PreviewLiverpool v Aston Villa: 12 pre-match stats on Premier League clash at Anfield

Having won just one of their six Premier League home games against Aston Villa between 2009 and 2014 (two draws, three defeats), Liverpool have now won five of their last six at Anfield against the Villans (one draw).

The Reds have lost only five of the last 39 league meetings home and away.

Liverpool have won more league games (94) and amassed more league points versus Villa (324), converting to three points for a win, than they have against any other club.

Liverpool have lost just one of their last 14 Premier League games that have come after playing in Europe in midweek (eight wins, five draws).

Last time out against Brighton & Hove Albion, the Reds came from behind to win for the 100th time in the Premier League, becoming the third club to reach that milestone.

The last 14 games between Liverpool and Villa in all competitions have produced 57 goals, an average of more than four per game.

Arne Slot is just the fifth boss in Premier League history to win as many as eight of his first 10 games in charge, after John Gregory (1998), Guus Hiddink (2009), Carlo Ancelotti (2009) and Ange Postecoglou (2023).

No player has been involved in more Premier League goals so far this season than Mohamed Salah (12 – seven goals and five assists).

Victory on Saturday would see the Reds reach 28 points from the opening 11 games of the campaign – a tally only bettered once in the last 34 seasons. They amassed 31 points at the same stage in 2019-20, on the way to winning the title.

This will be the 100th meeting between the clubs at Anfield in all competitions. Liverpool have won 62 of the previous 99.

Luis Diaz could become the first Reds player since Jack Balmer in 1946 to score a hat-trick in successive games.

Not since October 1993 have Liverpool scored a hat-trick in consecutive fixtures, when Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler did so against Ipswich Town and Southampton respectively.