Manchester City have lost just one of their last 12 Premier League home games against Liverpool (W7 D4), going down 4-1 in Jürgen Klopp’s first visit to the Etihad in the competition in November 2015.
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Liverpool are winless in four Premier League games against Man City (D2 L2) – only once in the competition have they had a longer run without a win against them (5 between November 2011 and December 2013).
Liverpool haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 11 Premier League away games against Man City, since a 0-0 draw in February 2010. They last had a longer run without an away top-flight clean sheet against an opponent against Blackburn, a run of 16 games between 1948 and 2004.
Victory for Liverpool will see them finish a day top of the Premier League table for the first time since 1st October. Of the last eight Premier League meetings between the top two sides to take place within the final 10 games of the season, the team in second has won seven times (L1), including each of the last five in a row.
This is the 50th ever Premier League match between the top two sides in the division, with the league leaders winning 20 and losing 18 (11 draws). It’s the third such match between Manchester City and Liverpool, following a goalless draw in October 2018 (Man City top), and the Citizens beating newly crowned champions Liverpool 4-0 in July 2020.
Liverpool have won each of their last 10 Premier League games, keeping eight clean sheets in this run. It’s their fifth run of 10+ consecutive Premier League wins, with each of their previous four being ended by different sides (2-2 v Bolton 2006, 0-2 v Chelsea 2014, 1-1 v Man Utd 2019, 0-3 v Watford 2020).
Man City manager Pep Guardiola has lost more matches in all competitions against Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp than versus any other manager (8), while Klopp has only lost as many matches against Felix Magath (8) in his managerial career as he has against Guardiola.
Man City’s Phil Foden has scored in each of his last three Premier League games against Liverpool, and could become just the second player to score in four straight appearances against the Reds in the competition after Jamie Vardy (5 between 2016 and 2017).
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored in four of his last five Premier League games against Man City, including each of his last three in a row. The last player to score in four consecutive Premier League appearances against the Citizens was Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who did so in five in a row between December 2000 and October 2003.
Seven of Diogo Jota’s 23 Premier League goals for Liverpool have been headers (30%), with only Sami Hyypiä scoring a higher share for the Reds in the competition (77% - min. 20 goals). However, Man City have conceded just one headed goal in the Premier League this season.