• Liverpool have won 10 and lost just one of their last 13 Premier League games at Anfield.
• Fernando Torres has scored four goals in four Premier League matches against Sunderland.
• Sunderland have only scored one goal in their last eight Premier League games against Liverpool and that was deflected by a beach ball.
• All four of Liverpool's goals have been scored in the second half this season.
• The Black Cats have kept just two clean sheets in their last 15 Premier League matches.
• Sunderland have gone 12 games without a win at Anfield in all competitions, failing to score in their last six games there.
• The Black Cats' last win away to the Reds was a 1-0 victory on 1 October 1983.
• This will be the 155th meeting between the teams. Liverpool have won 71, Sunderland 51 and their have been 32 draws.
• The two goals Steven Gerrard scored against Manchester United on Sunday were his first in the league since netting against Burnley in April.
• The Reds have not scored a single goal in the first half of Premier League games this season.
• Only 12 of the Black Cats' 46 shots in the Premier League this season have been on target.
• Only two players have scored for Sunderland this season. Darren Bent has five goals and Asamoah Gyan two. They have also benefitted from a Stephen Carr own goal.
• Their first effort on target in their match with Arsenal last Saturday came in the 65th minute, via the head of Gunners' midfielder Denilson.
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