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Liverpool vs. Fulham: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Fresh from a rare weekend of no Premier League football, table-toppers Liverpool endeavour to pick up where they left off when Fulham stop over at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon.

Arne Slot's side were due to arrive at Goodison Park for the final Premier League Merseyside derby with Everton last weekend, only for Storm Darragh to force the postponement of the encounter.

Nevertheless, the Reds retain an unassailable lead at the summit of the top-flight standings, sitting four better off than closest challengers Chelsea, six clear of Arsenal and eight above faltering champions Manchester City.

Liverpool returned to competitive action in midweek, taking on Girona in the Champions League and emerging victorious via a 1-0 scoreline, while the Cottagers impressively held Arsenal to a 1-1 stalemate last weekend.

Ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash between the Reds and Fulham, strong>Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two clubs.

Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrates scoring their first goal on April 20, 2024© Reuters

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 77

Liverpool wins: 45

Draws: 19

Fulham wins: 13

From 77 previous clashes between Liverpool and Fulham in all tournaments, it comes as no surprise to learn that the Reds dominate the head-to-head column, defeating their capital counterparts on 45 occasions compared to a paltry 13 wins for the Cottagers.

Each of the first four showdowns between 1912 and 1934 was fought in the FA Cup, while nine successive League Cup ties took place between 1983 and 2000, but the two clubs have met almost exclusively in the Premier League since the 2001-02 season.

The one - or two - aberrations in that sequence came in the 2023-24 EFL Cup, where Liverpool dug in for a 2-1 success on home soil before holding out for a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage, before winning their final trophy under Jurgen Klopp's tutelage.

Before that 3-2 aggregate success, a seven-goal Premier League spectacular in December 2023 went Liverpool's way by four strikes to three, and the Reds also made light work of the Cottagers in a 3-1 Craven Cottage triumph in April 2024, their fourth win from five against the capital giants.

A new club record was set by Liverpool in their 4-3 triumph, where Fulham went 3-2 up in the 80th minute before throwing it all away, the latest that Liverpool had fallen behind in a Premier League game that they went on to win.

In both 2023-24 Premier League fixtures, Trent Alexander-Arnold came up with some heroics for Liverpool, and his stellar set-piece at Craven Cottage marked the right-back's sixth goal direct from a free kick in the English top flight.

Prior to a 1-0 win in May 2023, though, Liverpool had endured a three-game Premier League run without beating Marco Silva's side, playing out 2-2 and 1-1 draws in Craven Cottage clashes in August 2022 and December 2020 respectively.

A 1-0 loss at Anfield in March 2021 was sandwiched in between those two stalemates, where Mario Lemina's effort on the stroke of half time prolonged Liverpool's home hoodoo behind closed doors, and Fulham also won by the same scoreline on Liverpool's turf in 2012 owing to a Martin Skrtel own goal.

Last 20 meetings

Apr 21, 2024: Fulham 1-3 Liverpool (Premier League)

Jan 24, 2024: Fulham 1-1 Liverpool (EFL Cup Semi-Finals)

Jan 10, 2024: Liverpool 2-1 Fulham (EFL Cup Semi-Finals)

Dec 3, 2023: Liverpool 4-3 Fulham (Premier League)

May 03, 2023: Liverpool 1-0 Fulham (Premier League)

Aug 06, 2022: Fulham 2-2 Liverpool (Premier League)

Mar 07, 2021: Liverpool 0-1 Fulham (Premier League)

Dec 13, 2020: Fulham 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)

Mar 17, 2019: Fulham 1-2 Liverpool (Premier League)

Nov 11, 2018: Liverpool 2-0 Fulham (Premier League)

Feb 12, 2014: Fulham 2-3 Liverpool (Premier League)

Nov 09, 2013: Liverpool 4-0 Fulham (Premier League)

May 12, 2013: Fulham 1-3 Liverpool (Premier League)

Dec 22, 2012: Liverpool 4-0 Fulham (Premier League)

Apr 14, 2012: Liverpool 0-1 Fulham (Premier League)

Dec 05, 2011: Fulham 1-0 Liverpool (Premier League)

May 09, 2011: Fulham 2-5 Liverpool (Premier League)

Jan 26, 2011: Liverpool 1-0 Fulham (Premier League)

Apr 11, 2010: Liverpool 0-0 Fulham (Premier League)

Oct 31, 2009: Fulham 3-1 Liverpool (Premier League)

Last 10 Premier League meetings