LFC v Wigan in 20 stats
Ahead of Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with Wigan Athletic here are 20 great stats courtesy of club statto Ged Rea.
Last season on this ground Wigan won 2-1. Luis Suarez equalised after Shaun Maloney had scored a first-half penalty at the Anfield Road end before Gary Caldwell hit the winner on 63 minutes.
Liverpool last beat Wigan in December 2009. Only five (Pepe Reina, Jamie Carragher, Martin Skrtel, Daniel Agger and Steven Gerrard) of the 11 that started that day are still at Anfield.
In Liverpool's last home league game against Newcastle Steven Gerrard became the 10th player and the sixth youngest, aged 32 years 158 days, to make 600 appearances for the club.
The Reds have kept one clean sheet in the last nine clashes with the Latics.
Liverpool's biggest ever win over Athletic was the 4-0 success at Wigan in December 2006. Craig Bellamy (2), Dirk Kuyt and a Lee MacCulloch own-goal found the net that day with all four coming in the first half.
In this fixture last March, Raheem Sterling became the Reds second youngest debutant at the age of 17 years 107 days.
Steve Staunton is the only Liverpool player to score a hat-trick against Wigan, doing so as a second-half substitute on this ground in October 1989 in a League Cup tie.
Luis Suarez has scored eight league goals this season in 973 minutes of action. Last season he reached that total in 2,192 minutes.
Last Sunday at Chelsea Suarez became only the fifth Liverpool player in the Premier League era to score in four successive away games. The others were Ian Rush, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard.
The Reds have not been awarded a penalty in the last 22 games in league and cup. They have failed to score all of the last three. The last one they had was missed - by Stewart Downing against Chelsea in May.
The man who awarded that penalty was Kevin Friend who takes charge of Liverpool for the first time since.
Of all the current Premier League clubs, Wigan have the longest unbeaten record against Liverpool in the top-flight - five games and conceded just three goals during that period.
As a manager Roberto Martinez has lost just one of his six games against Liverpool.
Last season Wigan finished 15th in the league - their best was in 2005-06 when they were 10th. This is their eighth consecutive season in the Premier League and the 51 points they accumulated that season is their highest tally in a campaign.
They have won twice on the road this season, taking maximum points at Southampton (2-0) and Tottenham (1-0).
Last season they won six times in the league away from the DW Stadium, winning one more away than at home.
Wigan were bottom of the league last March when they came to Anfield. That 1-0 victory was followed by home wins over Manchester United and Newcastle while they defeated Arsenal at the Emirates. They won seven of their last nine league games last season to secure their Premier League status.
Wigan have scored 10 goals in the 14 league meetings between the teams, but have found the net in eight of the last nine clashes with the Reds.
The Latics have kept two league clean sheets this season - both away from home.
Scorers this season (league in brackets):
Liverpool: Suarez 11 (8), Gerrard 3 (2), Sahin 3 (1), Shelvey 3 (0), Downing 2 (0), Borini 1 (0), Coates 1 (0), Johnson 1 (0), Skrtel 1 (1), Sterling 1 (1), Wisdom 1 (0), own goals 3 (1).
Wigan: Kone 4 (4), Boselli 3 (0), Di Santo 3 (3), Gomez 2 (0), Ramis 2 (1), Boyce 1 (1), Figueroa 1 (0), McArthur 1 (1), McManaman 1 (0), Maloney 1 (1), Watson 1 (1).