MatchFA Cup: 18 stats to know before Liverpool v Accrington Stanley
Here are 18 pre-match stats to know ahead of Liverpool's Emirates FA Cup third-round tie with Accrington Stanley at Anfield.
Saturday's match between the Premier League leaders and their League Two opponents is scheduled to kick off at 12.15pm GMT.
Read our statistical preview – with data provided by LFC statistician Ged Rea – below.
The clubs have met only once before in any competition, in the FA Cup third round in January 1956. Liverpool beat Accrington 2-0 at Anfield thanks to a Billy Liddell brace.
On that day, Liverpool wore yellow shirts with white shorts and their usual red and white socks, while the visitors wore white shirts.
This will be only the second time since 2017 that the Reds have faced opposition from outside the Premier League at the third-round stage. On the other occasion, they beat Shrewsbury Town 4-1 in 2022.
The last club from outside the top two divisions to defeat Liverpool in this competition were Oldham Athletic (3-2 at Boundary Park in 2013).
The previous team from the fourth tier to face the Reds in the FA Cup were Plymouth Argyle in 2017. After a goalless draw at Anfield, Liverpool won the replay at Home Park 1-0.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last eight FA Cup ties at home since West Bromwich Albion won at Anfield in 2018.
In the last 13 seasons, the Reds have lost only once in the third round, going down to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux in 2019.
Not since 2007 have they lost at home in round three, when Arsenal won 3-1 at Anfield.
Yossi Benayoun scored the last of 19 hat-tricks by Liverpool players in this competition, against non-league Havant & Waterlooville in round four in 2008.
The Reds scored the same number of goals in their opening 29 games of this season (70) as they did at the same stage of last term, but have conceded three goals fewer in the current campaign.
Liverpool have played in four penalty shootouts in the FA Cup, winning them all, including a semi-final in 1992 and the 2006 and 2022 finals.
The club’s youngest ever FA Cup goalscorer is Kaide Gordon, who netted in the win over Shrewsbury in January 2022 at the age of 17 years and 96 days.
Federico Chiesa could make his FA Cup debut. He twice won the Coppa Italia with Juventus, including last season.
Accrington won 2-0 at Rushall Olympic in round one with goals from Josh Woods and Tyler Walton after the home side had been reduced to 10 men.
In the second round they beat Swindon Town at home on penalties after a 2-2 draw. Once again their opponents had a player sent off, with Walton netting both of Stanley’s goals – the equaliser coming in stoppage time. Goalkeeper Billy Crellin saved two spot-kicks in the shootout to follow one he had saved during normal time.
Liam Coyle, who was at Liverpool’s Academy as a youngster, signed for Accrington in the summer of 2021.
Away from home this season Accrington have won four of their 15 matches in all competitions, the most recent of those coming last weekend at Colchester United.
Stanley have failed to score in only one of their last 13 fixtures in league and cup.
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