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BLACKBURN V LIVERPOOL: STAT ATTACK

/noticias.info/ All the relevant stats, facts and figures ahead of Liverpool's Boxing Day trip to Blackburn Rovers in the Premiership with LFC club statistician Ged Rea.
BLACKBURN ROVERS v LIVERPOOL

Overall League Record: Liverpool 48 wins, Blackburn 33 wins, Draws 36.

At Blackburn: Liverpool 14 wins, Blackburn 24 wins, Draws 20.

Earlier this season the sides drew 1-1 at Anfield. Rovers went ahead through Benny McCarthy before Craig Bellamy scored his first league goal for the Reds against his former club.

Last season at Ewood Park a Robbie Fowler goal was enough to give the Reds all three points. It was the first time he had scored in three successive league games for the Reds since 1997.

Liverpool are unbeaten in their last seven visits to Ewood Park with three wins and four draws. Overall in the Premier League the Reds have won four times on their visits-drawing four and losing four.

Liverpool are unbeaten in the last 16 League meetings home and away winning seven and drawing nine.

Their last defeat on this ground came in November 1996 when the Reds lost 3-0.

Last season the Reds kept their first league clean sheet on this ground since 1946.

Since the inception of the Premier League Liverpool have won 11 and lost five of the 25 meetings.

Liverpool's biggest win at Blackburn came in February 1966 when they won 4-1. That is the only time Liverpool have scored more than three in a League game at Ewood.

Their heaviest defeat was suffered in September 1913 when they were beaten 6-2.

Danny Shea was the last Rovers player to score a hat-trick against the Reds - he scored four times in that 6-2 win.

The last player to score a hat-trick in the fixture was Billy Liddell who scored 3 for the Reds in a 3-3 draw in February 1958. He is one of only two men to achieve the feat following Dick Forshaw in 1923. Ian Rush netted three in an away League Cup tie in 1994.

Craig Bellamy has scored three goals in the Reds last two away games in the Premiership.

The last four games here in all competitions have produced 16 goals, two red cards and three penalties.

Last season Rovers finished sixth equalling their best campaign since winning the Premiership in 1995.

In the nine league games Rovers have played since the sides met in the reverse fixture in October they have won just two-at home to Fulham and away to Reading 10 days ago when they came from behind (before 23/12 game).

They have won just one home league game in the Premiership since beating Wigan 2-1 on the first day of October. They have lost at Ewood to Chelsea, Bolton, Manchester United and Newcastle. notas_de_prensa_archivo