Arne Slot manages Liverpool in the Champions League at Anfield for the first time. Check out the best facts, stats and live Opta data with our Liverpool vs Bologna stats page.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Liverpool vs Bologna stats from their Champions League meeting at Anfield.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own in-game and post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Liverpool vs Bologna Stats: Pre-Match Facts
- Liverpool and Bologna have never previously faced before, while Bologna will be the Reds’ ninth different Italian opponent in European competition, after Internazionale, Juventus, Roma, Genoa, Milan, Fiorentina, Napoli, Udinese, and Atalanta.
- Bologna have faced three English sides previously in all European competitions, most recently Fulham in the 2002 Intertoto Cup. Their last in a major European competition came against Leeds United in the 1966-67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, losing via a coin toss after a 1-1 aggregate draw over two legs.
- In European competition, sides from no other nation have beaten Liverpool at Anfield more times than Italian clubs (7 – level with Spanish). The Reds have lost three of their last five at home to Italian sides (W2).
- Liverpool have won each of their last 10 group/league stage games at Anfield in major European competitions, scoring 2+ goals in their last nine in a row. Their last such defeat, though, was to an Italian side, losing 2-0 to Atalanta in November 2020.
- Despite attempting 17 shots, Bologna’s first UEFA Champions League game ended 0-0 on Matchday 1 against Shakhtar Donetsk. Only two teams have drawn their first ever two games goalless – Galatasaray in 1993 and Villarreal in 2005.
- Liverpool had 11 shots on target in their 3-1 win at Milan on MD1, in their first Champions League match under head coach Arne Slot. It’s the most shots on target a Premier League side has had in their first match under a new boss in the competition since Manchester City under Pep Guardiola in September 2016 (also 11).
- The only shot on target Bologna faced on MD1 against Shakhtar was a penalty, which was saved by goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski. It was his first Champions League appearance in 9 years and 318 days in November 2014, the sixth-biggest gap between appearances by a goalkeeper in the competition.
- Mohamed Salah could become the first Liverpool player to score in five consecutive home games in the European Cup/Champions League, with the Egyptian scoring in all four of his appearances at Anfield in his previous season in this competition (four goals in 2022-23).
- Bologna manager Vincenzo Italiano has only faced an English side once previously in European competitions, losing 2-1 with Fiorentina against West Ham in the 2023 Conference League final.
- Ryan Gravenberch was the Liverpool player with the most possession recoveries (10) and interceptions (7) in their win at Milan on MD1. In fact, his seven interceptions were the most by a Liverpool midfielder in a Champions League game since Javier Mascherano in December 2009 (8 v Fiorentina).
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