The Liverpool game today against Sevilla at Anfield will kick off at 12:30pm, in what will be the Reds' penultimate pre-season friendly before the new season starts.
Arne Slot's side will also take on Las Palmas behind closed doors at 5:30pm, before they face Ipswich Town away from home in their first Premier League game of the 2024/25 campaign next Saturday lunchtime. Liverpool look in good shape after beating top-flight rivals Arsenal and Manchester United in pre-season, and will be eager to continue their momentum against Sevilla.
The Reds have not made any new signings thus far in this summer window, but have plenty of reported transfer targets. One player who looks likely to move to Anfield is Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi, who of course has plenty of experience playing against Sevilla in La Liga.
Nonetheless, here are five key pieces of trivia involving the Liverpool vs Sevilla H2H that you can test your family and friends on ahead of kick-off…
Liverpool game today: 5 key facts
1. Liverpool have never beaten Sevilla
Astonishingly, Liverpool have never actually beaten Sevilla in four previous attempts. They have lost twice and drawn twice, with their last meeting coming in a friendly in 2019, which Sevilla won 2-1.
2. Both teams have scored in every H2H
No team has emerged scoreless in each H2H that has been played, suggesting that there may end up being another goal fest. Sevilla have won two games 3-1 and 2-1 respectively, while there have also been 2-2 and 3-3 draws.
3. Liverpool blew three-goal lead vs Sevilla
Liverpool usually associate coming back from three goals down with their famous victory in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final against AC Milan, where they were 3-0 down in Istanbul before pulling the game back to 3-3, before winning the penalty shootout. However, the Reds were pegged back themselves in the Champions League against Sevilla in 2017, after a Roberto Firmino brace and Sadio Mane goal in between put them 3-0 up at HT, only to draw 3-3 after FT in the group stage.
4. Red card in pre-season friendly
It is very rare that you see red cards being dished out in friendly matches, but this is exactly what happened when these two sides last met in 2019. Indeed, Sevilla's Joris Gnagnon was sent off for a horror tackle on Liverpool's Yasser Larouchi.
5. Six Liverpool survivors from last H2H
Indeed, there are only six Liverpool players from the last H2H against Sevilla in 2019 that are still at the Merseyside club. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Nat Phillips, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson all started that game, while both Joe Gomez and Curtis Jones came on from the substitutes bench.
