be his 74th for Liverpool in European competition and will see him move into joint-10th place on the club's all-time European appearance list, alongside Phil Neal and Jordan Henderson.

Caoimhin Kelleher has played in the last eight matches. It's his longest run of consecutive appearances, with 20 of his 41 outings for the club coming this campaign.

The Reds have had more possession in the competition this season (63.9 per cent) than any other team.

Liverpool have not conceded more than once in their last eight games, since the 3-1 loss at Arsenal last month.