Tottenham won this very game 2-1 last season and last won consecutive home league games against Liverpool between 2008 and 2012 (a run of five).

Liverpool have lost just two of their last 23 Premier League games against Tottenham (W15 D6) and have scored at least one goal in each of their last 17 against Spurs.

Tottenham won this very game last season 2-1 thanks to a 90th-minute own goal from Joel Matip. In fact, this game saw more 90th-minute winning goals than any other game in Premier League history (6).

Tottenham have lost nine of their last 11 Premier League games against teams who entered the day at the top of the table, with both exceptions against Manchester City (2-2 in August 2019, 3-2 in February 2022). They lost all five home games in this series.

Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 23 Premier League home games, a 4-0 win against Everton earlier this season. They have remained winless in their last three games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (D1 L2), most recently having a long run without a home win in November/December 2013 (4).

Spurs have scored more goals in the first 15 minutes of play than any other team in the Premier League this season (9), five of which have come in the last two games.

After conceding just three goals in their first eight Premier League games this season, Liverpool have now conceded ten goals in their last seven games. Their last two games ended 3-3 against Newcastle and 2-2 against Fulham, with the Reds last drawing three league games in a row in the same season in October 2015.

With a win, Liverpool will be back at the top of the Premier League table at Christmas for the first time since 2020/21. However, the Reds have only won the title in one of the last seven top-flight seasons in which they were top at Christmas, namely the 2019/20 season.

Son Heung-min’s two assists in the last game against Southampton took his Premier League total to 68 – the highest total of any Tottenham player in the history of the competition (tied with Darren Anderton).

Mohamed Salah has been involved in 22 of Liverpool’s 31 Premier League goals this season (71%), which is by far the highest proportion of any team’s player this season. He has 13 goals and nine assists and could become the first player in Premier League history to score both goals in double figures in a single season before Christmas.