This will be the 199th meeting between the two clubs in all competitions. Liverpool have won 95 times, while City have won 52 times.
In the Premier League, Liverpool have won 23 of their 56 meetings, drawing 21 and losing 12. away, they have won 5, lost 10 and drawn 13.
Last season, Man City lost both Premier League games against Liverpool, equal to the number of defeats they have suffered in their previous 12 encounters (4 wins, 6 draws).
On the away field last season, Liverpool beat Man City 2-0. They are aiming for a third consecutive home win for Man City for the first time since a run of three wins between 1987 and 1991.
Man City have won 10 of their last 12 Premier League games against defending champions (D1 L1), most recently a 4-1 win over Liverpool at Anfield in February 2021.
Since the start of April 2025, Guardiola's side have won the most Premier League points (42), winning 13 of their 19 games (D3 L3). They have won nine of their 10 games at the Etihad (losing 1).
Liverpool have lost their last three away games in the Premier League. They have not lost four consecutive away games since April 2012.
Man City are the only team that has not scored any Premier League goals from set pieces this season. All 20 of their goals have come from live-fire situations, and they are the first team in Premier League history to score 20 goals in the first 10 matches of the season without any goals from set pieces.
Last season, Man City lost both matches against Liverpool with a score of 0-2. Only in the 2020 match against Man United did Guardiola see Man City go 3 consecutive matches without scoring any goals against a key opponent.
Erling Haaland has scored 98 goals in 107 Premier League appearances. He could become the fastest player to reach 100 goals in Premier League history, with Alan Shearer currently the fastest to reach 100 goals (after 124 games).
Mohamed Salah has equalized Wayne Rooney's record at Man United (183 goals, 93 assists) for total goals and assists for a Premier League club with a goal for Liverpool against Aston Villa (188 goals, 88 assists).
Salah has scored nine goals and provided six assists against Man City in Premier League meetings.
The Egyptian has been directly involved in Liverpool's last 15 goals against Man City, with 9 goals and 6 assists.
Since joining Liverpool, Salah has only contributed more goals to Man United (22 goals and assists) in all competitions than Man City (21 - 13 goals, 8 assists). Salah has scored four goals and provided three assists in his last six visits to the Etihad.
This will be the sixth time in the Guardiola era that the two teams have met in the Premier League right before the international break, in which Man City have not won any of their five previous meetings (4 draws, 1 loss).
Throughout his coaching career, Guardiola has suffered more defeats than Liverpool (10 - equal to Tottenham Hotspur), while only Real Madrid (39) has suffered more goals than Liverpool (38).
Slot's side have failed to score in just one of their last 52 Premier League games. That was a 1-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest in September 2024.
Only Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai have played every minute of Liverpool's league campaign this season.
The last time Alexis Mac Allister scored in Liverpool's two consecutive matches was in March 2024, against Sparta Prague and Man City.
Since Andy Carroll in April 2011, no Liverpool player has scored more than once in a Premier League match against Man City. The last person to do this away from home was Fernando Torres in the 3-2 win at this stadium in October 2008.
