Pre-match statsMo Salah a goal away from becoming LFC's seventh-highest scorer ever

The Egyptian matched Sir Kenny Dalglish's tally of 172 with his opener in the Boxing Day victory at Aston Villa.

The next opportunity for Salah to leapfrog Dalglish in the chart arrives on Friday evening when the Reds host Leicester City at Anfield in the Premier League.

Read on for a statistical preview of the 8pm GMT kick-off...

A clean sheet will see Liverpool keep a third in succession at home against the Foxes for the first time in their league history.

Only three goalless draws have been produced in 104 league fixtures between the teams.

Jürgen Klopp's men are looking to record a fourth Premier League win in a row for the first time since April.

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Kostas Tsimikas could make his 50th appearance for the Reds.

At Anfield in the Premier League during the calendar year 2022, Liverpool have won 14 of 18 games.

Each of James Milner's last two goals have come against Leicester and both from the penalty spot – the last in December 2019 with his first touch after coming on as a substitute.

At Aston Villa, Stefan Bajcetic became the club's third-youngest scorer in the Premier League, aged 18 years and 65 days. His goal was the 10th by a Liverpool substitute this season.

Robbie Fowler, in October 2001, was the last Red to score a hat-trick versus Leicester.

Leicester goalkeeper Danny Ward made three appearances in total for Liverpool before joining the Foxes in the summer of 2018.

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