LFC V SUNDERLAND: STAT ATTACK
Ged Rea
01 February 2008
Stat man Ged Rea has compiled all the facts and figures ahead of Saturday's 5.15pm kick-off between Liverpool and Sunderland.
Head to head (league only): At Anfield - Liverpool 34 wins, Sunderland 18 wins, 18 Draws. Overall - Liverpool 61 wins, Sunderland 49 wins, 31 Draws.
Earlier this season Liverpool won 2-0 at the Stadium Of Light. Momo Sissoko scored his first goal for the Reds with Andriy Voronin scoring his first league goal.
In the 13 Premiership games between the clubs, Liverpool have won seven, drawn five and lost once.
Momo Sissoko's goal against the Black Cats in August was Liverpool's 7,000th in league football in their 4,109th game.
Steven Gerrard is two goals short of recording 50 scored at Anfield for the club.
In the last 34 league meetings at Anfield stretching back to 1936 Liverpool have lost just twice - both by a 1-0 scoreline.
Liverpool have lost one of the last 11 meetings in the league at Anfield.
The Reds have only conceded six goals on this ground in the last 14 top-flight meetings.
The Reds are looking to record their third 'double' over today's opponents in the last four seasons they have met.
Liverpool's biggest win at Anfield over Sunderland came in September 1922 when they won 5-1. Their heaviest defeat on this ground by today's opponents was a 6-0 thrashing in April 1930.
Liverpool have not scored more than twice in a Premier League game against the Black Cats.
In the last 46 League meetings home and away the Reds have lost only three times.
The last Liverpool player to score a hat-trick against Sunderland was Roger Hunt at Anfield in February 1966. He is one of only four Liverpool players to achieve the feat.
Momo Sissoko was the last Liverpool player to be sent off against Sunderland in a 2-0 win on Wearside in November 2005.
Xabi Alonso could make his 150th Liverpool appearance in all competitions.
Peter Crouch could play the 300th club game of his career if selected.
A win for the Reds will take them past the 250 points barrier in the Premier League under Rafa Benitez.
The Reds have kept just one clean sheet in the last nine league games.
Pepe Reina is looking to keep his 50th league clean sheet for the club. This is his 92nd Premier League appearance. Ray Clemence holds the club record for reaching that total of shut outs in the quickest time. He kept his 50th in his 95th league appearance.
