40 great LFC v Norwich stats

Head to head (league only):
At Anfield: Liverpool 15 wins, Norwich 4 wins, 4 draws.
Overall: Liverpool 24 wins, Norwich 11 wins, 11 draws.

The last time the sides met was in 2004-05 when Liverpool recorded their second successive league double over the Canaries.

At Anfield Liverpool ran out 3-0 winners with Milan Baros, Luis Garcia and Djibril Cisse on the mark.

In the return at Carrow Road the Reds won 2-1 in their opening fixture of the New Year, with Garcia and John Arne Riise scoring before Ryan Jarvis netted a consolation.

In the Premier League, Liverpool have won five of the eight meetings, with Norwich winning two.

The sides first met in the league in 1960-61 when they were both in the old Division Two, with the teams winning their respective home game 2-1.

Liverpool's biggest win over Norwich at Anfield came in February 1979 when Kenny Dalglish scored twice including the opener in a 6-0 win. Liverpool won 4-1 at Carrow Road in the same season to record their best ever win at Norwich.

Paul Walsh, in November 1986, scored Liverpool's only Anfield hat-trick against the Canaries in a 6-2 win. The only other man to net three for the Reds against City was David Fairclough at Carrow Road in 1980.

Liverpool have won the last four league meetings home and away.

Craig Bellamy began his career with Norwich and made 91 appearances in total between 1997 and 2000, scoring 34 goals.

Glen Johnson made his professional debut against Norwich nine years ago while on loan at Millwall from West Ham. His side lost 3-1 at Carrow Road.

The first goal Jordan Henderson scored in his career came against Norwich while he was on loan at Coventry in a 2-1 win in February 2009.

The eight Premier League meetings between the sides are currently averaging exactly three goals per game.

The Reds are aiming to keep a first clean sheet at Anfield this season.

Lucas will miss his first league game since January due to picking up his fifth booking of the campaign a week ago.

Dirk Kuyt is in line to make his 250^th appearance for Liverpool, while Charlie Adam will play the 200^th league game of his career if selected.

Steven Gerrard scored his 85^th league goal for the Reds last week - taking him into 14^th place in the club's all time list.

In Norwich's last Premiership campaign they won seven of their 38 games in the 2004-05 season - all seven victories came at home with the Canaries picking up seven points on the road.

Their best finish in the Premier League came in 1992-93 when they were third behind champions Manchester United and only two points behind runners-up Aston Villa.

That gave them access to their only European venture where they eliminated Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup second round, winning in Germany before losing 1-0 in both legs in round three to Inter Milan.

Norwich's best win at Anfield came in November 1975 when Colin Suggett, Martin Peters and Ted MacDougall scored in a 3-1 win.

City have won only once in their last seven visits to Anfield - the famous 'Kop's Last Stand' game in April 1994 thanks to a single Jeremy Goss goal.

Only one Norwich player has scored a hat-trick against Liverpool. In 1961-62 Terry Alcock netted three in his side's 5-4 defeat on Merseyside. He is the last man to achieve the feat at Anfield and still end up on the losing side.

The Canaries have scored four times in the last nine visits to Anfield.

The last time they scored more than once in a meeting on this ground was in November 1986 when Mike Phelan and former Red David Hodgson scored in a 6-2 defeat.

In 1985 Norwich became the first club to win a major domestic cup and be relegated in the same season. They won the Milk Cup and went down from the old First Division. That League Cup success came after Liverpool had won the competition in the previous four seasons. Birmingham last season equalled the feat by also lifting the League Cup.

Last season Norwich finished second to Queens Park Rangers in the Championship to earn promotion, finishing four points behind Neil Warnock's men.

From mid-December they lost only two of the 25 league fixtures they played.

In that league campaign the Canaries scored 12 goals from the 90^th minute onwards.

Dani Pacheco made six appearances, including three as a substitute in the 2010-11 promotion campaign.

Earlier this season Norwich set a Premier League record by conceding a penalty in five successive fixtures - their opening games of the campaign.

Their first seven league goals this season were all scored by different players.

Only Marc Tierney has started every Norwich league game this season.

On the road this season City have drawn at Wigan and won at Bolton but lost at Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford.

Two Canaries 'keepers have saved penalties this season - John Ruddy at home to Stoke and Declan Rudd against West Brom, also at Carrow Road.

Anthony Pilkington has scored three goals in his last four games.

Norwich have yet to keep a clean sheet in any of their games this season. Blackburn are the other top-flight club still looking to keep their first.

City go into this game having won three of their last four games.

In the Canaries' 3-1 win over Swansea last Saturday, Anthony Pilkington scored the Premier League's quickest of the season so far - after just 49 seconds - but it was beaten by Robin van Persie the following day.

Scorers this season (league in brackets):
Liverpool: Suarez 5 (4), Carroll 2 (1), Adam 1 (1), Bellamy 1 (0), Gerrard 1 (1), Henderson 1 (1), Kuyt 1 (0), Maxi 1 (0), Skrtel 1 (1), own goals 2 (2).
Norwich: Pilkington 3 (3), Barnett 1 (1), De Laet 1 (1), Holt 1 (1), Hoolahan 1 (1), Johnson 1 (1), R. Martin 1 (1), Morison 1 (1).