MatchLiverpool v Leicester stats: Curtis Jones eyes Premier League landmark
Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones could make his 100th Premier League appearance on Boxing Day against Leicester City.
The No.17 can reach a personal landmark for the Reds having graduated and risen through the Academy ranks at the club.
Teammate Dominik Szoboszlai, meanwhile, is one appearance away from reaching 50 in the league for Liverpool.
Read on for more facts and figures ahead of the 8pm GMT kick-off at Anfield…
The Reds have won 15 of the last 22 top-flight clashes between the clubs, with three draws and four victories for the Foxes.
Liverpool have won 11 Premier League meetings at Anfield, with three draws and three defeats, while overall they have won 19 of the 34 encounters.
Only three goalless draws have been produced in 106 league fixtures between the teams: one at Anfield in 1973, with two coming at Leicester in 1998 and 2004.
Liverpool have won nine of the last 12 league meetings, which is as many as they had won in the previous 21.
Mohamed Salah is three goals away from recording 100 for the Reds in the Premier League at Anfield.
Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo, Szoboszlai and Darwin Nunez are each one booking away from serving a one-match suspension in the top flight for accumulating five yellow cards.
This will be Liverpool’s 93rd Boxing Day fixture and their 45th at Anfield. They have won 45 of the previous 92.
Their last home Boxing Day defeat came in 1986 when Manchester United won 1-0 at Anfield.
Not since 1963 has a Liverpool player scored a Boxing Day hat-trick. Roger Hunt netted four against Stoke in a 6-1 Anfield victory.
Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy faced Liverpool on 11 occasions as a player, scoring three times. He was on the winning side five times, twice at Anfield, but never scored in five outings in front of the Kop.
Only once before have the Reds kicked off at 8pm on Boxing Day. That came in 2019, when they won 4-0 away at Leicester.
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The Reds have won each of their last seven games played on December 26 - scoring 20 times and conceding just once.
No current Premier League player has been involved in more goals (six) or provided more assists (four) on Boxing Day than Salah.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has had a hand in five goals across his five Boxing Day appearances for Liverpool, scoring once and assisting twice against Leicester in 2019.
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