A dozen pre-match stats on Liverpool-Rubin
Ahead of Liverpool's Europa League tie against Rubin Kazan at Anfield tonight, check out these 12 interesting facts on a variety of topics relating to the Group B encounter.
Liverpool have played 350 European games, winning 194, drawing 78 and losing 78. Rubin are the Reds’ 121st different opponent in continental competition.
The Reds have suffered just one defeat in their last 23 home matches in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, against Udinese in 2012.
They drew their opening two games in this group, but have never had stalemates in their first three fixtures of a European campaign or any group stage.
This will be Jürgen Klopp's 54th game in charge of a team in Europe – he has won 26 and lost 16 of those previously. In the Europa League, he has won eight of 16 with three defeats.
He has faced Russian opposition in one tie; Borussia Dortmund beat Zenit St Petersburg 4-2 away from home in the last 16 of the Champions League in 2014 and although they lost 2-1 at home they still progressed.
Only Gerard Houllier of all Liverpool managers has lost his first European game in charge, with the only other man failing to win being Kenny Dalglish, who drew with Sparta Prague in 2011.
The Reds met two Russian teams in the Europa League in 2012-13, winning and losing (both 1-0) to Anzhi Makhachkala in the group stage. They went out to Zenit on away goals despite winning the second leg at Anfield 3-1.
Adam Lallana has scored in both European games this season. Only three men have ever scored in the opening three games of a European campaign - Roger Hunt (1964-65), Terry McDermott (1980-81) and Steven Gerrard (2005-06).
The England international could play his 50th game for the club this evening.
Rubin finished fifth in the league last season, 19 points behind champions Zenit. This is their 11th season in major European competition, of which eight have been in the Europa League.
They have met English opposition three times in Europe - in successive Europa League campaigns from 2011-12. They have beaten Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Wigan Athletic at home but were beaten at White Hart Lane and Stamford Bridge. They drew 1-1 at Wigan.
Kazan have scored seven goals in their six European games this season, conceding six. They currently lie bottom of the group having lost 2-1 at Sion in the opening fixture and drawn 0-0 at home to Bordeaux.