Liverpool have scored 19 goals in their last five Premier League matches against Leeds (W3 D1 L1), although they let a 2-0 lead slip to draw 3-3 at Elland Road in December, their highest scoring draw ever with the Whites.
Leeds won 2-1 in their last away league game against Liverpool in October 2022. They’ve never won consecutive visits to the Reds in their league history.
Liverpool have won five of their last six Premier League games on New Year’s Day (D1), with their last defeat coming at home to Chelsea back in 2005.
Leeds have won just one of their last six league games on New Year’s Day (D3 L2), beating Birmingham 3-0 in 2024. This is their first New Year’s Day game in the Premier League since 2003, a 2-0 home win against Birmingham.
Leeds have won one of their last 16 away top-flight matches against the reigning champions (D5 L10), beating Arsenal 3-2 at Highbury back in May 2003 thanks to a late Mark Viduka winner.
Liverpool have started the year with a league win in just three of the last 11 years (D4 L4), although they haven’t lost their first game of the year when it’s been at Anfield on any of the last nine occasions (W6 D3).
Leeds United haven’t lost any of their last 10 league games played in January (W6 D4) since a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa in 2023 under Jesse Marsch. The only side in the top four tiers on a longer current unbeaten run in January is Arsenal (11 games).
Liverpool have won their last three Premier League games, having won just two of their previous 10 beforehand (D2 L6).
Having failed to score or assist a goal in any of his first 15 Premier League appearances, Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz has now scored (1) or assisted (1) in his last two. He last registered a goal involvement in more consecutive league games in November/December last year (a run of six with Bayer Leverkusen).
Cody Gakpo has scored in Liverpool’s first Premier League game of each of the last two calendar years, netting against Newcastle and Man Utd. The last Reds player to score in their first league game three years in a row was Ian Rush in 1985, 1986 and 1987.