Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur have all taken more points from away matches in the Premier League than Manchester United. That record, which includes the recent 2-1 defeat at Chelsea, adds to the stress of the trip to Anfield, where Sir Alex Ferguson's side has been beaten on its last two visits. The joy of disrupting United's bid for a record 19th league title would be memorable for Liverpool, who need time to develop their squad before they can expect to compete for major trophies themselves. Kevin McCarra

Venue Anfield Tickets Sold out Last season Liverpool 2 Manchester United 0 Referee P Dowd

This season's matches 21 Y82, R7, 4.24 cards per game

Odds Liverpool 17-10 Man Utd 7-5 Draw 11-5

Liverpool

Subs from Carroll, Poulsen, Cole, Rodríguez, Kyrgiakos, Spearing, Jones, Gulacsi, Jovanovic, Pacheco, Wilson, Hansen

Doubtful Agger (leg), Aurélio (adductor), Carroll (thigh) Injured Kelly (hamstring, April), Shelvey (knee, May) Suspended None

Form guide LDWWWW

Disciplinary record Y43 R2

Leading scorer Meireles 5

Man United

Subs from Kuszczak, Lindegaard, Rafael, Carrick, Fábio, Gibson, Bébé Obertan, Owen, Hernández, Doubtful Evra (unknown) Injured Valencia (broken leg, 22 Mar), Park (hamstring, 22 Mar), Anderson (knee, 22 Mar), Ferdinand (calf, 12 Mar), Evans (calf, 12 Mar), Hargreaves (hamstring, unknown) Suspended Vidic (one) Form guide LWWLWW Discip' record Y43 R2 Leading scorer Berbatov 19

Match pointers

• Only one of the last 21 meetings between these sides has ended as a draw

• Steven Gerrard has scored three goals in his last three league matches against Sir Alex Ferguson's side

• United have won eight of their last nine league games following a defeat

• So far this campaign, Liverpool are unbeaten at home against teams in the top half of the table

• Javier Hernández has scored with 33.33% of his shots this season, the best conversion rate in the Premier League