Liverpool v West Brom: 12 pre-match stats
Ahead of Liverpool's Barclays Premier League clash with West Bromwich Albion today, check out the following 12 pre-match stats about the game courtesy of Ged Rea.
Last season's Anfield fixture saw Liverpool win 2-1. Adam Lallana scored his first goal for the club and Saido Berahino equalised from the penalty spot shortly before the hour mark. Within five minutes, Jordan Henderson netted the winner.
At Anfield, Liverpool have won seven and lost two of the nine Premier League games, scoring 16 times. They have scored fewer times at home than they have at the Hawthorns in the Premier League, where they have hit the net on 19 occasions.
Home and away the Reds have lost only five of the last 41 league meetings, with four of those coming in this decade.
There has been only one goalless draw between the teams on this ground since 1953 – that came in October 1984.
Philippe Coutinho made his Liverpool debut in this Anfield fixture in February 2013.
Home and away the Reds are unbeaten in the last four league clashes.
Luis Suarez scored Liverpool's last hat-trick against today's visitors in October 2013, the first at Anfield since Roger Hunt in 1968.
Christian Benteke has scored three league goals against the Baggies in six appearances.
In their last home game against Swansea, the Reds were awarded their 135th Premier League penalty and scored their 103rd (both records). Milner became the 16th player to score a penalty for three Premier League clubs.
West Brom have lost 17 of their last 21 visits in the league.
Only once since 1966 have the Baggies scored more than one goal in a league game at Anfield - in February 2013.
The Baggies have not kept a clean sheet in the last five games since a 1-0 victory at Norwich City. Albion have conceded eight goals in the last five games after shipping just 11 in the opening 10 league games.