The Reds have gone 23 games without defeat in all competitions (20 wins, 3 draws): this is the fifth longest unbeaten run in the club’s history, the last having had a longer unbeaten streak between April and November 2021 (25 matches).
Liverpool have scored two or more goals in each of their last 11 Premier League matches. It was only between March and September 2019 (a run of 15 goals) that the Reds scored multiple goals in several consecutive matches in the club’s league history.
The Reds have won their first league game of the year in just three of the last 10 years (three draws, four defeats). However, when they begin a calendar year at Anfield, they are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League matches (win six, draw two).
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Liverpool beat Newcastle United 4-2 in their first league match of 2024. The last time they won their first league match in consecutive calendar years was in 2013 and 2014.
United are winless in their last eight away league matches against Liverpool (D4 L4), their longest run since a run of nine between 1970 and 1979.
United have scored just one goal in their last eight Premier League matches at Anfield, failing to score in each of the last five.
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