Liverpool have lost just one of their nine Premier League home games against Burnley (W6 D2), though that defeat did come in January in the only previous season they faced them as reigning champions (0-1 in 2020-21).
Burnley have lost their last six Premier League games against Liverpool by an aggregate score of 12-1, since a 1-0 win at Anfield in January 2021.
Burnley have scored just 11 goals in 19 Premier League games against Liverpool (0.6 per game), only averaging fewer against Arsenal among sides they’ve faced more than twice (0.5, 9 goals in 19 games).
Liverpool have drawn 1-1 with Sunderland and 0-0 with Leeds at Anfield this season, but haven’t failed to win three successive home league games against promoted sides since January 2002. Indeed, the Reds last won none of their three home games against promoted sides in a league season in 1980-81.
Burnley remain winless in their last 12 league matches (D3 L9), last going longer without a league victory from December 2006 to March 2007 in the Championship (18), and last doing so in the top-flight from August to October 1970 (14) – the 13th game of which was a 2-0 defeat away to Liverpool.
Liverpool are averaging 14.7 shots per game in the Premier League this season, their lowest since 2001-02 (14.5), while their expected goals per game of 1.54 is their lowest in the league since 2015-16 (1.33). The Reds had 10 shots against Fulham and eight against Arsenal in their last two league games, last managing 10 or fewer three matches running in the Premier League in March 2005 (4).
Liverpool have spent the largest proportion of their time building up against low blocks in the Premier League this season (25%), while only Sunderland (28%) and Wolves (23%) have spent a larger proportion of time in a low block during opposition build-up than Burnley (22%).
Of players with at least 50 take-ons attempted in the Premier League this season, Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz has the highest success rate (54% - 27/50), while he’s one of only five players to have created 30+ chances from open play in 2025-26 (31).
Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk made more line-breaking passes than any other player in their most recent Premier League game against Arsenal (16), while overall this campaign, only Marcos Senesi (110) has made more line-breaking passes into the final third than the Dutchman’s 98.
Only João Palhinha (91), Neco Williams (85) and James Garner (85) have made more tackles and interceptions combined in the Premier League this season than Burnley’s Florentino (84 – 61 tackles, 23 interceptions).