Mohamed Salah can attain a half-century of Champions League targets when Liverpool host Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday night.
The Reds welcome Xabi Alonso’s facet to Anfield, trying to retain their one hundred pc report within the competitors this season.
Salah was as soon as once more Liverpool’s goalscoring hero within the Premier League win over Brighton and he’s trying to make historical past on Tuesday.
The 32-year-old is one objective away from recording 50 within the Champions League – he has scored extra within the competitors than some other African participant in historical past.
Solely 10 gamers have ever reached a half-century, which means Salah can be becoming a member of illustrious firm resembling Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski.
Excellent towards German opposition at Anfield
Liverpool by no means misplaced to a German facet at Anfield in Europe, having confronted them 20 instances in complete, profitable 16 video games and drawing the opposite 4, retaining 14 clear sheets within the course of.
All 4 attracts completed 0-0.
Liverpool’s greatest residence victory was an 8-0 win over TSV Munich in November 1967.
Solely twice at Anfield have the Reds conceded multiple objective in a sport towards German opposition, with Borussia Dortmund scoring three within the Europa League in 2016 however nonetheless dropping 4-3.
seventh completely different scorer within the Champions League?
Every of Liverpool’s six targets within the Champions League this season have come from completely different scorers.
Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Darwin Nunez and Salah are the people in query.
This has solely occurred on three different events – the 1976/77 European Cup marketing campaign, 1998/99 within the UEFA Cup and the 2012/13 Europa League season.
In the meantime, a Liverpool victory will see them win their opening 4 matches of a European marketing campaign for under the sixth time.
Historical past suggests Leverkusen might battle
Leverkusen have received simply considered one of 11 visits to England in European competitors.
That sole victory got here once they beat Tottenham 1-0 at Wembley, due to a Sixty fifth-minute Kevin Kampl objective, virtually eight years in the past to the day.
Solely centre-back Jonathan Tah stays from the workforce that received that night.
Residence and away, Leverkusen have received 5 out of 23 encounters with golf equipment from England, drawing six and dropping 12 instances.
Scorers this season
Liverpool: Salah 9, Diaz 6, Jota 4, Gakpo 5, Konate 2, Nunez 2, Van Dijk 2, Jones 1, Mac Allister 1, Szoboszlai 1
Bayer Leverkusen: Boniface 8, Wirtz 7, Schick 3, Andrich 2, Grimaldo 2, Hofmann 2, Frimpong 1, Aleix Garcia 1, Hincapie 1, Tah 1, Terrier 1, Xhaka 1, personal targets 2
* Stats courtesy of LFC statistician Ged Rea (@ged0407).
