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michaelreid.bsky.social
Football Data Editor for @optajoe.com. Mainly Liverpool stats. As seen on LFCTV. My Substack: https://mreidstats.substack.com/
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What more is there to say about Mo Salah? 51 goal involvements for #LFC this season. 41 in the Premier League. It's only February. Plenty stats on him and more in my free round-up of Liverpool's win over Man City on Sunday - have a read if you fancy! mreidstats.substack.com/p/manchester...

Arne Slot is only the second ever Liverpool manager to complete the league double over the reigning English champions in his first season in charge of the club. The other was Bob Paisley v Leeds in 1974-75. #LFC

Mo Salah has assisted 21 goals for Liverpool in all competitions this season, the most in a single season by any player for #LFC since Kenny Dalglish in 1984-85.

Mo Salah has now scored 30+ goals in 5 separate seasons for Liverpool (2017-18, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25). That's the joint-most in #LFC history, along with Roger Hunt and Ian Rush.

Mo Salah has scored in eight successive appearances for Liverpool in all competitions - the joint-second longest run by any player in the club's history. Only Salah himself (10 from August-October 2021) has ever scored in more in a row for #LFC.

Liverpool have now drawn six of their last 13 Premier League games. How costly will that prove? Numbers on that, plus Salah breaking more and more records available in my round-up of Wednesday's 2-2 draw at Aston Villa. #LFC mreidstats.substack.com/p/aston-vill...

I crossed both the Atlantic Ocean and into enemy territory to preview Liverpool's visit to Manchester City on Sunday on @shadesofbluenw.com. Have a listen below!

Mo Salah is the first player to assist 20+ goals in a single season for Liverpool since Steve McManaman in 1995-96 (also 20). #LFC

Mo Salah has scored 15 away goals in the Premier League this season. It's the most away league goals by an #LFC player in a single season since Gordon Hodgson in 1930-31 (also 15). Only Jimmy Smith in 1929-30 (16) has ever scored more in one season for the club.

In his Premier League career, Liverpool average a goal conceded every 107 mins that Wataru Endo plays. When he doesn't play, it's one conceded every 80 minutes since the start of last season. #LFC

Like to thank @michaelreid.bsky.social for joining @crunkchocolate.bsky.social coming on our match preview series “Breaking Bread.” Wonderful in depth conversation about Liverpool before the match at the Etihad! #MCFC #YNWA Episode out on Patreon Wednesday: patreon.com/user?u=94168109

0 - Liverpool didn't attempt a single shot in the second half against Wolves - the first time on record (from 2003-04) that the Reds failed to register a shot in a single half of Premier League football at Anfield. Laboured.

Liverpool have scored 2+ goals in 17 consecutive home games within a single season in all competitions for the first time in the club's history. #LFC

Trent Alexander-Arnold is the 4th-youngest player ever to reach 250 top-flight appearances for #LFC: Emlyn Hughes - 25y 236d Tommy Smith - 25y 300d Phil Thompson - 26y 71d 🆕️Trent Alexander-Arnold - 26y 132d Chris Lawler - 26y 161d Ian Callaghan - 26y 171d Steven Gerrard - 26y 200d

So the last ever Merseyside derby at Goodison Park has now been played. Words and numbers on Liverpool's history at the ground, more Mo Salah records, plus when did #LFC last name a starting XI with no English players? All in my latest round-up! mreidstats.substack.com/p/everton-a-...

Tonight is the first time in Liverpool's history that they have named a starting XI for a top-flight match without a single English player in it. #LFC

Arne Slot is only the fifth manager to reach a major cup final in his first season as Liverpool boss. And to celebrate #LFC reaching a 15th League Cup final, new subscribers get 15% off my Substack - link below! mreidstats.substack.com/p/league-cup...

Since the defeat to Nottingham Forest, Liverpool have now scored 2+ goals in all 16 of their games at Anfield. It's the club's joint-longest ever run of scoring 2+ at home within a single season (also 16 in a row in 1893-94). #LFC

Mo Salah has now both scored and assisted a goal in the same game 50 times for Liverpool in all competitions. The next most by an #LFC player in the Premier League era for this is Steven Gerrard with 27... Outrageous

Players to score in 7+ straight appearances at Anfield for #LFC: George Allan - 7 (Jan-Apr 1896) Gordon Hodgson - 8 (Sep 1927-Mar 1928) Fernando Torres - 7 (Feb-Apr 2008) Luis Suárez - 8 (Apr 2013-Jan 2014) Mo Salah - 9 (Feb-May 2023) 🆕️Cody Gakpo - 7 (Nov 2024-Feb 2025)

Mo Salah surpassed Ian Rush in not one but two stats with his two goals at Bournemouth on Saturday. Read about that, plus numbers on Ryan Gravenberch and Curtis Jones in my round-up of Saturday's game, available for free if you fancy! mreidstats.substack.com/p/bournemout...

With 236 goals and 104 assists, Mo Salah now has more goal involvements in all competitions for Liverpool (340) than Roberto Firmino (182) and Sadio Mané (157) combined. #LFC

Ryan Gravenberch today: 93% pass accuracy 9x possession won 9 duels won 7 tackles 4 interceptions The first #LFC player on record with numbers that high in each of those categories in a Premier League game.

All-time most 20+ goal top-flight seasons for #LFC: 7 - Gordon Hodgson 5 - Roger Hunt ⬆️5 - Mo Salah 4 - Ian Rush

Bournemouth go into tomorrow's game on an 11-game unbeaten run in the Premier League, Liverpool on an 18-game unbeaten run. It's the first Premier League match between two sides both on 11+ match unbeaten streaks going into it since Liverpool 4-3 Man City in January 2018.

Also the first player in Liverpool's history to be sent off on his senior debut.

Poor Amara Nallo - the youngest ever Liverpool player to be given a red card (18 years, 72 days), overtaking Michael Owen's record (18y 117d v Man Utd in April 1998). #LFC

Aged 17 years and 213 days, Trey Nyoni is the youngest player in history to play for Liverpool in European competition. He overtakes Phil Charnock's record of 17y 215d v Apollon Limassol in September 1992. #LFC

Aged 19 years and 13 days, Jayden Danns is the youngest player ever to make his first start for #LFC in a European Cup/Champions League game. He beats Martin Kelly's record (19y 176d) when his first start came v Lyon in October 2009.

Words and numbers behind Virgil van Dijk's 300 #LFC games, Mo Salah's 100 Anfield league goals, Cody Gakpo's home scoring run, and plenty more in my round-up of Liverpool's win over Ipswich on Saturday. mreidstats.substack.com/p/ipswich-to...

Konaté and van Dijk absolutely dominated yesterday. Combined, won 18/21 duels - 8/9 aerially. Delap won 3/19 - 1/6 aerially Against Konaté and van Dijk specifically, he won 1/14 duels.

Federico Chiesa and Jayden Danns have both won all 8 of their games for Liverpool. They are only the second and third players in the club's history to win each of his first 8 competitive appearances, after George Latham from 1905 to 1906. #LFC

Cody Gakpo is the 13th player to score in 6+ straight appearances at Anfield for #LFC: George Allan Fred Pagnam Gordon Hodgson Billy Liddell (twice) Roger Hunt Kevin Keegan Ian Rush John Aldridge Steven Gerrard Fernando Torres (twice) Luis Suárez Mo Salah (twice) 🆕️Cody Gakpo

Players with 30+ goal involvements for a big-5 European league club this season (excl. pens): 33 - Mo Salah (16G, 17A) 30 - Raphinha (21G, 9A) With all the other intangibles he brings, incredible for Raphinha to still be moving at a goal/assist per game in late January.

50 European goals for Mo Salah, and 50 Champions League games for Alisson and Virgil van Dijk for #LFC last night. More numbers on that, plus when did Liverpool last score two left-footed goals from outside the box in a single game? 🤔 mreidstats.substack.com/p/lille-h-20...

Liverpool have had a goal scored by a substitute in 4 successive games in all competitions for the first time since Nov/Dec 2007 (5 under Rafael Benítez). #LFC

Mo Salah's 50 goals in European competition for Liverpool is more than Ian Rush, Fernando Torres, Kenny Dalglish and Daniel Sturridge scored combined for #LFC.

Liverpool failed to score with their first 35 shots against Brentford on Saturday. And then Darwin Núñez scored both of the final two. Words on the game in my stats round-up below, have a read if you fancy! mreidstats.substack.com/p/brentford-...

No player in Premier League history has scored more 90th-minute winners away from home than Darwin Núñez (3). #LFC

Darwin Núñez is just the second substitute to score both goals of a 2-0 league win in Liverpool's history, after David Fairclough v Burnley in March 1976. #LFC

After Diogo Jota's equaliser last night, Liverpool had 12 shots to Nottingham Forest's 0, but couldn't find the winner. More stats on the game, plus the impact Jota could now have if he remains fit, now on my Substack. mreidstats.substack.com/p/nottingham...

My stats round-up of the Accrington Stanley game is now available. Stats on young stars Ngumoha, Danns and Nyoni, as well as Chiesa, Alexander-Arnold and more. Have a read below! mreidstats.substack.com/p/accrington...

Jayden Danns is only the second ever player to score his first 3 goals for Liverpool all in the FA Cup, after Jason McAteer in 1996. #LFC

Youngest players ever to play for #LFC: Jerome Sinclair - 16 years, 6 days 🆕️ Rio Ngumoha - 16y 135d Harvey Elliott - 16y 174d Trey Nyoni - 16y 243d Jack Robinson - 16y 250d James Norris - 16y 257d Kaide Gordon - 16y 351d Ki-Jana Hoever - 16y 354d Ben Doak - 16y 363d

Liverpool's next Premier League game is against Nottingham Forest, who are on a 6-game winning run in the league. Here's all Liverpool's previous Premier League matches against sides on 6+ game winning runs coming into the match. #LFC

The good - Liverpool have scored 2+ goals in 12 consecutive league games The bad - Liverpool have conceded 2+ goals in five of their last 8 league games The ugly - against Man Utd, Liverpool made their fewest tackles in a league game in over 3 years mreidstats.substack.com/p/man-utd-h-...