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Preview [BBC Sport]
TEAM NEWS
Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones is available for the first time since being injured in February.
Andy Robertson could also return after missing out against Brighton, but Wataru Endo is a doubt after sustaining a knock last weekend.
Sheffield United will be without George Baldock and Tom Davies for up to six weeks.
Striker Cameron Archer, currently recovering from a calf injury, should feature again this season.
Andy Robertson could also return after missing out against Brighton, but Wataru Endo is a doubt after sustaining a knock last weekend.
Sheffield United will be without George Baldock and Tom Davies for up to six weeks.
Striker Cameron Archer, currently recovering from a calf injury, should feature again this season.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Liverpool have won their last six league meetings, conceding only once.
- Sheffield United's last league victory against Liverpool came at Anfield in April 1994.
- In Chris Wilder's first game back in charge, goals from Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai gave Liverpool a 2-0 victory in the reverse fixture back in December.
Liverpool
- Their only defeat in 39 home league games against newly promoted sides came against Fulham in March 2021 (W32, D6).
- The 0-0 draw against Manchester United in December is Liverpool's only clean sheet in the last nine home league matches.
- Liverpool are five goals away from scoring 700 under Jurgen Klopp in league fixtures.
- With nine games to go, their tally of 67 points from last season has already been equalled.
- Their unbeaten run at Anfield in the league stretches back 27 games since a 2-1 defeat to Leeds United in October 2022.
- Alexis MacAllister has been directly involved in a Liverpool goal in the last five matches, scoring two and providing four assists.
- If Harvey Elliot scores, he would become only the third player after Noel Whelan and Rasmus Hojlund to score on their 21st birthday.
Sheffield United
- The Blades' solitary Premier League away victory this season was 3-1 against Luton in February.
- Striker Ben Brereton Diaz has four goals in five games since signing from Villarreal in January on loan.
- Sheffield United's 77 goals conceded this term is only 12 short of Derby County's record in a 38-match Premier League season.
- Chris Wilder's side had a two-goal lead in their past two league games but failed to win either (2-2 v Bournemouth, 3-3 v Fulham).