Tomorrow at 3am, Liverpool will face Villa away in the penultimate round of the Premier League. It was Jurgen Klopp's last away game at Liverpool. Here's a look at the numbers:
--This is Jurgen Klopp's 238th away game at Liverpool (including a neutral venue) and his last. Liverpool have won 129 of their previous 237 games.
--In the era of Uncle Scum, Liverpool averaged 1.89 points per game away from home in the Premier League, and in the Premier League era, only Pep Guardiola (2.21) and Ferguson (1.90) were higher.
--TA (Online Media Athletic) selected the best away games for Liverpool in the Klopp era, which are:
Bayern 1-3 Liverpool (Champions League March 2019);
Manchester City 1-4 Liverpool (Premier League November 2015);
Villa 1-2 Liverpool (in November 2019, in the Premier League, Robertson Mane scored two goals in the last minute);
Leicester 0-4 Liverpool (Premier League December 2019);
Everton 0-1 Liverpool (December 2016 Premier League, Sadio Mane scored in 94 minutes);
Manchester United 0-5 Liverpool (Premier League October 2021);
Arsenal 3-4 Liverpool (Premier League Aug 2016)
--In the previous eight seasons of the Uncle Scum era, Liverpool had only lost their last league away game once (5 wins, 2 draws, 1 defeat), which was a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in 2017-18.
--Liverpool will have 84 points in the Premier League this season if they win their last two games. In the Premier League era, there have been eight titles with 84 points or less, including seven of Manchester United's 13 titles in the Premier League era.
--Liverpool have scored 137 goals in all competitions this season, and if they score two more goals, it will set a record for the second highest in team history. The all-time record is 147 goals led by Uncle Scum in the 2021-22 season.
--Jurgen Klopp and Unai Emery have met 10 times, the first of which was in the 2016 Europa League final, where Liverpool lost 3-1 to Sevilla. The two have met nine times since then, with Liverpool unbeaten (six wins, three draws).
--Villa have won just one of their last 12 Premier League meetings with Liverpool (one draw, 10 defeats), a 7-2 win back in October 2020. Apart from that one, Liverpool have won eight of their last nine visits to Villa. In the Premier League era, Liverpool won 16 at home to Villa, with Villa Park being Liverpool's most winning away game. The match between Liverpool and Villa is the most won by the away team in the Premier League (22 of the 57 meetings).
- Villa are Liverpool's all-time all-time league goalscorer (341).
--Liverpool and Villa met for the first time this season, with Mohamed Salah scoring to a 3-0 victory. That goal was Salah's sixth in his last seven Premier League games against Villa. Salah is currently 10th in the Premier League's all-time scorers list with 157 goals.
--The last time Liverpool visited Villa was on Boxing Day 2022, with goals from Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Bajcetic in a 3-1 victory.
---- Alisson would mark the 200th Premier League game if he played, after 85 clean sheets in 199 of his previous games.
--If Villa win this game, they will qualify for the Champions League one round earlier. Villa's current 67 points have set their highest since 74 in 1992-93.
- Villa have been in poor form of late, suffering their first three-game losing streak since February 2023 (1-0 defeat to Brighton in the Premier League and defeat to Olympiacos in both legs of the UEFA Cup semi-final). In the Premier League, Villa have picked up just one point from their last two games (2-2 Chelsea) but have not gone three games without a win in the league this season.