Here are all the important pre-match stats and facts ahead of our vital clash at Manchester City with LFC statto Ged Rea.

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League Record: (Head to head)

Overall: Liverpool 74 wins, Man City 37 wins, 36 draws.

At Man. City: Liverpool 29 wins, Man City 24 wins, 20 draws.

Earlier this season the sides drew 2-2 at Anfield. It was City's sixth successive league draw of the campaign (a run that extended to seven). Martin Skrtel opened the scoring with his first goal for the Reds, before Emmanuel Adebayor and Stephen Ireland gave City the lead. Within a minute however Yossi Benayoun had equalised.

Last season here the Reds came from two goals down at half time to win 3-2. Stephen Ireland and Javier Garrido scored for City before Fernando Torres hit two leaving Dirk Kuyt to score an injury time winner.

This is the Reds seventh visit to the City of Manchester Stadium. They have won two, drawn three and lost one.

This fixture has produced seven draws in the last 12 league meetings in Manchester.

Liverpool's biggest league victory at City came in April 1982 when they won 5-0.

Liverpool have won three of the last 13 visits to City (with three defeats and seven draws), but have lost only one of the last nine.

The Reds have lost only two of the last 19 league meetings home and away between the two sides.

They are unbeaten in the last nine league clashes and have kept six clean sheets in the process.

Since the inception of the Premier League Liverpool have won 12 of the 25 meetings, with City winning three.

The last Liverpool man to score a hat-trick against City was Michael Owen in September 2002 at Maine Road. That is the only occasion a Reds player has achieved the feat against City in Manchester.

Albert Riera played 19 times in all competitions for City in the latter half of the 2005-06 season, after joining on loan from Espanyol, scoring once. That goal came against Newcastle with current City 'keeper Shay Given in goal that day.

Pepe Reina, Lucas and Dirk Kuyt have appeared in all 26 of the Reds league games this season.

Not since November 2008 have Liverpool scored the opening goal in a game away from home and lost - they were beaten 2-1 at Tottenham after Dirk Kuyt had scored first.

City are on their longest unbeaten home run in the top-flight for more than 18 years. They have not lost in 15 since losing to Fulham back in April - winning 12 and drawing three.

They have scored in their last 21 league games on their own ground. It is their longest run for 52 years.

The last team to prevent City from winning in the league at Eastlands were Hull, who drew 1-1 in November. Since then they have recorded six straight wins.

Amongst their nine home wins in the Premier League two have come against Arsenal and Chelsea at home. The three teams to leave City with a point are Fulham, Burnley and Hull.

They have, however, conceded 14 goals at home, though only once in the last four has their defence been broken.

Pablo Zabaleta was sent off against Liverpool on this ground last season while Emmanuel Adebayor was dismissed against the Reds playing for Arsenal at the Emirates 14 months ago.

Carlos Tevez has scored 15 goals in his last 15 games in all competitions while in the league it is 11 goals in the last 11 appearances.

Patrick Vieira played against the Reds in both Champions League games for Inter Milan in the knockout stages two seasons ago.

Emmanuel Adebayor has netted three times in his last four league games.

City are aiming to record their highest ever Premier League finish. In 2004-05 they ended the campaign in 8^th place with 52 points. They already have 45 so far.

The last City hat-trick against Liverpool was scored at Anfield by Eric Brook in 1937 in his side's 5-0 win.

City's biggest home win over the Reds came in September 1935 when they won 6-0.

They have not won at home in the last four games against the Reds scoring only twice. Their last win came with a Kiki Musampa last minute goal in April 2005.

They have not beaten Liverpool at home by more than one goal since recording a 3-1 win at Maine Road in 1977-78.

Current League Positions:

Liverpool: Pld 26 Won 13 Drawn5 Lost 8 Goals For 43 Against 27 Points 44 Position: 5^th.

Man City: Pld 25 Won 12 Drawn 9 Lost 4 Goals For 48 Against 33 Points 45 Position: 4^th.

Leading scorers this season: (League in brackets)

Liverpool: Torres 12 (12), Kuyt 10 (9), Benayoun 7 (5), Ngog 7 (4), Gerrard 6 (5), Babel 3 (2), Johnson 2 (2), Insua 1 (0), Kyrgiakos 1 (1), Mascherano 1 (1), Skrtel 1 (1), own goals 2 (1).

City: Tevez 19 (13), Adebayor 9 (9), Bellamy 6 (6), Wright-Phillips 6 (3), Petrov 5 (4), Barry 3 (2), Ireland 3 (2), Santa Cruz 3 (2), Lescott 2 (1), Richards 2 (2), Toure 2 (1), Garrido 1 (1), Kompany 1 (1), M. Johnson 1 (0), Onuoha 1 (0), Sylvinho 1 (0), own goals 1 (1).