Kenny set for 350 not out

Dalglish's record shows a win ratio of 59.7 per cent with 209 victories and 52 defeats.

Coincidentally, his 300^th also came at Villa Park back in January 1991 - the sides playing out a goalless draw.

Here are the rest of the facts and figures ahead of the big game from club statto Ged Rea.

At Villa Park: Liverpool 27 wins, Aston Villa 38 wins, 21 Draws.

Overall Record (League): Liverpool 81 wins, Aston Villa 53 wins, 38 Draws.

The two sides last met at Villa Park on the final day of last season when Stewart Downing's 33^rd minute goal settled the game in favour of the Midlanders. It was a game that saw Gary McAllister in charge of Villa as Gerard Houllier was recovering from illness. Both Downing and ex-Red Brad Friedel made their final appearances for Villa.

The first meeting of the season saw Liverpool win 3-0 at Anfield with Maxi amongst the scorers.

Since the inception of the Barclays Premier League, Liverpool have won 20 meetings, Villa 10 with eight being drawn.

At Villa Park the Reds have won eight and lost six with five games being drawn.

Liverpool have won 68 points against Villa in the Barclays Premier League - more than against any other team. They have taken 66 points off Newcastle and won 64 against West Ham.

The Reds defeat last season was their first in 13 league visits to Villa Park since going down 2-1 in February 1998.

The clashes between the sides in the Premier League are two goals short of producing 100.

Martin Skrtel played his first game for the Reds, also as a substitute, in a 2-2 draw at Anfield in January 2008.

Both Fabio Aurelio (2008) and Lucas (2009) have scored own goals against Aston Villa - both at Anfield.

Liverpool's biggest ever win at Villa Park came in January 1925 when they won 4-1. They have won 3-0 on four occasions since - all since March 1966.

The Reds biggest league win over today's opponents came in October 1953 when they won 6-1 at Anfield.

In 1932 they suffered their heaviest loss on the ground when they were beaten 6-1. They have also lost 5-0 on four occasions.

Only two Liverpool players have scored a League hat-trick at Villa Park - Ian Rush in January 1984 and Robbie Fowler in November 1998.

Three others have achieved the feat at Anfield-Bobby Graham (1964), Michael Owen in 2000 and Steven Gerrard in 2009.

Jamie Carragher's first goal for Liverpool was scored against Villa at Anfield in January 1997. It came just 10 days short of his 19^th birthday.

Steven Gerrard has scored more goals against Villa (10) than any other side. Only Robbie Fowler (12) and Roger Hunt (10) have netted more league goals for Liverpool against the Villains than Stevie's nine.

Dirk Kuyt needs one one to record 50 goals for the Reds in league football. He has gone 15 league games without finding the net.

Stewart Downing scored nine goals his 63 league appearances for Villa during his two-season stay which ended with his move to Anfield during the summer.

Daniel Agger could make his 150^th appearance for Liverpool in league and cup.

His centre-back partnership with Martin Skrtel has seen Liverpool concede three goals in the last six games that they have started together.

No opposing team in Liverpool's last 13 games has scored more than once.

The Reds have won four league games away from home this season. A win today will equal the tally for the whole of last season.

They have scored eight goals on the road in the league this season - only Stoke on the top-half have scored fewer away from home.

Villa have won two of the last eight Premier League games - beating Norwich 3-2 at home last month and last week winning 2-1 at Bolton.

That game at the Reebok saw Villa score for the first time in four games.

They have drawn seven of the 15 league games this season - the most of any top-flight side going into this weekend's games.

Alex McLeish's teams have drawn 22 of the 53 league games since the start of last season. His Birmingham side drew 15 times last season before being relegated.

McLeish's last encounter with Liverpool back in April saw his Birmingham side lose 5-0 at Anfield. His four previous meetings with the Reds had all been drawn.

The Villa boss and Kenny Dalglish appeared together 23 times for Scotland and were team mates at the 1982 World Cup Finals. In total Kenny played 102 times for his country (a record) while McLeish won 77 caps.

Should Villa score twice they will record 250 goals against Liverpool in all league matches.

The last Villa player to score a hat-trick against the Reds was George Brown in January 1932 when he scored four in his side's 6-1 win.

Villa have scored only four goals at Villa Park in the last 12 meetings between the teams. Apart from Downing the other three scorers are Gareth Barry (2007), Nolberto Solano (2004) and Lee Hendrie (2001).

Villa have not scored more than once at home against the Reds in the Premier League since they scored twice in a 4-2 defeat in November 1998.

They are looking to record back-to-back home league wins over Liverpool for the first time since 1997-98.

Emile Heskey scored 60 goals in 223 appearances for Liverpool from 2000-04. Earlier this month he played the 500^th Premier League game of his career.

In his time at Anfield Stephen Warnock played 67 times for the Reds scoring once. After being frozen out of the team by Gerard Houllier last season he has started every league game this season.

Darren Bent has scored five league goals against Liverpool during his career - three for Sunderland and two for Charlton.

Scorers this season (league in brackets):-

Liverpool: Suarez 8 (5), Carroll 3 (2), Maxi 3 (1), Adam 2 (2), Bellamy 2 (1), Gerrard 1 (1), Henderson 1 (1), Johnson 1 (1), Kelly 1 (0), Kuyt 1 (0), Skrtel 1 (1), own goals 3 (3).

Villa: Agbonlahor 5 (5), Bent 5 (5), Petrov 3 (3), Albrighton 1 (1), Bannan 1 (1), Delfouneso 1 (0), Dunne 1 (1), Heskey 1 (1), Lichaj 1 (0), Warnock 1 (1).