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Steven N’ Zonzi of Stoke City competes with Luis Suarez of Liverpool during the Barclays Premier League match at Anfield
In the first match of the 2013/14 Premier League season, hosts Liverpool take on a new-look Stoke City at Anfield.
Liverpool will be looking to start their season under the guidance of Brendan Rodgers, with a sole aim of challenging for a Champions League place after enduring a disappointing campaign last season as they finished 7th.
On the other hand, Stoke City begin their life in Premier League without Tony Pulis for the first time, after he was replaced by Mark Hughes earlier in the summer.
Hughes will be looking to address Stoke’s poor goalscoring form as only the relegated QPR, with 30, scored less goals than the Potters, who had 34 goals last season.
Let’s look at what stats have to offer for Liverpool vs Stoke City:
- Liverpool are without a win in the last 4 games on the opening day of the season. They have drawn 2 home games while losing twice away.
- Liverpool won 9 of their 19 games at Anfield last season.
- In 2012-13 Liverpool won 4 and drew 1 of their 5 league games without Luis Suarez.
- In the 10 matches played between these two teams in Premier League, Liverpool have only won 2 matches while Stoke have won 3, and there have been 5 draws (four of them goalless).
- Liverpool have kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 home matches against Stoke in all competitions.
- The Stoke have not won at Anfield since a 4-3 Division Two victory in March 1959.
- Stoke, though, are unbeaten in their previous 4 Premier League matches against Liverpool, winning both matches at home while securing 2 draws at Anfield in the past two seasons.
- Stoke, meanwhile, have only won 2 of their 19 away games last season. In fact, Stoke have failed to win 26 of their last 28 away matches in the Premier League.
- Stoke only managed 13 away goals all last season, the second-lowest of any Premier League team.
- Stoke have never scored a Premier League goal at Anfield, despite playing there five times.
