PREVIEW: 10 stats to know ahead of Manchester United v Liverpool

  • Take a look at these ten fascinating statistics before Liverpool's Premier League matchup with Manchester United.
  • On Sunday afternoon, the Reds travel to Old Trafford with the intention of continuing their unbeaten start to the 2024–25 season.

Read on for some good-to-know facts and figures provided by Opta.

In their last six Premier League away games against Man United, Liverpool has only lost once. Only Manchester City (nine) has triumphed more frequently away from Old Trafford than the Reds (seven).

Liverpool have won both of their Premier League games 2-0 this season. Twice before have they won each of their first three in a campaign without conceding, doing so in 2013-14 and 2018-19.

No team has had more shots than Arne Slot's men in the Premier League this season (37), with Liverpool also having the highest expected goals total (5.3) and the lowest expected goals against total (1) so far.

Slot and Erik ten Hag met four times during their time in the Eredivisie. Before Ten Hag defeated Slot's Feyenoord team twice in 2021–2022, Slot's AZ Alkmaar defeated Ten Hag's Ajax twice in 2019–20.

Mohamed Salah is the Premier League's top goal scorer when visiting Old Trafford, having scored six goals so far.


Salah has had a hand in 18 goals across his last 11 appearances against Man United in all competitions (14 goals, four assists).

The Egyptian has netted in four consecutive Premier League away meetings with the Red Devils.

This will be Virgil van Dijk's 200th Premier League outing for Liverpool. He's been on the winning side in 139 of his 199 so far, already the most wins any player has picked up in their first 200 for the club in the competition.

Liverpool have lost just one of their last 20 Premier League games in the month of September.

The Reds have been defeated in just two of their last 16 top-flight away games played on a Sunday.


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