Liverpool v Brighton: 13 stats to know ahead of Anfield clash
Read a round-up of the best stats to know ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League fixture with Brighton & Hove Albion.
The Reds will host the Seagulls at Anfield on Sunday afternoon in a 2pm GMT kick-off.
Below is a selection of facts and figures ahead of the contest, provided by Opta and club statistician Ged Rea…
Liverpool have lost just one of their last 13 home games against Brighton in all competitions (won nine, drew three), winning each of their last four against the Seagulls at Anfield.
Brighton have won two of their last three Premier League matches against Liverpool (lost one), as many as they won in their first 15 against the Reds (drew four, lost nine).
The Seagulls have won each of their last four Premier League games by an aggregate score of 15-0. The last side to win five successive matches in the competition without conceding were Liverpool in April 2022.
Alexander Isak has scored five goals in his last five Premier League appearances, as many as he scored in his previous 20 combined for Newcastle United and Liverpool. Isak hasn’t ended on the losing side in any of his last 15 top-flight appearances (won nine, drew six).
Florian Wirtz has created the most chances both overall (20) and in open play (18) in the Premier League this season. In the last two seasons, only Bruno Fernandes (41) and Declan Rice (36) have created at least one chance in more different games than Wirtz (35).
Wirtz has scored seven of his eight Liverpool goals so far at Anfield.
Brighton are one of only eight teams to have scored 23 goals in their opening seven Premier League games of a season, and the first since Manchester City in 2022-23 (23). The last side to have a goal difference of plus 18 after seven matches were Man City in 2019-20 (20).
Liverpool have only lost one of their nine Premier League home games against Brighton (won six, drew two), a 1-0 defeat in February 2021.
Milos Kerkez has either scored (one) or assisted (one) in two of his last three Premier League games against Brighton, although both of those were at Amex Stadium.
Across all league meetings between the two teams, Liverpool have won 18 of 34 games, losing six.
There has been only one 0-0 draw between the sides in all competitive games, that occurred in the league at Brighton in September 1961.
The Reds have gone on to win a game three times this season after conceding the first goal - against Atletico Madrid, Brentford and Villarreal. They managed it only twice in the whole of the last campaign.
Brighton have the joint-best defensive record in the Premier League this season, having conceded just five goals so far, the same number as Arsenal.
