The Reds are set to host the Bees at Anfield on Sunday afternoon (kick-off at 4 PM BST), with a draw sufficient to secure a top-five finish and qualification for the prestigious 2026-27 Champions League season.

Here are 17 essential pre-match facts and figures to consider:

• There have been 24 competitive encounters between Liverpool and Brentford, with Liverpool emerging victorious in 15 of these matches compared to Brentford’s five wins. Remarkably, the Reds have found the net in all but one of these fixtures.
• In nine of the last 12 meetings across all competitions, at least one of the competing teams has managed to score three goals.
• Liverpool suffered a 3-2 defeat in the reverse fixture this season. Historically, the Reds have never lost consecutive league matches against the Bees.
• Should Liverpool score two goals in this match, they will reach a milestone of 150 Premier League goals under the management of Arne Slot.
• Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister is poised to make his 150th career appearance for Liverpool.
• Mohamed Salah boasts an impressive record against Brentford, having scored seven goals in eight matches. He averages a goal every 95 minutes against them.
• Salah could achieve a unique feat by becoming the first player since Sadio Mane in 2020 to score the Reds’ final goal of the season in two consecutive campaigns.
• This match marks Andy Robertson’s final appearance for Liverpool. Interestingly, his first goal in English football was scored against Brentford while playing for Hull City in a 2-0 victory at Griffin Park.
• Virgil van Dijk has played the full 90 minutes in 74 of Liverpool’s 75 Premier League matches under Arne Slot, including all 37 fixtures this season. If he completes 90 minutes in this game, at 34 years and 320 days old, he would become the oldest outfield player to play 100% of the possible minutes in a single Premier League campaign, surpassing John Terry’s record from 2014-15 (34 years and 168 days).
• Van Dijk has accumulated 4,851 minutes on the pitch across all competitions this season, the highest total for a Liverpool outfield player in a single season since Sami Hyypia (5,205 minutes) in 2005-06.
• The Reds have not lost their final league match of the season in the last 10 campaigns (seven wins, three draws), a run extending back to their 6-1 defeat to Stoke City in 2014-15. Furthermore, they are unbeaten in their last 18 home league finales (15 wins, three draws) since a 2-0 loss to Arsenal in 1988-89.
• Brentford has secured only one victory in their last nine Premier League matches (six draws, two defeats), a 3-0 win against West Ham United earlier this month.
• The Bees have won their final match in only one of their four previous Premier League campaigns (one draw, two defeats), achieving a 1-0 victory over Manchester City in 2023.
• Between 1936 and 1937, Brentford remained unbeaten in their first three away league matches against Liverpool (one win, two draws). However, they have since lost each of their last six visits to Anfield without scoring a single goal.
• Igor Thiago has been a significant contributor to Brentford’s Premier League goal tally this season, scoring 41% of their goals (22 out of 54). This currently represents the highest share of goals scored by a single player in a campaign since Harry Kane’s 43% for Tottenham Hotspur in 2023 (30 out of 70).
• Keith Andrews, who succeeded Thomas Frank as the Bees’ head coach last summer, faced Liverpool five times as a player. He scored one goal against them in a 2-1 defeat for Blackburn Rovers in February 2010.
• Brentford is on track to achieve their best-ever Premier League finish. This is their fifth campaign in the top flight, having previously finished 13th, ninth, 16th, and 10th since gaining promotion in 2021.