Liverpool-Villa data preview: Salah reaches 250 goals in Reds career, Slott reaches 100 league goals

On October 31, Liverpool will face Villa at home in the 10th round of the Premier League. The two teams have 15 points and are ranked 7th and 8th in the standings. Liverpool's official website lists a series of data previews for this matchup.

-Liverpool has recorded 6 wins and 1 draw in the last 7 home games against Villa in the Premier League. Before that, the Red Army failed to win in 4 consecutive games at Anfield (2 draws and 2 losses).

-The Red Army has only lost 1 game against Villa in the last 15 top league games, and the remaining records are 11 wins and 3 draws.

- Liverpool have won 95 league games against Villa in their total historical encounters, more than against any other opponent.

-The last 16 meetings between the two sides in all competitions produced a total of 63 goals, averaging nearly 4 goals per game.

-Liverpool's last 22 league games at Anfield have only failed to score in 1 game. That was in September 2014, when the Reds lost 0-1.

-Villa have won only one of their last 30 games against the defending Premier League champions (5 draws and 24 losses), when they defeated Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford in December 2009. Since then, they have lost 11 games in a row and conceded a total of 35 goals.

- Emery's team has achieved the longest winning streak in the Premier League (4 consecutive wins). They hope to become the second team in history to win 5 consecutive games after losing the first 5 games of the season. Only Preston in the 1936-37 season did so.

-Salah is just one step away from scoring 250 goals for Liverpool. In the Premier League, he contributed 187 goals and 88 assists for the Red Army, for a total of 275 times, which is only one less than the single club record set by Rooney at Manchester United (183 goals, 93 assists).

-In the past 11 league and cup matches against Villa, Salah has scored 9 goals, 8 of which were scored in the Premier League.

-Since the 6-game losing streak at home from January to March 2021, Liverpool has never suffered consecutive defeats at Anfield.

-Since 2015, Liverpool have remained unbeaten in Premier League home games in November (the only time was a 1-2 loss to Crystal Palace). Since then, they have won 14 of 15 games and drawn 1 more.

-If two goals are scored in this game, Liverpool will score 350 goals against a single opponent for the first time in league history.

-As long as he remains unbeaten, Slott will reach the milestone of scoring 100 points in the Premier League as Liverpool head coach. He will also tie Dalglish's record of 100 points and will play fewer games (48 games) than any other Red Army coach.

-Since Emery took over in November 2022, only Manchester City (238 points), Arsenal (238 points) and Liverpool (232 points) are higher in the Premier League standings than Villa (198 points).