Mohamed Salah closes in on Cristiano Ronaldo's record as Liverpool face Crystal Palace

Sport360 staff 00:17 31/03/2018
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  • Liverpool will play away to Crystal Palace on Friday with an aim to pile pressure on second-place Manchester United.

    Jurgen Klopp‘s four losses in the Premier League have all come in away games, and he wouldn’t want his fifth loss to come at Selhurst Park.

    Here we look at some key stats and facts ahead of the game.

    KEY STATS

    – Since a 3-1 win in the Premier League in November 2014, Crystal Palace have lost each of their last three home meetings with Liverpool in all competitions.

    – The Reds haven’t completed a Premier League double over Palace since the 1997-98 campaign when they were managed by Roy Evans.

    – The Eagles have conceded the first goal in 20 different Premier League games this season, more than any other side. However, they’ve come back to gain 12 points from these games (W3 D3 L14) – only Bournemouth (15) and Everton (13) have gained more.

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    – Liverpool haven’t lost back-to-back away league games since February 2017 (vs Hull and Leicester).

    – Liverpool have won 678 top-flight away games, just one fewer than Arsenal’s record haul of 679.

    – Christian Benteke has scored six goals in eight Premier League appearances against Liverpool, only three fewer than he managed in 29 league games for the Reds in the 2015-16 season.

    – This will be Jurgen Klopp’s 100th Premier League game as a manager (W53 D28 L18); Klopp’s 99 games so far have seen 322 goals (F206 A116) – only Manuel Pellegrini’s first 100 games in the competition saw more (329).

    – Roy Hodgson has won three of his last five Premier League encounters with Liverpool (D1 L1), winning the most recent game 1-0 at Anfield as West Brom manager in April 2012.

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    – Mohamed Salah has scored in 20 of the 30 Premier League games he has played in this season – he is one game away from the equalling the record in a 38-game season (21 – Robin van Persie 2012-13 and Cristiano Ronaldo 2007-08).

    – Salah has opened the scoring in as many Premier League games as opponents Crystal Palace have this season (8).

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