2018-19 Premier League Manchester City Vs Liverpool Thursday Jan 03,2019

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Manchester City's 5-0 victory in the corresponding fixture last season is their solitary win in the past 11 meetings in all competitions (D3, L7).
• However, Liverpool's only triumph in nine league visits to the Etihad Stadium was by a 4-1 scoreline in Jürgen Klopp's first away game against City in November 2015.

Manchester City

• City could lose consecutive Premier League home matches for the first time since February 2016. Pep Guardiola has never suffered successive top-flight home defeats as a manager.
• Manchester City have won their opening Premier League match of the calendar year in 11 of the past 12 seasons - losing the other in 2012 away at Sunderland.
• They have gone 10 matches in all competitions without a clean sheet - their longest streak since a similar run ended in February 2015.
• Guardiola's next win will be his 100th in charge of Manchester City.
• He has lost seven matches against Jürgen Klopp, more than versus anyone else in his managerial career. The pair have faced each other 15 times, with Guardiola winning five (excluding penalty shootouts).
• Sergio Agüero has scored in all six of his home league appearances against Liverpool. He has 249 career league goals.

Liverpool

• Liverpool began 2019 with a seven-point lead at the top - no team has ever failed to win the title after heading into the new year so far ahead.
• This is only the ninth time a team has remained unbeaten after 20 fixtures of a top-flight season, with Liverpool now achieving the feat twice. Sheffield United, in 1899-1900, are the only side unbeaten at this stage who didn't finish the season as champions.
• The Reds have equalled the record for fewest goals conceded in the opening 20 fixtures of a top-flight season: eight, set by Chelsea in 2004-05.
• Liverpool have won nine consecutive league matches - but only five of their past 17 games in all competitions in January (D5, L7).
• Their solitary win in the past 10 Premier League away fixtures against the other established top-six sides came against Spurs at Wembley in September (D5, L4).
• Mohamed Salah has scored three goals and set up two more in his last

• four games against Manchester City in all competitions. He has also scored and provided an assist in each of his last three league matches.