Liverpool host Manchester City in an eagerly-anticipated clash of two Premier League title rivals on Saturday.
Here, Press Association Sport looks at some numbers ahead of the Anfield game.
10
– Goals in three matches between the clubs last season (including League Cup final).
3
– Successive league wins enjoyed by Liverpool in this fixture (2-1, March 2015; 4-1, November 2015; 3-0, March 2016). The last time they won four consecutively against City was 1981.
38
– Meetings between the sides in the Premier League. Liverpool have won 17 and City seven with 14 draws. Thirteen of Liverpool’s wins were at Anfield.
2003
– The last time City won at Anfield in the Premier League. Former Liverpool striker Nicolas Anelka scored twice in a 2-1 win in May of that year.
4
– Goals scored by Sergio Aguero, who returns from a four-game suspension this weekend, against Liverpool since joining Manchester City in 2011. None of the goals were at Anfield.
1
– Goal scored by Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge – who struck for the first time in the Premier League this season on Tuesday – against Manchester City since leaving the club in 2009. He was also sent off playing against City while on loan with Bolton from Chelsea in 2011.
13
– Premier League goals in which Liverpool’s Adam Lallana has been involved in this season (seven goals, six assists), more than any other midfielder.
9
– Assists by Manchester City‘s Kevin De Bruyne in the Premier League this season, the most of any player.
86
– League goals scored by Liverpool in 2016, their most in a calendar year since 1985.
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