Opta and Liverpool statistics experts have given the most notable figures of this match.
This will be the 200th meeting between the two clubs in all competitions, with Liverpool having a better record of 95 wins and 53 losses.
Liverpool has only lost one of their last 22 home matches against Man City in the Premier League (14 wins, 7 draws).
Since 2022, Liverpool have won all eight Premier League matches at Anfield in February.
Arne Slot's Liverpool have only lost one of their last 12 Premier League matches (5 wins, 6 draws) and are unbeaten in 6 matches at Anfield since the defeat to Nottingham Forest in November 2025.
Since the beginning of last season, only three teams have won more points than Liverpool (28) when they were led in the Premier League, while only Brighton & Hove Albion have scored more goals in matches where they conceded the first goal.
Hugo Ekitike has scored goals or assists on average every 112 minutes in the Premier League this season (10 goals, 2 assists in 1.342 minutes), the best rate of a Liverpool player in his first season at the club since Mohamed Salah's 2017-2018 season (32 goals, 10 assists - on average every 70 minutes).
Ekitike's double against Newcastle United helped him achieve 10 goals in the Premier League this season. At the age of 23 years and 225 days, he is the youngest Liverpool player to reach the milestone of 10 goals in a Premier League season since Michael Owen's 2000-2001 season (21 years and 138 days).
Fifteen of Liverpool's last 20 goals against Man City in the Premier League were all due to Salah's mark with 9 goals and 6 assists.
Since joining Liverpool, only the match against Man United (22 goals and assists) has Salah directly participated in more goals in all competitions than the match against Man City (21 - 13 goals, 8 assists).
Salah's assist for the goal Florian Wirtz scored against Newcastle was the 152nd time he had participated in a goal at Anfield in the Premier League (107 goals, 45 assists), a league record.
If he scores 2 more goals, Cody Gakpo will reach 50 goals for Liverpool in all competitions.
Man City has only won one of their last six matches in the Premier League (4 draws, 1 loss).
Guardiola's team is the only team in the Premier League to date in 2026 to have conceded a goal in the first half, scoring six goals. However, they are also the only team to have not scored a goal in the second half, conceding six goals.
Antoine Semenyo scored three goals against Liverpool in the Premier League, all three scored at Anfield - including a double in the opening match of this season for AFC Bournemouth. Semenyo could become the first player to score against Liverpool for two different teams in the same Premier League season.
Erling Haaland has scored four goals in nine appearances against Liverpool in his career. However, only one of them were scored at Anfield, which was the goal for Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League in October 2019.
