FC Sion v Liverpool: 12 pre-match stats
Ahead of Liverpool's Europa League clash in Switzerland with FC Sion this evening, check out the following 12 pre-match stats on the game courtesy of Ged Rea.
A draw tonight would see Sion join Liverpool in qualifying, with the Reds topping the group. An away win would put the hosts out on the head-to-head rule if Rubin Kazan defeat Bordeaux.
The Reds have progressed from this stage of the Europa League on all three occasions they have been involved now, and topped the group in the other two.
17 hat-tricks have been scored by Reds players in Europe down the years, with the last coming in 2010 when Steven Gerrard scored three against Napoli in the Europa League. That is one of six trebles scored in all guises of this competition.
Liverpool have scored 10 goals in their last 12 European matches.
They could record a third successive group game victory for the first time since the Champions League campaign of 2007-08.
The 2008-09 season is the last campaign in which the Reds have scored in all six group fixtures.
Liverpool have not won successive away games in a group phase since they were defending Champions League holders in 2005-06.
They are one of only six teams unbeaten in the Europa League group stage this season - the others being Napoli, Lazio, Besiktas and the Group K pair of Schalke and Sparta Prague.
Of all current players, Lucas Leiva is the club's leading scorer in Europe with three goals.
The Reds' defeat at Newcastle United last Sunday was only their second in the last 18 games.
Sion have won one of their last seven games while they have kept one clean sheet in the last nine in league and cup.
They have not won in four games since a 2-0 home victory over Luzern in early November.