Today’s Premier League match between Liverpool and Aston Villa will mark a significant accomplishment for Jurgen Klopp.
Goals are once again anticipated at Anfield for the Reds following last week’s drama at Newcastle, and history also seems to support this.
For the 300th time in Premier League history, Jurgen Klopp will be in charge of Liverpool. He has 187 victories, 69 draws, and 43 losses.
When Liverpool scores their next goal, it will be their 900th overall under the German.
If Mo Salah scores, it will be his 150th goal over 150 different Liverpool matches.
For the first time at Anfield and in the Premier League, Trent Alexander-Arnold ought to lead the Reds as captain. The Champions League group encounter against Midtjylland in December 2020 was his last game as captain.
Darwin Nunez became the first Liverpool player to score an equalizer and a game-winning goal in the same match during the Premier League era by scoring twice against Newcastle on Sunday.
Liverpool now has the most goals in the history of the English Premier League thanks to the Uruguayan’s game-winning strike against Newcastle. With their 7,196th goal, they surpassed Everton and moved up one spot in the list.
It’s always satisfying to defeat the Blues!
The Midlanders represent the only club against which they have won more league games (93) and accrued more league points (320), which are converted into three points for a victory.
Over the course of their history, Liverpool has outscored Villa 338 times in league play, more than any other team.
48 goals have been scored in the last 12 meetings across all competitions. That is four on average every game.
At Anfield (37 league games), there has only been a scoreless draw once in the previous 42 years. That occurred in March 2000, and Villa was coached by Gerard Houllier at the time.
Liverpool has won 32 of the 56 home and away games in the Premier League. With 11 draws, Villa has 13 victories. In the same time frame at Anfield, the Reds have won 16, drawn six, and lost six games.
The Reds have dropped five of the previous 37 league home and away games, and they have also
In nine encounters with Liverpool, Unai Emery has only one victory. When they first met, in 2016, his Sevilla club won the Europa League Final in Basel by a score of 3-1.
His teams have given up 24 times throughout that time.
The last two Villa players to be dismissed against Liverpool were both ex-Reds. In November 1998, Stan Collymore was fired, and in March 2009, Brad Friedel’s red card at Anfield was eventually overturned.
In his six games versus Liverpool, Ollie Watkins has five goals. In this game from last May, he missed a penalty at the Kop end. Four of those goals were scored in the first period.
Only 11 people in Premier League history have scored a hat trick against Liverpool. Watkins is one of them.
