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At Anfield: Liverpool 31 wins, Birmingham 7 wins, Draws 10.
Overall: Liverpool 46 wins, Birmingham 28 wins, Draws 22.
The last Premier League meeting saw the teams draw 2-2 at St Andrews in April 2008. Peter Crouch and Yossi Benayoun scored after the Reds had fallen two goals behind thanks to Mikael Forssell and Sebastian Larsson.
Liverpool and Birmingham played out a goalless draw the last time they met at Anfield in September 2007.
The Reds' last win over Birmingham came in May 2004 when goals from Michael Owen, Emile Heskey and Steven Gerrard secured a 3-0 win.
Each of the last four league meetings between the teams has ended in a draw - the only time this has happened in the fixture.
In the Premier League home and away Liverpool have won only two of the 10 meetings drawing five and losing three. Those two victories came in 2003-04.
The Reds have only failed to score against City at Anfield twice in the last 87 years.
Liverpool have lost only nine times in the last 50 League games but one of those defeats was 9-1 at St Andrews in 1954-55-that is still Liverpool's biggest ever loss.
The 0-0 draw in the game at Anfield two seasons ago was the first goalless meeting on Merseyside between the teams since April 1931.
Liverpool's biggest home win over Birmingham came in April 1986 when the Reds won 5-0 with Gary Gillespie scoring a hat-trick.
Liverpool have had as many players red-carded in the last two Premier League games, (3), as they did in the previous three and a half years.
Fernando Torres has scored 34 league goals at Anfield in his 35 appearances including six in five games this season.
Daniel Agger made his Liverpool debut against Birmingham in February 2006.
Ryan Babel has now scored 12 goals for Liverpool as a substitute. Only David Fairclough (18) has come off the bench to score more for the club.
Birmingham are the only team that Liverpool have failed to beat in the Premier League under Rafa Benitez.
Four Liverpool players have scored League hat-tricks against Birmingham - Gary Gillespie (1986), John Toshack (1975), Gordon Hodgson (1934) and Harry Chambers (1923).
Birmingham are unbeaten against Liverpool in the last six league games.
They came up last season finishing second behind Wolves losing only once in the last 11 league games.
This is City's sixth season of Premier League football. They have previously finished 13th, 10th, 12th, 18th and 19th.