Mohamed Salah will achieve a rare feat in Liverpool history if he scores against Nottingham Forest on Sunday afternoon.
The No.11 has netted in all of the Reds’ four home league games so far in 2023-24, against AFC Bournemouth, Aston Villa, West Ham United and most recently Everton.
If Salah can hit the target this weekend, he will become only the third man in the club’s history to score in each of the opening five home league matches of a season.
The first was Harry Chambers in 1922 and it would be 65 years before his achievement was emulated – John Aldridge being the second to do so, in 1987.
A personal first is also possible for Salah when Forest visit Anfield.
The forward has netted a double in each of Liverpool’s last two league matches – never before has he scored two or more in three consecutive Premier League games.
Read on for more pre-match statistics ahead of the 2pm GMT kick-off…
Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 24 league encounters between the sides at Anfield, winning 19 and drawing five.
And the Reds haven’t lost any of the past 27 meetings at Anfield in all competitions – a run dating back to 1969.
Liverpool need two goals to reach 650 in all league games under Jürgen Klopp.
The Reds have failed to score in only one of their last 46 home league games – the goalless draw with Chelsea in January 2023.
Diogo Jota has scored three goals in two appearances for the club against Forest.
Only Alisson Becker and Dominik Szoboszlai have played every minute of Liverpool’s Premier League campaign this season.
All of Forest’s three Premier League victories over the Reds have come by a 1-0 scoreline, all at home – August 1992, March 1996 and October 2022.
Taiwo Awoniyi, formerly at Liverpool, is Forest’s joint-leading scorer this season with three goals – along with Chris Wood.
An ex-youth coach with the Reds, Steve Cooper has overseen 33 wins, 25 draws and 27 losses in league football since taking charge of Forest in September 2021.
The Reds and Forest have won eight of the 15 European Cups claimed by English teams, with the latter lifting theirs in 1979 and 1980.
