Stats: Skrtel targets 200th PL appearance
Martin Skrtel is set to become the 12th Liverpool player to make 200 Barclays Premier League appearances against Sunderland at Anfield on Saturday - here are the details and more pre-match facts and figures.
Last season Liverpool recorded their first league double over the Black Cats since 2008-09 and their fifth of the Premier League era.
In this fixture last season the Reds won 2-1. Steven Gerrard shortly before the break and Daniel Sturridge just after half-time were on target but Sung-Yeung Ki ensured a nervous last 15 minutes with a goal at the Anfield Road end.
The last Liverpool player to score a hat-trick against Sunderland was Roger Hunt at Anfield in February 1966. He is one of only four Reds to achieve the feat.
Simon Mignolet played 101 times for Sunderland in his three-year spell with the Black Cats, including 90 in the league. He has made 92 consecutive Premier League appearances since missing the Wearsiders' match with Bolton in April 2012.
Jordan Henderson played in 71 league games for Sunderland scoring four times. His Liverpool debut came against his former club on this ground in August 2011.
Jose Enrique made his Liverpool debut in this fixture three years ago in a 1-1 draw at Anfield.
Fabio Borini scored seven goals in 32 league appearances while on loan at the Stadium of Light last season and in five of the games in which the Italian scored, Sunderland took maximum points.
Raheem Sterling will celebrate his 20th birthday this coming Monday. He scored in this fixture in a 3-0 Liverpool win at Anfield in January 2013.
Glen Johnson could play the 300th league game of his career while Dejan Lovren could make his 50th career appearance for an English club in all competitions.
Liverpool are one point short of recording 1,500 in the Premier League era and will be the fourth club to achieve the feat.
The Reds could record three successive league wins for the first time since April.
Sunderland's last win on this ground came in October 1983 when Gary Rowell scored the only goal. Since then they have drawn seven and lost eight.
Sunderland have kept one clean sheet in the last 12 league visits.
Not since February 1936 have they scored more than once in a league game at Anfield and won. On that day they recorded a 3-0 victory.
Their striker, Steven Fletcher, was a boyhood Liverpool fan and was a mascot for the Reds at Anfield in a game in the late 1990s.
Sunderland's 8-0 defeat at Southampton earlier this season equalled their record loss. They were beaten by the same scoreline against Sheffield Wednesday in 1911, West Ham in 1968 and Watford in 1982.