Stats: Lallana on verge of landmark
Adam Lallana will go in search of the 50th league goal of his career when Liverpool return to action at Queens Park Rangers today – check out more vital facts and figures ahead of the encounter with our pre-match statistics.
The two sides last met on the final day of the 2012-13 season, with Liverpool winning 1-0 at Anfield thanks to a first-half Philippe Coutinho goal. The game saw Jamie Carragher make his 737th and final appearance.
When the clubs last locked horns at Loftus Road, Liverpool won 3-0 with all three goals coming in the opening 28 minutes - Luis Suarez, with two, and Daniel Agger scored. Brendan Rodgers missed the contest after being struck down with a virus on the morning of the game, with Colin Pascoe and Mike Marsh taking charge of the team.
That result is the Reds' biggest ever win at Loftus Road, while their most emphatic victory over the Londoners in all league games was the 4-0 scoreline at Anfield in October 1987.
The teams have met 12 times in the Premier League - Liverpool have won nine and lost two, including four wins and two defeats away from home. The Reds have won 31 of the 44 previous league meetings.
Liverpool have only failed to score in three of their 44 league encounters with Rangers, each of them on the road, and there has only ever been one goalless draw in 49 clashes in all competitions - in a league game at Loftus Road on Boxing Day in 1991.
Glen Johnson made his league debut 12 years ago today for Millwall in a 3-1 defeat at Norwich City, while on loan from West Ham United. Lucas Leiva, meanwhile, made his league debut for Liverpool seven years ago this weekend as a substitute at Goodison Park.
QPR's most recent victory over the Reds occurred in March 2012 when they came from two goals down in the last 13 minutes to win 3-2, with the goals coming from Shaun Derry, Djibril Cisse and Jamie Mackie.
That night was one of only three occasions that they have scored more than twice in a match against Liverpool. The others came in a 3-2 home win in November 1989 and a 3-1 victory at Anfield in March 1991.
This will be Rio Ferdinand's 32nd career appearance against Liverpool. The defender has lost only two of his last eight clashes with the Reds - both of Manchester United's league meetings last season.
Jordon Mutch scored in both of his league games against Liverpool last season, netting three of Cardiff City's four goals in the two fixtures.
Harry Redknapp has won six of his last 11 games against the Reds as a manager but has been beaten in both clashes in his time at QPR.