Liverpool vs Lille

This is just the third time an English team has won their opening seven matches of a European Cup/UEFA Champions League campaign, with two of those being done by Liverpool (2021-22 and 2024-25 – along with Manchester City in 2023-24).

Lille have lost each of their last seven games against English sides in the UEFA Champions League, while a third of all of their defeats in the competition have now been suffered against teams from the Premier League (33% - 8/24).

Liverpool boss Arne Slot became just the second manager in UEFA Champions League history to win each of his first seven games in charge of a club, after Hansi Flick with Bayern Munich (won first seven between 2019 and 2021).

Liverpool and Lille’s only previous meetings in Europe came back in the 2009-10 UEFA Europa League, with the Reds progressing from the Last 16 with a 3-1 aggregate victory (lost 0-1 away and won 3-0 at home).

Lille have only won one of their 10 games against English sides in the UEFA Champions League (D2 L7), losing each of the last six in a row. Their only victory against an English opponent in the competition was in November 2005, beating Manchester United 1-0 in a home game.

Only two French sides have ever won away to Liverpool in major European competition (Marseille in 2007 and Lyon in 2009), with 12 of their 15 combined trips ending in defeat (D1). Indeed, the only side to keep a clean sheet there from the 15 attempts was Marseille in their 2007 victory (1-0).

Liverpool have won each of their last 10 group/league phase games at Anfield in the UEFA Champions League, scoring 22 goals and only conceding three times. The last team to avoid defeat or keep a clean sheet there in the group/league phase was Atalanta back in November 2020 (a 2-0 win).

Liverpool have won all six of their UEFA Champions League games this season, including the last five without conceding a single goal. They could become just the second team in European Cup/Champions League history to win six in a row and keep a clean sheet in each, after Leeds United in 1969-70 (6).