Reina ready to surpass Scott
Pepe Reina could surpass club legend Elisha Scott for league clean sheets on Boxing Day – find out more about that and 19 other fascinating facts ahead of the clash against Stoke City.
Reina has kept six clean sheets in his 11 games against City. His next shut-out will be his 127th in the league and see him overtake Elisha Scott to move into third place on the club's all-time league clean sheet list.
The Reds won on their last visit to the Britannia, defeating Stoke 2-1 in the League Cup 14 months ago. Luis Suarez scored twice after Kenwyne Jones had given the home team the lead.
The teams have met nine times in the Barclays Premier League - each side has won twice, with five draws.
Liverpool have never won at Stoke in the Premier League, drawing two and losing two of their four visits.
Liverpool's biggest away league win at Stoke came in March 1982 when they won 5-1 with Terry McDermott, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, Sammy Lee and Ronnie Whelan all scoring.
The Reds are aiming to record back-to-back away league wins for the first time since April, when they won at Blackburn and Norwich.
Glen Johnson scored his first Liverpool goal against Stoke at Anfield in August 2009.
The only Reds player to score a hat-trick at Stoke was Robbie Fowler in an 8-0 League Cup victory at the Britannia in November 2000.
Liverpool have lost just twice on Boxing Day in the last 25 years. Their last defeat was at the hands of Blackburn in 2006 at Ewood Park.
Stoke have won only one of their last 11 Boxing Day fixtures. They picked up all three points in a 2-0 win at Blackburn in 2010 thanks to goals from Robert Huth and Marc Wilson.
The teams have met eight times before on Boxing Day - the last being in 1975 when they played out a 1-1 draw at Anfield.
Luis Suarez scored 11 league goals last season in 2,555 minutes of football. He equalled that tally last Saturday having been on the pitch for 1,526 minutes this term. He reached the 11-goal tally last season at the end of April.
City have scored just 14 goals in their last 19 home league games against Liverpool.
Stoke's biggest home win over Liverpool came in February 1897 when they won 6-1.
Michael Owen has made six appearances against Liverpool since leaving Anfield - three of those as a substitute. He awaits his first goal.
Charlie Adam played 37 times in all competitions for Liverpool, scoring twice before his move to Stoke on deadline day in August.
Stoke are one of only two teams not to lose at home in the top-flight this season - Everton being the other.
They have lost only three league games during this campaign - only Manchester City (one), Everton and Sheffield United (two) of the teams in all four divisions have suffered fewer defeats.
Stoke have kept nine clean sheets in the Premier League this season - the best in the division, two more than Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City.
They have yet to score more than twice in a league game this season.