Liverpool vs brentford: must-know stats before kickoff

Key numbers ahead of Sunday’s clash at Anfield

When Liverpool step onto Anfield on Sunday afternoon at 16:00 BST, the hosts will know a draw against Brentford would secure a top-five finish and Champions League football next season.

With Ged Rea and Opta crunching the data, here are 17 crucial figures to keep in mind before kickoff:

Head-to-head history

• 24 competitive meetings have produced 15 wins for Liverpool and five for Brentford. The Reds have found the net in all but one of those fixtures.
• In nine of their last 12 clashes across all competitions, at least one side has scored three times.
• Despite losing 3-2 in the reverse fixture this season, Liverpool have never suffered consecutive league defeats to Brentford.

Milestone moments for the Reds

• Arne Slot’s side could reach a century of Premier League goals at Anfield if they score twice on Sunday.
• Alexis Mac Allister is on the brink of his 150th appearance for Liverpool.
• Mohamed Salah has struck seven times against Brentford in just eight matches, averaging a goal every 95 minutes.
• Salah is in the running to become the first player since Sadio Mané in 2020 to net the final league goal of the season for Liverpool in back-to-back campaigns.

Unmatched consistency under Slot

• Virgil van Dijk has featured for the full 90 minutes in 74 of Liverpool’s 75 league games under Slot, including every minute of this season. If he plays full-time on Sunday at 34 years and 320 days old, he would become the oldest outfield player to complete 100% of minutes in a Premier League season, surpassing John Terry’s record from 2014-15 (34 years and 168 days).
• Van Dijk has logged 4,851 minutes on the pitch across all competitions this season, the highest tally for an outfield player in a single campaign since Sami Hyypiä’s 5,205 in 2005-06.
• Liverpool have gone unbeaten in their last 18 home league matches (15 wins, three draws), a run stretching back to their 2-0 loss to Arsenal in 1988-89.
• The Reds have not lost their final league game of the season in any of the past 10 campaigns (seven wins, three draws) since their 6-1 defeat at Stoke City in 2014-15.

Brentford’s recent form and records

• Brentford have claimed just one win from their last nine Premier League matches (six draws, two defeats), with their most recent victory a 3-0 home win over West Ham at the start of the month.
• This season, Igor Thiago has accounted for 41% of Brentford’s Premier League goals (22 out of 54), the highest share by a single player since Harry Kane scored 30 of Tottenham’s 70 in 2023.
• The Bees are on track to achieve their best-ever Premier League finish in their fifth top-flight campaign, having previously finished 13th, ninth, 16th and 10th since promotion in 2021.
• Between 1936 and 1937, Brentford remained unbeaten in their first three away league meetings with Liverpool (one win, two draws). Since then, they have lost all six of their visits to Anfield without scoring.
• New manager Keith Andrews has faced Liverpool five times as a player, scoring once in a 2-1 defeat for Blackburn Rovers in February 2010.