Liverpools captain could reach yet another landmark when the Reds take on Hull City in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday - find out more with all of the facts and figures courtesy of club statistician Ged Rea. The sides last met during the 2009-10 season, with Liverpool taking four points from the six on offer. The Reds won 6-1 at Anfield, with Fernando Torres scoring a hat-trick. Steven Gerrard also found the net, with Ryan Babel coming off the bench to score twice. The meeting at the KC Stadium came on the final day of the campaign and failed to produce a goal. The game was notable for Jack Robinson becoming the clubs then youngest ever player, aged just 16 years and 250 days, when he appeared as a late substitute. The fixture also turned out to be Rafa Benitezs final game in charge. Hull were already consigned to relegation and went down along with Burnley and Portsmouth. Of the team that featured that day only Gerrard, Daniel Agger, Lucas Leiva and unused substitute Martin Skrtel could appear in this game for Liverpool. Liverpools last victory on this ground came in April 2009, when they won 3-1 with Dirk Kuyt (2) and Xabi Alonso finding the net. Liverpool have never lost to Hull in any of the 16 meetings in all competitions, with the Reds winning 12. Should Gerrard, score it will be his fourth league goal against Hull - more than any other player in Liverpool history. Gerrard celebrated 15 years as a first-team player two days ago. Only seven players have a longer span between first and last appearance for the club. His next victory will be his 150th in the Premier League as Liverpool captain. Only once in the 10 seasons before this one have Liverpool scored more goals at this stage of a league campaign than they have now (24) - in 2009-10 they had 27 after 12 games. Liverpool have lost just two of their last 20 league games and only one of their last 10 away from home in the top flight. Luis Suarez has scored 21 goals in his last 22 league games and nine in seven games this season. The Reds have scored seven goals in the last two games and 19 in the last seven since Suarez returned to the team, with he and Daniel Sturridge scoring 14 of those 19 between them. The Reds have scored six goals during the second half of games this season - Suarez and Sturridge have scored them all (three each). Jordan Henderson is the only Reds outfield player to have featured in every minute of the Premier League campaign so far. The Reds are five goals short of recording 100 in the league under Brendan Rodgers. Hull are back in the top flight after a three-year absence. Their last spell in the Premier League lasted two seasons. They finished their 2012-13 Championship season in second place with 79 points to secure automatic promotion, eight points behind champions Cardiff City. Hull have lost their last two games - 4-1 at Southampton and 1-0 at home to Crystal Palace either side of the international break. Palace scored the only goal while playing the last 12 minutes with 10 men. At home this season they have beaten Norwich, West Ham and Sunderland - all by a 1-0 margin. They have drawn with Cardiff and Aston Villa and lost to Crystal Palace. Their tally of 11 points out of 18 at home is the same as Manchester United and only once this season have they scored more than one goal in a league game - a 3-2 win at Newcastle in September. They have won only one of their last seven in league and cup. A Carlos Cuellar own goal gave them a 1-0 win over Sunderland. Manager Steve Bruce has recorded four wins as a boss during his career in 21 meetings with the Reds in all competitions - three with Birmingham and the other with Sunderland. He will take charge of a fifth different team against Liverpool having previously managed Sunderland, Wigan, Birmingham and Huddersfield - for whom he was manager while current Reds managing director, Ian Ayre, was chairman of the Yorkshire club. The Tigers have conceded only two league goals at home this season - the joint-lowest along with Southampton and Manchester City, with those goals coming from Peter Whittingham (Cardiff) and Barry Bannan of Crystal Palace last week. The KC Stadium has seen fewer league goals this season than any other ground in the top four divisions. Only six goals in six games have been scored, with Hull netting four.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:54:32 +0000