Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday 11 October, with a 4:30pm kick-off. Anyone studying the Liverpool vs Man City odds is weighing a long record that favours Liverpool against a recent one that favours City. These are the numbers that matter.
The Premier League head-to-head
The sides have met 58 times in the Premier League. Liverpool have won 23, City have won 14 and 21 have been drawn. Liverpool lead on goals too, by 87 to 79.
The biggest margin in the fixture’s Premier League history belongs to Liverpool, who won 6-0 at Anfield on 28 October 1995.
Liverpool’s record at Anfield
Liverpool have won 18 of their 29 Premier League home games against City, drawn eight and lost three. City’s three wins came in May 2003, February 2021 and February 2026.
Dominik Szoboszlai put Liverpool ahead on 74 minutes on 8 February 2026, Bernardo Silva equalised on 84, and Erling Haaland scored a penalty in the third minute of stoppage time to win it 2-1. It completed City’s first league double over Liverpool since 1936-37.
City have won the last three meetings
That February win sits in the middle of a three-game run. It followed a 3-0 City win at the Etihad in November 2025 and came before a 4-0 win there in the FA Cup quarter-final on 4 April 2026.
Across those three games City scored nine and conceded one. Liverpool’s last win in the fixture was a 2-0 at the Etihad on 23 February 2025, on the way to the 2024-25 title.
The table after five games
City are the only side in the Premier League with a perfect record. Enzo Maresca’s team have won all five league games, scoring 13 and conceding five, and lead Arsenal by three points.
Liverpool are sixth on nine points, six behind City. They are unbeaten, with two wins and three draws, and have conceded four with three clean sheets.
Haaland against Liverpool
Haaland leads the Premier League scoring chart with five goals this season. Alexander Isak is second on four, which makes Sunday a meeting of the division’s top two scorers.
Haaland’s recent record against Liverpool is the sharper figure. He scored in the 3-0 win in November, won the February game from the spot and then hit a hat-trick in the FA Cup quarter-final. That is five goals in his last three games against them.
New managers, old results
Both managers are new to the fixture in their current jobs. Andoni Iraola replaced Arne Slot at Liverpool in June 2026, and Maresca succeeded Pep Guardiola at City the same month.
Each has already beaten the other’s club. Iraola took over a Bournemouth side that was among the favourites in the relegation odds in 2023, and they finished 12th with a club-record 48 Premier League points. His Bournemouth won 2-1 against City on 2 November 2024, the first win over City in the club’s history, and ended City’s 32-game unbeaten league run. Maresca won two of his three Premier League meetings with Liverpool as Chelsea head coach, including a 2-1 at Stamford Bridge in October 2025 settled by Estevao in the 95th minute.
What the numbers say
The long view favours Liverpool, who lead the Premier League head-to-head by nine wins and have lost only three times at home to City. The recent view favours City, who have won three in a row against Liverpool and five out of five this season.