15 of the best stats you need to know ahead of Aston Villa vs Liverpool

The Reds head to Villa Park on Wednesday evening (19:30 GMT) for their rescheduled meeting with Unai Emery's side.

Here are the best pre-match figures and stats, courtesy of Opta and club statistician Ged Rea...

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Liverpool remain the only team to have lost away from home in the Premier League this season in 13 games (W9 D4).

In English top-flight history, only on five occasions has a team avoided defeat in their first 14 away games since the start of a campaign: Leeds United in 1973–74 (15), Liverpool in 1987–88 (15), Arsenal in 2001–02 (19), Arsenal in 2003–04 (19) and Manchester United in 2020–21 (19).

The Reds are yet to lose a Premier League game away from home under Arne Slot, and his 13 games have been the longest unbeaten start by a manager in the competition's history, surpassing the record set by John Gregory with Villa of 12 games between March and November 1998.

Slot's men have won 30 of their 40 games in all competitions this campaign (drew six, lost four), more than any other team in Europe's top five leagues. In fact, only in 2019-20 (37) and 1982-83 (39) did they manage 30 wins in a season in fewer games.

The only manager in Premier League history to have accumulated more points than Slot's 60 in his first 25 games is José Mourinho (64).

If Mohamed Salah scores, he will set a new club record of scoring a 15th away goal in a single Premier League campaign. He currently has 14, joint-Luis Suarez in

the 2013-14 season.

Salah is also on the verge of becoming only the third player to reach double figures for assists in away games in a Premier League season, after Muzzy Izzet in 2003-04 (10) and Cesc Fabregas in 2014-15 (11).

The Egyptian has scored 37 direct goals in 25 league appearances for the Reds this season (23 goals, 14 assists). The only previous campaign in which he has featured and scored more Premier League goals was his first at Anfield in 2017-18 (42 — 32 goals, 10 assists).

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Luis Diaz scored his 13th goal of the 2024-25 season last time out against Wolverhampton Wanderers, equalling his return from the entire previous season (13 in 51 games). This is now his best scoring campaign in the Premier League (nine), surpassing the

eight he scored in 2023-24.

Jarell Quansah and Conor Bradley could take their total appearances for Liverpool in all competitions to 50.

In the last seven Premier League meetings between the two clubs at Villa Park, a total of 33 goals have been scored, an average of 4.7 per game. Liverpool have scored at least twice in all seven games (20 goals in total).

The Reds have only won more Premier League games against West Ham United (36) and Newcastle United (35) than they have against Aston Villa (34).

Villa have won just one of their last 14 league meetings with Liverpool (D2, L11) – a 7-2 win at Villa Park in October 2020.

This encounter ended 3-3 last season. Liverpool have not failed to win consecutive league games at Villa's home since December 2004.

Emery has won just one of his 12 meetings with Liverpool in all competitions (drew four, lost seven), winning the 2016 Europa League final 3-1 with Sevilla. Among opponents he has faced at least five times in his managerial career, that eight per cent win rate is

the lowest.