Here are the latest facts and figures ahead of the game with LFC.tv statto Ged Rea.
Head to Head: (League only)
At Anfield: Liverpool 32 wins, 17 draws, West Brom 9 wins.
Overall: Liverpool 55 wins, 33 draws, West Brom 28 wins
A victory today will give Liverpool their 2,000th in league history and their 350th in the Premier League.
They will be playing their 4,223rd league game and 699th in the Premier League.
The sides last met in 2008-09 with the Reds winning 3-0 at Anfield and 2-0 at the Hawthorns.
At Anfield Robbie Keane scored twice, his first in the league for the club with Alvaro Arbeloa adding the third.
Steven Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt scored in the return in the West Midlands to confirm the Baggies relegation.
The Reds biggest win over Albion at Anfield came in September 1900 and again in September 1935 - both by a 5-0 margin.
Liverpool have won the last 11 league meetings home and away scoring 35 goals while conceding only two.
In the Premier League, Liverpool have won all eight meetings without conceding a goal while scoring 24 times.
The last hat-trick in League meetings at Anfield was scored by Roger Hunt in a 4-1 win in January 1968.
Fernando Torres had found the net 40 times in 42 league appearances at Anfield. His next goal will be his 50th in all competitions for Liverpool on the ground.
Pepe Reina has played four times against West Brom and kept a clean sheet each time.
Liverpool have not won any of their last four league games since a 4-0 victory at Burnley in April.
Fernando Torres was last on the scoresheet in the league in March when he scored twice at Anfield in a 3-0 win over Sunderland.
This is Albion's fifth season in the Premier League - all since 2002-03. They have had one spell of two seasons (2004-06).
Their best finish was 17th in 2004-05 when they amassed 34 points and finished above Crystal Palace, Norwich and Southampton.
Last season Albion finished second to Newcastle with 91 points - 11 behind the Magpies.
They were beaten only three times away from home, the best in the Championship.
Only Chelsea, Newcastle and Notts County in England scored more league goals than West Brom's 89.
Albion's biggest win at Anfield came in October 1951 when they won 5-2.
Albion's last win at Anfield was in April 1967 when they won 1-0 with the goal coming from Jeff Astle.
The only West Brom hat-tricks against Liverpool were scored by W.G. Richardson in 1936 and 1938.
Should West Brom score twice they will record 50 in league games at Anfield.
Manager Roberto Di Matteo scored twice in the Premier League for Chelsea against Liverpool - with his team winning both games at Stamford Bridge.
Albion have not won in the last 20 games at Anfield scoring just seven times in a sequence spanning 43 years.
The Baggies heaviest defeat at the hands of Liverpool saw them lose 6-0 at home in April 2003 when Michael Owen scored four and Milan Baros netted two.
They have drawn one and lost 12 of the last 13 visits and have suffered defeat in each of the last five Anfield meetings.
They have managed just one goal in the last 10 visits - Garth Crooks finding the net in a 4-1 defeat in 1985.
The Albion manager that day was World Cup winner Nobby Stiles.
Albion have not won in the last 18 league meetings home and away with their last win coming in February 1981 when they won 2-0 at The Hawthorns. It is their only win in the last 31 League meetings.
Referee Lee Probert is taking charge of Liverpool for only the second time in his career and for the first time at Anfield.
Scorers this season: (League in brackets)
Liverpool: Ngog 4 (1), Babel 1 (0), Gerrard 1 (0), Kuyt 1 (0), own goals 1 (0).
West Brom: Odemwingie 1 (1), Pablo Ibanez 1 (0), Wood 1 (0).
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