Sheffield United v Liverpool: Pick of the stats
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Sheffield United have lost their past five Premier League games against Liverpool, having been unbeaten in four against them in the division before this (W2 D2).
Liverpool are winless in their past four Premier League away games against promoted sides (D2 L2). They most recently had a longer such run in the top flight between November 1969 and December 1973 (9 games).
Sheffield United won four of their last five midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games in their last top-flight campaign in 2020-21, with those accounting for 57% of their total league wins that season (4/7).
Liverpool have conceded the first goal in each of their past six Premier League away games; only once have they had a longer such run in the competition, doing so in seven in a row between September and December 1993.
Sheffield United’s 39 goals conceded this season is the second most 14 games into a Premier League campaign in history, after Barnsley’s 40 in 1997-98. Barnsley kept a clean sheet in their next game that term (against Liverpool), though 40 goals against is also the most 15 games into a Premier League season.
Sheffield United have had fewer shots than any other Premier League side this season (121), while they have also faced more attempts (266) and attempts on target (107) than anyone else.