TEAM NEWS

Liverpool have Mohamed Salah available again after he returned from a hamstring issue in midweek.

Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez will be assessed after both came off hurt against Sparta Prague on Thursday.

Manchester City will check on the fitness of Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes, the latter suffering a dislocated finger in their midweek win.

Phil Foden should recover from a dead leg sustained against Manchester United but Jack Grealish remains out.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Liverpool have lost only one of their past 20 meetings with Manchester City at Anfield (W13, D6).
• However, the Reds’ solitary victory in their past eight matches against City was by 1-0 in this fixture last season.
• Only two of the past 30 Premier League encounters has been won by the away side.

Liverpool

• Liverpool’s 20 wins in the Premier League so far this campaign has equalled their tally from the whole of last season.
• The Reds have won eight of their last nine league games, the exception a 3-1 loss at Arsenal on 4 February.
• Jurgen Klopp’s side have gained an unrivalled 22 points from losing positions so far this season, one more than Manchester City.
• Liverpool’s 10 Premier League goals scored in the 90th minute or later in 2023-24 is their joint-most in a season.
• Substitutes have been involved in 22 Premier League goals for Liverpool this season, scoring 11 and assisting 11.
• Darwin Nunez has eight goals and three assists in his past 10 appearances in all competitions.
• Mohamed Salah has 11 goals and seven assists in his last 19 games against Manchester City.
• Luis Diaz has scored in each of Liverpool’s last three home league matches and is unbeaten in all 29 of his Premier League appearances at Anfield.

Manchester City

• Manchester City are aiming to win 10 away matches in a row in all competitions for the third time under Pep Guardiola.
• They are unbeaten in their last 12 league games, winning 10 and drawing twice.
• City are looking to keep consecutive league away clean sheets for the first time since a run of five in 2022.
• Phil Foden’s 18 goal involvements in the league so far this season is his best return in a single campaign.
• Foden’s tally of 18 goals in all competitions is also a career best in a season.
• Erling Haaland has gone three Premier League away games without a goal.
• Rodri is unbeaten in his last 60 appearances for Manchester City, a run stretching over a year since a 1-0 defeat by Tottenham in February 2023.

Predicted Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Ake; Rodri, De Bruyne; Silva, Alvarez, Foden; Haaland

Doubts: Nunes, Doku

Injuries: Grealish

Predicted Liverpool XI: Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Endo, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister; Salah, Diaz, Nunez