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This will be Liverpool's 6,000th competitive match since the team was founded in 1892. Not including the 1939–40 season, which was abandoned due to the outbreak of World War II.
Liverpool beat Brentford 2-0 at Anfield earlier this season, with goals from Luis Diaz (making his 100th appearance for the club) and Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool are now just one goal away from reaching 50 goals against Brentford in all competitions.
Liverpool have beaten the Bees (Brentford's nickname) in their last four Premier League meetings and could extend that run to five in a row.
Both teams have scored and conceded in each of Liverpool's previous eight visits to Brentford.
Arne Slot's team are unbeaten in four visits to London this season (W3 D1).
Salah has scored six goals in six appearances against Brentford and is the only Liverpool player to score more than once against the Bees in a Premier League game (November 2023).
The Reds (as Liverpool are known) are unbeaten in their last 16 games this season, winning 11 and drawing five.
Brentford are a very good team at home, with seven wins so far. They are on par with Liverpool and Arsenal in that tally. And no team has scored more goals at home this Premier League season than Brentford, who have scored 29 goals in 11 games.
The Bees have won just one of their last eight games in all competitions, beating Southampton 5-0 at St Mary's earlier this month.
Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa have scored 60% of Brentford's goals in the league this season.
Last season, Liverpool won 4-1 against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium with goals from Darwin Nunez, Alexis Mac Allister, Salah and Cody Gakpo.
The match between Brentford and Liverpool takes place at 22:00 on January 18 (Vietnam time).
