Key stats and facts ahead of City
Ahead of Liverpool's Barclays Premier League clash with Manchester City at Anfield this afternoon, here's a selection of interesting facts and figures relating to the clash.
In league and cup Liverpool have won two of the last nine meetings.
The Reds' biggest win against City at Anfield came in October 1995 when they won 6-0 with Ian Rush (2), Robbie Fowler (2), Jamie Redknapp and Neil Ruddock scoring.
The last player to record a hat-trick at Anfield against today's opponents was Kenny Dalglish in December 1982. He scored three in a 5-2 win.
Last April, Liverpool defeated City 3-2 at Anfield. The Reds led by two goals at the interval thanks to Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel but the visitors hit back thanks to David Silva and a Glen Johnson own goal. Philippe Coutinho's winner on 78 minutes earned maximum points for the home side.
Liverpool have scored in each of the last 20 league clashes with City at Anfield - the last time they failed to find the net was in a goalless draw in August 1986.
Daniel Sturridge, who has scored 33 goals in his first 50 league games for Liverpool found the net five times in 21 league appearances for City at the start of his career.
Mario Balotelli hit 20 goals in 54 league appearances for City and 30 in 80 games in all competitions. His only hat-trick in English football came as a City player - against Aston Villa in December 2010.
The Reds are unbeaten in the last 10 league games, winning seven and drawing three. In that run six clean sheets have been kept with seven goals conceded, and Liverpool have kept five clean sheets in the last six league games.
Going into this weekend's fixtures Liverpool have accrued more points in 2015 than any other Premier League team. They have won 17 so far, closely followed by Arsenal 15, Chelsea 14, Southampton and Tottenham 13.
Since the Reds were promoted to the top-flight in 1962 they have lost only 15 of 81 league meetings the men from the blue half of Manchester.
City have won only once in their last 23 league visits. That came in May 2003 when Nicolas Anelka scored twice in a 2-1 win. Since that victory they have lost 7 and drawn 4 of the meetings at Anfield.
City and Liverpool have produced 94 goals in their 35 Premier League meetings so far.
Yaya Toure and his brother Kolo each scored from the penalty spot in the shoot-out that saw Ivory Coast win the Africa Cup of Nations in Guinea last month. They beat Ghana after a goalless draw.
City kept a first clean sheet in nine league games when defeating Newcastle 5-0 last weekend.
Sergio Aguero has scored three goals in his last two league appearances after he went five without a goal and has four in his last three in all competitions.
Ahead of this weekend's fixtures City have won eight times away from home - more than any other team in the top-flight. Chelsea, Southampton and Liverpool have won seven. They have scored 30 league goals on the road - one more than Chelsea, while only Southampton (nine) have shipped less than City's 13.
City have been awarded 10 penalties this season - scoring nine. The only blemish came when Sergio Aguero saw his kick saved by Tottenham's Hugo Lloris. In that game Aguero scored four times.
Liverpool have won all three games that Mark Clattenburg has refereed this season. The same referee was in charge of this fixture last season when Jordan Henderson was red-carded. Clattenburg was the man in the middle for City's games at Arsenal and Chelsea this season - both of which were drawn.