MatchWSL: 10 stats to know ahead of Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion

Matt Beard’s side play their first league match of 2025 as Brighton visit St Helens Stadium for a 7pm GMT kick-off on Friday (January 17).

See 10 facts and figures to know about the encounter below…

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Liverpool have won each of their last three WSL meetings with Brighton, including a 4-0 victory in this fixture last season.

Overall, there have been seven WSL clashes between the teams – with four wins for Liverpool, two for Brighton and one draw.

This will be the Reds’ first WSL home match played on a Friday since September 2017.

Each of Ceri Holland’s last four goals in the top flight have come against the Seagulls, across three different games.

In 11 previous meetings with Brighton as a manager, Beard has overseen seven victories.

The Reds have the best duels won percentage in the division so far in this campaign: 53.9 per cent.

Excluding the current top three sides in the WSL, Brighton rank first for average possession (53.2 per cent), passes made (4,917) and open-play sequences of 10-plus passes (105).

Brighton have gone on to win all five WSL fixtures this season in which they have taken the lead.

The visitors’ Nikita Parris has scored eight league goals against Liverpool in 18 appearances previously, while Fran Kirby has tallied seven in 10.

Brighton have had the second-highest number of different goalscorers in the WSL so far this term (nine).