Newcastle United v Liverpool: 12 pre-match stats
Ahead of Sunday's Barclays Premier League clash with Newcastle United at St James' Park, check out the following 12 pre-match stats, courtesy of Ged Rea.
At St James' Park last season Liverpool went down to an only goal scored by Ayoze Perez on 73 minutes. It was the Reds third defeat in the last five visits.
Liverpool's biggest ever win on Tyneside came in April 2013 when they won 6-0 with Jordan Henderson (2) and Daniel Sturridge (2) among the scorers.
On the last nine occasions Liverpool have faced the Magpies in the North-East they have scored 21 goals in total, failing to score only twice.
There has not been a goalless draw in any of the last 60 league fixtures between the teams – a run dating back to February 1974 and a meeting at St. James'.
The Reds have scored 86 goals against Newcastle in the Premier League (more than against any other team) and the total of 132 is the second most involving Liverpool, with only the clashes with Tottenham producing more - 134.
And they have scored 36 league goals at St James’ Park - more than they have netted at any visiting ground in the Premier League era.
The Reds next goal will be their 100th at Newcastle in league games.
Only two Liverpool players have ever scored a hat-trick at St James’ Park - Steve Nicol in September 1987 and Michael Owen in August 1998 - both in 4-1 Reds wins.
Daniel Sturridge has scored four goals for Liverpool in three appearances against Newcastle.
The Reds have won four and drawn one of the five away games played under Jürgen Klopp in all competitions scoring 14 times in the process while conceding three.
Simon Mignolet has kept 14 Premier League sheets in this calendar year. No top-flight keeper has more though Joe Hart has the same number as the Belgian.
Home and away Newcastle have won three of their last 25 league games and have conceded eight goals in their last two games.