Liverpool vs Brentford

Arne Slot became only the third manager to win both of his first two top-flight matches in charge of Liverpool while seeing his side also keep a clean sheet in each, after Matt McQueen in 1923 and Graeme Souness in 1991.

Brentford have lost all four of their Premier League games at Anfield by an aggregate score of 9-0. Only Birmingham City (7 at Old Trafford) have played at a particular venue more in the competition without scoring.

Liverpool have won both of their opening two games of a Premier League season while also keeping a clean sheet each time for the sixth time, after 2002-03, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2018-19, and 2021-22.

In a run stretching back to 1939, Liverpool have won each of their last five home games against Brentford, keeping a clean sheet each time.

Brentford have won just one of their six Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D1 L4). At least one team has scored 3+ goals in five of those six games, with the exception being a 1-0 win for the Reds in May 2023.

Liverpool have lost just two of their last 61 Premier League home games (W46 D13), while they haven’t lost at Anfield in the opening month of the season since 2015 (0-3 v West Ham).

Liverpool are looking to start their Premier League season with two consecutive wins for the first time since 2021-22, a season in which they started with an away win at a newly promoted East Anglian team (3-0 vs Norwich); they beat Ipswich 2-0 at Portman Road last weekend.

Brentford have won four of their last seven Premier League matches (D1 L2), more than in their previous 21 games combined (W3 D4 L14).