Premier LeagueSlot 50, Van Dijk century and more: Key statistics ahead of Liverpool v West Ham

The table-topping Reds host Graham Potter's Hammers at Anfield in a 2pm BST kick-off.

Opta and club statistician Ged Rea have provided the following facts and figures to know ahead of the encounter...

Arne Slot will take charge of Liverpool for the 50th time. The Dutchman has won 35 of his first 49 matches, more than any other Reds boss in history in their opening half-century of fixtures. Next on the list are Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, each with 29 victories.

The Reds have both scored and conceded exactly the same number of goals after 31 games of this top-flight campaign as they had at the same stage of last season (72 for, 30 against). They currently have two points more this season.

Liverpool have lost just one of their last 57 home games against West Ham in all competitions (won 42, drawn 14), winning each of their last nine in a row.

The Reds have beaten Sunday's opposition 5-1 in the Carabao Cup and 5-0 in the Premier League already this season. No English top-flight team has ever scored five or more goals against another three times in the same campaign before.

Slot's men have won each of their last five Premier League fixtures at Anfield – the Reds last won more in a row in December 2023 (seven).

Luis Diaz has scored (one) or assisted (three) a goal in each of his last four Premier League outings – the longest ever run of goal involvements by a Colombian in the competition.

Mohamed Salah has 16 goal involvements in 14 Premier League starts against West Ham (11 goals, five assists). The Egyptian only has more combined goals and assists against Manchester United (19) and Newcastle United (18).

Diogo Jota has scored in each of his last two league outings versus the Hammers, while all three of his goals against them in the competition have come as a substitute.

Potter is unbeaten in his last three Premier League games at Anfield – two with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2021 and one with Chelsea in 2023. The last manager to avoid defeat in four successive away fixtures at Liverpool in the competition was Sam Allardyce from 2016 to 2020.

Excluding own goals, Jarrod Bowen has been directly involved in six of West Ham's last seven goals versus Liverpool (three goals, three assists). Since the start of 2023-24, no player has more goals or goal involvements against the Reds than Bowen.

West Ham have won just one of their last 12 Premier League games on a Sunday and are winless in 11 away matches on this day of the week since a 4-0 victory at AFC Bournemouth in April 2023.

Virgil van Dijk is in line to captain Liverpool for the 100th time in the Premier League.

The Dutchman has started each of the Reds' last 64 league matches.