Liverpool’s inevitable maiden Premier League title is just four victories away as the Reds travel to relegation-threatened Watford.
Jurgen Klopp’s side are on course to beat a number of records on their way to a first league triumph in 30 years, including the most consecutive Premier League wins if they pick up three points at Vicarage Road this weekend – live on talkSPORT.
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Quick fire goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane against West Ham ensured Liverpool matched City’s record of 18 consecutive wins
The runaway leaders survived a scare on Monday night when they came from behind to beat West Ham 3-2 at Anfield to equal Manchester City’s record of 18 consecutive league wins.
Watford, who are deep in a relegation battle, stand in their way of making it 19 successive victories.
The Hornets initially benefited from the new manager bounce when Nigel Pearson took over, winning four of his first six games in charge.
However, they are without a league win in their last five and currently sit 19th.
The reverse fixture was Pearson’s first in charge of the club when a Mohamed Salah braced earned Liverpool a 2-0 win and this weekend’s clash has repercussions at both ends of the table.
Watford vs Liverpool: How to listen
The Premier League clash will get under way at 17:30pm on Saturday, February 29.
Full commentary from Vicarage Road will be live on talkSPORT, with our coverage starting at 17:15pm.
To tune in, just click here for the live stream or click the radio player below.
You can also listen through the talkSPORT App, on DAB Digital Radio or on MW 1053 or 1089.
For more information about how to listen LIVE on talkSPORT click here.
Watford vs Liverpool: The facts
- Watford are winless in their last eight Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D1 L7), losing each of the last four by an aggregate score of 0-15.
- Under Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool have scored more Premier League goals against Watford than they have vs any other side in the competition (27 in nine games).
- At least one side has scored three goals in five of the six Premier League meetings between Watford and Liverpool at Vicarage Road, with the exception being a 1-0 win for Liverpool in May 2017.
- Since beating Liverpool 2-1 on the final day of the 1982/83 season, Watford have lost 15 of their 16 top-flight matches against sides top of the table (D1), including each of the last 13 in a row.
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- Liverpool have won their last 18 Premier League games; another win here would set a new record for most consecutive victories in English top-flight history.
- Liverpool conceded more goals in their 3-2 win against West Ham last time out than they had in their previous 11 Premier League matches combined (1). They’ve not conceded more than once in consecutive league games since December 2016.
- All 24 of Watford’s Premier League goals this season have been scored from inside the box. In Premier League history, there has been just two occasions of a team scoring 100% of their total goals from inside the area, with Middlesbrough (35) and Man City (33) both doing so in 1995-96.
- Liverpool’s Sadio Mané has either scored or assisted in all six of his Premier League games against Watford for Liverpool, scoring five goals and assisting four in these matches.
- Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored eight goals in his five Premier League games against Watford, netting both goals in the Reds’ 2-0 victory in the reverse fixture this season.
- Troy Deeney is Watford’s top Premier League scorer this season with five goals, with all of these strikes coming in a seven-game spell in December and January.
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Jordan Henderson sat out of Liverpool’s 3-2 win over West Ham through injury
Watford vs Liverpool: Team news
Watford: Foster, Femenia, Cathcart, Kabasele, Masina, Doucoure, Capoue, Huges, Sarr, Deeney, Deulofeu.
Subs: Gomes, Dawson, Welbeck, Chalobah, Gray, Pussetto, Pereyra.
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Lovren, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Salah, Firmino, Mane.
Subs: Adrian, Minamino, Lallana, Origi, Matip, Jones, Hoever.
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