Liverpool vs Fulham: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head – BBC Sport

Liverpool have won nine of their last 12 Premier League meetings with Fulham (D2 L1), with their only defeat in that time a 1-0 loss at Anfield in March 2021.

Each of Fulham’s last three Premier League wins against Liverpool have been by a 1-0 scoreline, with the last two of them coming at Anfield (December 2011, May 2012, March 2021).

Liverpool have scored more than 2 goals in each of their last seven Premier League games, most recently with a longer run between September and December 2021 (11 in a row). The Reds have scored 76 goals in 33 games in 2024, their second best average goals per game. match in a year (2.3) in the Premier League era, at a rate of 2.38 goals per game in 2019 (88 in 37 games).

Fulham have picked up 23 points in their first 15 Premier League games this season (W6 D5 L4), their second-most at this stage of a Premier League campaign, behind only 2003-04 when they had 25 points.

Since the start of last season, only Man City (38) have won more points from losing positions than Liverpool (36) in the Premier League, with the Reds losing just five of their last 27 games when behind (W10 D12) . Meanwhile, of all the Premier League teams present in the last two seasons, only Everton (8) have picked up fewer points from dropping positions than Fulham (11).

Fulham averaged 15.1 shots and 150 final-third passes per game in their first 13 Premier League games this season – in their last two matches they averaged just four shots and 67.5 final third passes per match, with their 47 last-third passes against Arsenal the second lowest by a home side in a Premier League game this season.

Mohamed Salah has scored 99 goals in 140 home games in the Premier League (2 for Chelsea, 97 for Liverpool). If he scores, he will become the eighth player to score 100+ at home in the competition, and the fourth-fastest behind Alan Shearer (91 apps), Thierry Henry (113) and Sergio Agüero (125).

Mohamed Salah has been directly involved in at least two goals in each of Liverpool’s last four Premier League games (6 goals, 3 assists) – the only player in the history of the competition to do so in five consecutive appearances was Robin van Persie with Arsenal in October/November 2011. Salah has also scored in his last seven Premier League games with only three players – Ruud van Nistelrooy (twice), Jamie Vardy (twice), and Daniel Sturridge – ever scoring in 8+ such consecutive performances.

Raúl Jiménez has scored 12 goals in his last 21 Premier League starts for Fulham – indeed, of players with 1,000+ minutes for the club, the Mexican has the best minutes-per-goal ratio (one every 192 minutes).

Trent Alexander-Arnold has assisted 10 Premier League goals for Mohamed Salah, only Sadio Mané (11) assisted more. He is only the third Liverpool player with 10+ assists to two different players in the competition, joining Salah for Roberto Firmino (12) and Mané (10) and Firmino for Salah (13) and Mané (13).