Liverpool 4 Everton 0: Stats Round Up
After a fantastic performance by Liverpool at Anfield, I thought it was worth collating a few of the amazing statistics from a fabulous night.
In no particular order...
This was Liverpool's biggest win against the Blues since Ian Rush's four goal-blitz in 1982.
The Reds had more shots on target (six) in the opening twenty minutes than they managed in the whole of the 3-3 draw at Goodison Park earlier in the season.
In the whole match Liverpool had nine shots on target. Their league record since the start of 2008/09 when having nine on target is now won fifteen and drawn three, with no defeats.
Sturridge and Suárez now have twenty-two goals between them in their last thirteen appearances together for Brendan Rodgers' side.
The 'SaS' have a total of thirty-one in twenty-three matches together overall.
Steven Gerrard scored his first goal excluding penalties and free-kicks since the match away at Manchester City in 2012/13.
The Reds have scored forty-nine goals in total when they've had Suarez and Sturridge on the pitch together, at a rate of one every thirty-five minutes.
Liverpool have never lost the second derby in a Premier League season before, and they ensured that record was safe inside the first half.
Everton had only conceded eleven goals in their first eleven away league games this season, but Liverpool bagged three inside the first thirty-five minutes.
Daniel Sturridge is only the second player to score a brace before half-time in a Premier League Merseyside derby, after Robbie Fowler did so on 3rd April 1999.
Liverpool became the first club to score three goals in the first half of a Merseyside derby in the Premier League era.
The Reds have now scored for thirteen league games in a row - they've only had better runs in two of the last twenty-one seasons.
Liverpool have now scored fifty-seven league goals in 2013/14 - more than in four of the last fourteen full seasons already.
Daniel Sturridge now has twenty-seven goals and six assists in just thirty-four appearances for the Reds. A truly phenomenal record:
Liverpool now have fifteen league goals from set pieces this season, which is more than any other team in the top flight.
The Reds have now scored four-or-more goals thirteen times in the league under Brendan Rodgers; as many as in the preceding four seasons combined.
Everton have conceded four league goals from set pieces this season. All of them have been against Liverpool!
Everton also conceded four league goals in a game for the first time since April 2012.
Luis Suárez scored and assisted a goal in the same match for the tenth time in his 117 appearances for the Reds. Here are the games he has done this in:
Liverpool are now averaging 2.48 goals per league game, which equates to ninety-four across a whole season! The club have never scored more per game in any of their previous ninety-eight full seasons in the top flight.
The Reds have only had more than forty-six points after twenty-three games once in the previous twenty-one years of the Premier League.
Brendan Rodgers' team have now won twelve more points than they got from their corresponding fixtures from last season. This means they are due to finish on seventy-three points, and no team has ever finished below fourth place with that many points before.
All in all, a pretty good night!
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