Since 1939, Liverpool have won their last five home games against Brentford, keeping a clean sheet each time.
Brentford have won just one of their six Premier League games against Liverpool (D1 L4). In five of those six games, at least one team has scored 3+ goals, with the exception of a 1-0 win for the Reds in May 2023.
Liverpool have lost just two of their last 61 Premier League home games (46 wins, 13 draws). They have not lost at Anfield in the first month of the season since 2015 (0-3 against West Ham).
Liverpool will be looking to start their Premier League season with two consecutive wins for the first time since the 2021/22 season. They began this season with an away win at a newly promoted East Anglian side (3-0 against Norwich) and last weekend they beat Ipswich 2-0 at Portman Road.
Brentford have won four of their last seven Premier League games (1 draw, 2 losses), more than in their previous 21 games combined (3 wins, 4 draws, 14 losses).
Arne Slot won his first Premier League game as Liverpool manager on Matchday 1 against Ipswich. Graeme Souness was the last Reds manager to win his first two league games as manager in April 1991. Liverpool had 50 touches in the opposition penalty area against Ipswich, the most Opta has recorded in a manager’s first game in the Premier League since 2008/09.
Brentford’s last away game in the Premier League of the 2023/24 season was a 2-1 win at Bournemouth – the Bees have not won consecutive away games since their last away game of the 2022/23 season (3-1 against Spurs) and their first away game of the 2023/24 season (3-0 against Fulham).
Bryan Mbeumo could make his 100th Premier League appearance in this game, becoming the fourth Brentford player to reach that mark. In games without Ivan Toney, Mbeumo averages a goal or assist every 108 minutes (14 goals, 8 assists), compared to a goal involvement every 250 minutes in games with him (9 goals, 13 assists).
Mohamed Salah scored a goal and provided an assist in Liverpool’s 2-0 Premier League win over Ipswich on Matchday 1. It is the 32nd time he has done so in a match in the competition, level with Thierry Henry. Only Wayne Rooney has both goals and assists in more matches in the competition’s history (36 games).
Yoane Wissa has scored a goal and provided an assist in each of his last three Premier League games for Brentford, becoming the first player to do so for one club since Riyad Mahrez did so for Man City in December 2021. No player in Premier League history has scored and provided an assist in four consecutive games.
