Premier League LIVE: Liverpool vs Manchester City – build-up, team news, live text updates & radio commentary
Liverpool have lost just one of their last 22 Premier League home games against Manchester City (W14 D7), with that defeat coming the only time they hosted them as reigning champions (1-4 in February 2021).
Following their 3-0 win at the Etihad in November, Manchester City are looking to complete their first league double over Liverpool since 1936-37, which was also the last time they won consecutive league games against them.
Liverpool lost 3-0 in the reverse fixture against Manchester City – the last team to beat them twice to nil in the same Premier League campaign was West Ham United in 2015-16.
Only Liverpool (9) and Manchester United (7) have won more away games against reigning Premier League champions than Manchester City (6), with the Citizens winning five of their last six visits (L1).
From MD6 to MD12 this season, Liverpool lost more Premier League games than any other club (P7 W1 L6); since MD13, no side has lost fewer games than the Reds (P12 W5 D6 L1).
Manchester City are the only Premier League side in 2026 so far who have not conceded a single goal in the first half of a match, scoring six times themselves. However, they are also the only side who haven’t scored a second half goal yet, conceding six goals.
Since the start of last season, only three teams have picked up more points from losing positions in the Premier League than Liverpool (28), while only Brighton (42) have scored more goals in games where they’ve conceded the first goal than the Reds (41), who won 4-1 on MD24 after going 1-0 down to Newcastle.
Man City’s Erling Haaland has failed to score in all three of his Premier League away games against Liverpool. Anfield is one of just two grounds he’s played at but not scored in the competition, along with Sunderland’s Stadium of Light (1 app).
Only Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes (3.4) has created more chances per 90 minutes in the Premier League this season than Man City’s Rayan Cherki (3). It’s the most by a player in their debut season (min. 1,000 mins played) since Emiliano Buendía in 2019-20 for Norwich (also 3).
Hugo Ekitiké has scored or assisted every 112 minutes in the Premier League this season (10 goals, 2 assists in 1,342 minutes), the best ratio by a Liverpool player in their first season at the club since Mohamed Salah in 2017-18 (32 goals, 10 assists – one every 70 minutes).
