Jordan set for 100 not out
Jordan Henderson is set to play the 100th league game of his career when Liverpool host Newcastle United in the final outing of 2011 on Friday night.
Here are the rest of the facts and figures from club statto Ged Rea.
Head to head (League only):
At Anfield: Liverpool 50 wins, Newcastle 11 wins, Draws 14.
Overall: Liverpool 72 wins, Newcastle 41 wins, 37 draws.
The clash at Anfield in May of last season saw Liverpool win 3-0. It was their 50th home win in what was the 150th league fixture between the clubs. The goals were scored by Maxi (10 minutes), Dirk Kuyt (pen, 59) and Luis Suarez (65).
Maxi's goal came in his 50th appearance for the Reds. Last Monday against Blackburn Maxi scored in his 50th league appearance.
In the away clash at St James' Park last season Liverpool lost 3-1 in what was Alan Pardew's first game in charge of Newcastle. Dirk Kuyt equalised Kevin Nolan's opener, before Joey Barton and Andy Carroll sealed the points for the Magpies in the last 10 minutes.
Liverpool have won the last six home games against Newcastle scoring 16 goals and conceding just one.
The Reds have in fact scored 42 goals in the last 16 visits of the Magpies.
Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 16 Anfield league clashes with United, winning 14.
In the last 10 meetings home and away Liverpool have won eight and lost two. The Reds have scored in all 10 of those games.
There has not been a goalless draw in the last 52 meetings between the teams since February 1974 on Tyneside.
The Reds have found the net in 29 of the last 30 meetings at Anfield - and in all of the last 16.
The last three fixtures at Anfield have all produced the same result - Liverpool 3 Newcastle 0.
Dirk Kuyt's first Liverpool goal came against Newcastle at Anfield in September 2006 - the Reds winning 2-0, while Lucas' first Reds league goal was also against the Magpies in a 3-0 win in May 2009.
Glen Johnson scored the first goal of his professional career against Newcastle in November 2003 in a 5-0 Chelsea home win.
Liverpool have won 20 and lost 8 of the 34 Premier League meetings with the Geordies.
The Reds have scored 70 goals against Newcastle in the Barclays Premier League - more than they have achieved against any other team.
Liverpool's biggest Anfield league win over Newcastle came in August 1967 - the Reds winning 6-0. Their heaviest defeat by Newcastle on this ground was by a 5-1 margin in December 1907.
The last Liverpool player to score a hat-trick in this fixture was Michael Owen in a 3-0 Anfield win in May 2001. Owen had previously achieved the feat for the Reds at St James'.
There have been seven hat-tricks scored in total by Liverpool players against the Geordies.
Andy Carroll scored 31 goals in 80 league games for the Magpies and 33 in 91 appearances in all competitions.
Jose Enrique joined Newcastle from Villarreal in 2007 and played 129 games for the Magpies scoring one goal (against Nottingham Forest in March 2010).
Craig Bellamy played for Newcastle from 2001-05 scoring 42 goals in 128 games.
Dirk Kuyt has scored five goals for Liverpool against Newcastle in eight appearances.
Stewart Downing's only goal against Newcastle in his career came in August 2004 while he was at Middlesbrough.
If Daniel Agger starts on Friday night he will make a 10th successive league start for Liverpool - his best ever run.
Liverpool have dropped 12 points at home this season - the most before New Year since they let 14 points slip in 2003.
The Reds have drawn six games at Anfield this season. They only drew seven in the previous two full seasons combined.
That tally of six is the most stalemates before New Year since 1953-54 when they shared the spoils in six.
Liverpool have not conceded more than one goal in any of the last 16 games.
The Reds have lost just once in those 16 matches in league and cup.
They have not scored more than twice in any of the last 18 games.
Liverpool have conceded 14 goals in the league this season. Along with Manchester United it is the best record of any team in all four divisions.
The Reds are nine points better off than they were after 18 games last season. They currently have 31 points.
In the 34 Barclays Premier League fixtures between the teams 108 goals have been scored at an average of 3.18 goals per game.
Newcastle have not scored in their last five visits to Anfield. The last man to score for them in front of the Kop was Patrick Kluivert in a 3-1 defeat in December 2004.
Newcastle have won only twice in the last 39 league visits to Anfield - in back to back visits of 1988-89 and 1993-94.
Demba Ba has scored 14 league goals this season - only four fewer than the whole Liverpool squad combined. His 14 goals have come in his last 13 starts.
Only Ba and Hatem Ben Arfa have scored for the Magpies in their last six games.
Newcastle's 2-0 win at Bolton on Boxing Day was their first victory in seven games - Ba and Ben Arfa scoring the goals.
They have won four times away from home in this league campaign - at Sunderland, Wolves, Stoke and Bolton.
The Magpies are eight points better off than they were at the same stage of last season's campaign.
Danny Guthrie played seven times for Liverpool with his last appearance coming against his current club at St James' Park in November 2007.
The last Newcastle player to score a hat-trick against Liverpool was Andy Cole in November 1993.
The Magpies' only Premier League win at Anfield came on 16th April 1994 courtesy of a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Rob Lee and Andy Cole.
There has only been one goalless draw in a league meeting at Anfield - February 1970.
Current Magpies boss Alan Pardew was in charge of West Ham when they lost the 2006 FA Cup Final to Liverpool.
Newcastle's leading scorers against Liverpool in the Premier League are Alan Shearer 5, Andy Cole 4, Nolberto Solano 3.
Scorers this season: (League in brackets):
Liverpool: Suarez 8 (5), Maxi 4 (2), Bellamy 3 (2), Carroll 3 (2), Adam 2 (2), Skrtel 2 (2), Gerrard 1 (1), Henderson 1 (1), Johnson 1 (1), Kelly 1 (0), Kuyt 1 (0), own goals 3 (3).
Newcastle: Ba 14 (14), Best 3 (3), Lovenkrands 3 (0), R. Taylor 3 (2), Cabaye 2 (1), Sammy Ameobi 1 (0), Shola Ameobi 1 (1), Ben Arfa 1 (1), Coloccini 1 (0), Gosling 1 (1), Guthrie 1 (0), Gutierrez 1 (1), Simpson 1 (0), own goals 1 (1).