LFC v Arsenal: 29 pre-match stats

Head to head (league only):

At Anfield: Liverpool 48 wins, Arsenal 23 wins, 17 draws.

Overall: Liverpool 69 wins, Arsenal 61 wins, 46 draws.

The meeting at Anfield last season saw Arsenal come from behind to win 2-1. Dirk Kuyt missed a penalty and Laurent Koscielny put into his own net within four first-half minutes with Robin van Persie scoring once in each period - the winner coming in the third minute of stoppage time.

That win denied the Reds a league 'double' over the Gunners after they had won 2-0 at the Emirates. Aaron Ramsey scored an own goal with 12 minutes to go and Luis Suarez wrapped up the points with seconds remaining.

Nine hat-tricks have been scored by Liverpool in league games against the Gunners with each of the last four - and eight in total - coming at Anfield, the last from Peter Crouch in March 2007.

Liverpool have won 15 Premier League meetings with Arsenal winning 12 and 13 draws.

The Reds have failed to score in one of the last 18 home league meetings with Arsenal.

Liverpool's biggest win over the Gunners at Anfield came in April 1964 when they recorded a 5-0 victory. Their heaviest defeat here to the Londoners came in November 1952 when they were beaten 5-1.

Of the last 116 league games at Anfield, dating back to August 2003, in which Liverpool have scored the first goal of a game they have lost only three times - all to Arsenal.

Liverpool's next goal will be their 250th against Arsenal in league football. Only against Aston Villa, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Everton and Sunderland have they scored more.

Joe Cole's red card in this fixture two seasons ago is the last occasion a Liverpool player has been dismissed at Anfield.

Liverpool's starting XI against Manchester City last Sunday was their youngest since December 2003 - 24 years 364 days.

Should Steven Gerrard score in the league this season he will equal Billy Liddell's club record of scoring in 14 successive league campaigns.

Arsenal finished third last season, winning nine and losing seven of their away fixtures.

The Gunners have lost just one of the last 10 league meetings with Liverpool and only two of the last 13.

The Londoners have not kept a clean sheet in their last 13 visits to Anfield since a goalless draw in August 1998.

Arsene Wenger has won 10 of his 31 league meetings with Liverpool since taking over in 1996.

He took charge of Arsenal for the 600th time in the league on the final day of last season at West Brom. He won 347, drew 150 and lost 103.

They have found the net in 28 of their last 30 clashes with Liverpool in all competitions.

Arsenal have now finished in the top four in each of the last 16 seasons. The last time they failed to achieve the feat was under Bruce Rioch in 1995-96.

Only Manchester United (nine) have won more Premier League visits to Anfield than Arsenal's five.

They are unbeaten in the league on this ground since March 2007 when Peter Crouch (three) and Daniel Agger scored in a 4-1 Liverpool win - a run of five games - although they lost 4-2 in the Champions League in 2008.

Along with Everton, Arsenal have won more league visits to Anfield than any other team (23 each).

The Gunners and Liverpool are three goals short of bringing up 100 in Premier League meetings between the sides.

Arsenal are looking to record back-to-back league wins at Anfield for the first time since 1974-75.

Arsene Wenger's men conceded 32 goals on the road last season - only Newcastle of the top 10 teams let in more on their travels.

Arsenal have failed to score in two successive league games for the first time since the first two games of last season.

The last time the Gunners failed to hit the net in three successive Premier League games was in February 2009 when they played out four goalless draws in a row.

Arsenal have drawn five of the last six league games, winning the other at West Brom on the final day of last season.

Scorers this season (league in brackets):

Liverpool: Suarez 2 (1), Borini 1 (0), Downing 1 (0), Gerrard 1 (0), Johnson 1 (0), Skrtel 1 (1), own goals 1 (0).

Arsenal: none.