Premier LeagueLiverpool v Manchester United: 12 Opta pre-match stats

The Reds’ first game of 2025 comes against their fierce rivals at Anfield on Sunday afternoon (4.30pm GMT kick-off).

Ahead of the fixture, here are 12 interesting stats…

Liverpool have lost just one of their last 13 Premier League games against Manchester United (won seven, drawn five), going down 2-1 at Old Trafford in August 2022.

The Reds have won their last three Premier League matches, scoring three or more goals in each victory with 14 goals in total. They last had a longer winning run while scoring three or more goals in each win in February/March 2014 (six in a row).

Following their 3-0 win at Old Trafford in the reverse fixture, Arne Slot could become just the second Liverpool boss to do the league double over United in his first season with the club, after George Kay in 1936-37.

The Reds have gone 23 games without defeat across all competitions (won 20, drawn three): the fifth-longest unbeaten run in the club’s history, last enjoying a longer sequence without a loss between April and November 2021 (25 games).

Liverpool have scored two or more goals in each of their last 11 Premier League matches. Only between March and September 2019 (a run of 15) have the Reds scored multiple goals in more successive matches in the club’s league history.

The Reds have won their first league game of the year in only three of the last 10 years (drawn three, lost four). However, when beginning a calendar year at Anfield, they are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games (won six, drawn two).

Liverpool beat Newcastle United 4-2 in their first league match of 2024 – the last time they won their opening league game in consecutive calendar years was in 2013 and 2014.

United haven’t won any of their last eight league away games against Liverpool (drawn four, lost four), their longest such run since a run of nine between 1970 and 1979.

United have scored just one goal in their last eight Premier League matches at Anfield, failing to net in each of the last five.

Mohamed Salah has both scored more goals (12) and provided more assists (six) against United than any other player in Premier League history.

Salah has been involved in 30 Premier League goals this season (17 goals, 13 assists), scoring and assisting in eight different games, already the most by a player in a single campaign ever.

This is the fifth time the Egyptian has registered 30+ goal involvements in a single campaign (also 2017-18, 2018-19, 2021-22 and 2022-23), the joint-most of any player in Premier League history along with Alan Shearer.