What the stats say ahead of Liverpool v Man United

Liverpool are looking to complete the league double over Manchester United for the first time since 2013-14, while they last won three in a row against the Red Devils between September 2008 and October 2009.

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Manchester United are winless in their last five away league games against Liverpool (D3 L2), netting just one goal in these matches. They last had a longer run without an away league win against the Reds between September 1970 and December 1979 (D2 L7).

Liverpool won the reverse fixture against Manchester United 5-0 earlier this season. Only once in a single Premier League campaign have they netted 6+ against the Red Devils (6 in 2008-09), while the most they’ve scored against them in a league season is nine in 1895-96.

Since their last Premier League defeat against Leicester in December, Liverpool have earned more points than any other side (32 – W10 D2 L0). A win or a draw here will see them finish the day top of the table for the first time since October 1st, having been 14 points behind Manchester City as recently as January 15th (albeit with two games in hand).

Manchester United have lost their last two Premier League away games, as many as they had in their previous 39 on the road (W23 D14). They’ve only lost three consecutive Premier League away games on three occasions – October 1994, January 1996 and April 2019.

Liverpool have lost six of their last 93 Premier League home games (W70 D17), with all of those defeats coming consecutively between January and March 2021. The Reds have won each of their last 10 at Anfield by an aggregate score of 29-2.

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored seven goals in his last five games against Manchester United in all competitions, including a hat-trick at Old Trafford in the reverse fixture this season. In the Reds’ history, only Steven Gerrard (9) has netted more against the Red Devils for the club.

In all competitions, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford has only scored more club career goals against Leicester (6) than he has versus Liverpool (5). However, all five of his strikes against the Reds have come at Old Trafford.

Liverpool’s Diogo Jota has scored in each of his last three Premier League games, with each strike being the Reds’ first goal of the game. He’s never scored in four consecutive Premier League appearances.

Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo has been on the winning side 23 times in the last 24 Premier League games in which he’s scored, including each of the last 12 in a row. The only exception in that run was a 4-1 defeat against Liverpool in March 2009.