Liverpool F.C. league record by opponent

Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, which competes in the top tier of English football, for the 2020–21 season. The club was formed in 1892 following a disagreement between the board of Everton and club president John Houlding, who owned the club's ground, Anfield. The dispute over rent resulted in Everton leaving Anfield for Goodison Park, which left Houlding with an empty stadium. Not content for his ground to lay idle, he created his own club: Liverpool.[1] Liverpool joined the Lancashire League on their foundation before the 1892–93 season. They ended their inaugural season as league champions,[2] and were elected to The Football League soon afterwards. The club remained in The Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's top level by the newly formed Premier League.[3]

Liverpool's team during its first season, 1892–93

Liverpool's first team have competed in a number of nationally and regionally contested leagues, and its record against each club faced in these competitions is listed below. The team that Liverpool have met most in league competition is Everton, against whom they have contested 203 league matches; having drawn 68 of these, Everton are the side Liverpool have tied with most in league competition. The team most often beaten by Liverpool in league competition are Aston Villa; the Anfield club have beaten them 89 times out of 184 meetings. Manchester United have recorded the most league victories over Liverpool, with 68 wins.

Key
  • The records include the results of matches played in the Lancashire League (from 1892 to 1893), The Football League (from 1893 to 1992) and the Premier League (from 1992 to the present day). Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.
  • For the sake of simplicity, present-day names are used throughout: for example, results against Newton Heath, Leicester Fosse and Woolwich Arsenal are integrated into the records against Manchester United, Leicester City and Arsenal, respectively.
  • The season given as the "first" denotes the season in which Liverpool first played a league match against that team.
  • The season given as the "last" denotes the season in which Liverpool last played a league match against that team.
  •    Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are current divisional rivals of Liverpool.
  •    Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct.
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win% = percentage of total matches won

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of match played 7 February 2021.

Liverpool F.C. league record by opponent[4][5]
Club P W D L P W D L P W D L Win% First Last Notes
Home Away Total
Arsenal 97 54 19 24 96 22 33 41 193 76 52 65 039.38 1893–94 2020–21 [lower-alpha 1]
Aston Villa 92 56 19 17 93 33 21 39 185 89 40 56 048.11 1894–95 2020–21
Barnsley 6 3 2 1 6 4 0 2 12 7 2 3 058.33 1904–05 1997–98
Birmingham City 50 32 11 7 50 15 14 21 100 47 25 28 047.00 1893–94 2010–11 [lower-alpha 2]
Blackburn Rovers 64 38 17 9 64 16 22 26 128 54 39 35 042.19 1894–95 2011–12
Blackpool 22 10 5 7 22 8 4 10 44 18 9 17 040.91 1892–93 2010–11
Bolton Wanderers 59 33 16 10 59 20 13 26 118 53 29 36 044.92 1894–95 2011–12
Bournemouth 5 4 1 0 5 4 0 1 10 8 1 1 080.00 2015–16 2019–20
Bradford City 13 11 0 2 13 7 2 4 26 18 2 6 069.23 1904–05 2000–01
Bradford Park Avenue 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 6 3 1 2 050.00 1914–15 1920–21
Brentford 5 2 2 1 5 2 1 2 10 4 3 3 040.00 1935–36 1946–47
Brighton & Hove Albion 12 9 1 2 12 5 6 1 24 14 7 3 058.33 1958–59 2020–21
Bristol City 15 11 1 3 15 5 2 8 30 16 3 11 053.33 1904–05 1979–80
Bristol Rovers 8 7 0 1 8 3 1 4 16 10 1 5 062.50 1954–55 1961–62
Burnley 44 23 12 9 43 15 9 19 87 38 21 28 043.68 1894–95 2020–21
Burton Swifts 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 075.00 1893–94 1895–96
Burton United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 050.00 1904–05 1904–05
Burton Wanderers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 050.00 1895–96 1895–96
Bury 25 17 7 1 25 10 7 8 50 27 14 9 054.00 1892–93 1961–62
Cardiff City 15 8 0 7 14 4 2 9 29 11 2 16 037.93 1921–22 2018–19
Carlisle United 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1974–75 1974–75
Charlton Athletic 28 16 6 6 28 13 2 13 56 29 8 19 051.79 1936–37 2006–07
Chelsea 77 48 18 11 78 22 17 39 155 70 35 50 045.16 1907–08 2020–21
Chesterfield 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 050.00 1904–05 1904–05
Coventry City 34 26 5 3 34 13 11 10 68 39 16 13 057.35 1967–68 2000–01
Crewe Alexandra 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 100.00 1893–94 1895–96
Crystal Palace 20 14 2 4 21 11 5 5 41 25 7 9 060.98 1969–70 2020–21
Darwen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 050.00 1895–96 1895–96
Derby County 63 42 15 6 63 24 13 26 126 66 28 32 052.38 1894–95 2007–08
Doncaster Rovers 5 4 0 1 5 1 2 2 10 5 2 3 050.00 1904–05 1957–58
Everton 101 45 33 23 102 33 35 34 203 78 68 57 038.42 1894–95 2020–21
Fairfield Athletic 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1892–93 1892–93
Fleetwood Rangers 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1892–93 1892–93
Fulham 28 20 7 1 29 13 7 9 57 33 14 10 057.89 1949–50 2020–21
Gainsborough Trinity 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1904–05 1904–05
Glossop North End 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 075.00 1899–1900 1904–05 [lower-alpha 3]
Grimsby Town 18 13 5 0 18 5 5 8 36 18 10 8 050.00 1893–94 1958–59
Heywood Central 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1892–93 1892–93
Higher Walton 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1892–93 1892–93
Huddersfield Town 36 14 10 12 36 15 7 14 72 29 17 26 040.28 1920–21 2018–19
Hull City 8 6 2 0 8 3 2 3 16 9 4 3 056.25 1954–55 2016–17
Ipswich Town 30 20 8 2 30 8 11 11 60 28 19 13 046.67 1954–55 2001–02
Leeds United 51 33 11 7 50 19 14 17 101 52 25 24 051.49 1924–25 2020–21
Leicester City 51 29 11 11 50 16 10 24 101 45 21 35 044.55 1895–96 2020–21 [lower-alpha 4]
Leyton Orient 7 6 1 0 7 3 1 3 14 9 2 3 064.29 1956–57 1962–63
Lincoln City 10 7 1 2 10 4 3 3 20 11 4 5 055.00 1893–94 1960–61
Loughborough 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1895–96 1895–96
Luton Town 14 8 6 0 14 5 3 6 28 13 9 6 046.43 1954–55 1991–92
Manchester City 85 52 19 14 85 30 24 31 170 82 43 45 048.24 1893–94 2020–21 [lower-alpha 5]
Manchester United 88 41 22 25 87 16 28 43 175 57 50 68 032.57 1895–96 2020–21 [lower-alpha 6]
Middlesbrough 68 38 17 13 68 21 22 25 136 59 39 38 043.38 1902–03 2016–17
Middlesbrough Ironopolis 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1893–94 1893–94
Millwall 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 075.00 1988–89 1989–90
Nelson 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1892–93 1892–93
Newcastle United 83 56 16 11 84 25 26 33 167 81 42 44 048.50 1893–94 2020–21
Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 050.00 1965–66 1965–66
Northwich Victoria 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1893–94 1893–94
Norwich City 28 18 6 4 28 14 7 7 56 32 13 11 057.14 1960–61 2019–20
Nottingham Forest 50 35 8 7 50 15 16 19 100 50 24 26 050.00 1894–95 1998–99
Notts County 30 23 5 2 30 11 7 12 60 34 12 14 056.67 1893–94 1991–92
Oldham Athletic 12 9 1 2 12 5 3 4 24 14 4 6 058.33 1910–11 1993–94
Oxford United 3 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 6 5 1 0 083.33 1985–86 1987–88
Plymouth Argyle 5 3 2 0 5 2 1 2 10 5 3 2 050.00 1954–55 1961–62
Portsmouth 30 16 10 4 30 9 5 16 60 25 15 20 041.67 1927–28 2009–10
Port Vale 6 5 1 0 6 2 2 2 12 7 3 2 058.33 1893–94 1956–57 [lower-alpha 7]
Preston North End 32 18 8 6 32 8 9 15 64 26 17 21 040.63 1894–95 1961–62
Queens Park Rangers 23 20 2 1 23 13 4 6 46 33 6 7 071.74 1968–69 2014–15
Reading 3 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 066.67 2006–07 2012–13 [F]
Rossendale 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1892–93 1892–93
Rotherham Town 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 100.00 1893–94 1895–96
Rotherham United 8 8 0 0 8 2 3 3 16 10 3 3 062.50 1954–55 1961–62
Scunthorpe United 4 4 0 0 4 2 2 0 8 6 2 0 075.00 1958–59 1961–62
Sheffield United 61 40 12 9 60 18 15 27 121 58 27 36 047.93 1894–95 2020–21
Sheffield Wednesday 58 36 9 13 58 18 17 23 116 54 26 36 046.55 1894–95 1999–2000
Southampton 45 29 11 5 46 16 10 20 91 45 21 25 049.45 1960–61 2020–21
Southport 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 050.00 1892–93 1892–93 [lower-alpha 8]
South Shore 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1892–93 1892–93
Stoke City 63 47 13 3 63 16 20 27 126 63 33 30 050.00 1894–95 2017–18 [lower-alpha 9]
Sunderland 80 40 22 18 80 32 15 33 160 72 37 51 045.00 1894–95 2016–17
Swansea City 17 13 3 1 17 4 4 9 34 17 7 10 050.00 1954–55 2017–18 [lower-alpha 10]
Swindon Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 050.00 1993–94 1993–94
Tottenham Hotspur 78 50 22 6 78 25 17 36 156 75 39 42 048.08 1909–10 2020–21
Walsall 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 050.00 1893–94 1961–62 [lower-alpha 11]
Watford 13 12 0 1 13 7 2 4 26 19 2 5 073.08 1982–83 2019–20
West Bromwich Albion 67 36 20 11 66 25 20 21 133 61 40 32 045.86 1894–95 2020–21
West Ham United 63 43 16 4 63 26 16 21 126 69 32 25 054.76 1923–24 2020–21
West Manchester 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 050.00 1892–93 1892–93
Wigan Athletic 8 5 2 1 8 4 3 1 16 9 5 2 056.25 2005–06 2012–13
Wimbledon 14 6 5 3 14 5 5 4 28 11 10 7 039.29 1986–87 1999–2000 [lower-alpha 12]
Wolverhampton Wanderers 50 34 7 9 49 18 10 21 99 52 17 30 052.53 1894–95 2020–21

Overall record
Statistics correct as of 7 February 2021.
Liverpool F.C. overall league record by competition[7]
Competition P W D L P W D L P W D L F A Win% Ref(s)
Home Away Total
Premier League (Tier-One) 550 344 132 73 549 227 140 182 1,099 572 272 255 1,902 1,108 052.05 [8]
Football League First Division (Tier-One) 1,548 924 354 270 1,548 483 415 650 3,096 1,407 769 920 5,094 3,956 045.45 [9]
Football League Second Division (Tier-Two) 214 162 32 20 214 81 50 83 428 243 82 103 977 571 056.78 [9]
Lancashire League (Tier-Two; unofficial) 11 10 0 1 11 7 2 2 22 17 2 3 66 19 077.27 [10]
Total 2,323 1,441 518 364 2,322 798 607 917 error 2,239 1,126 1,281 8,040 5,653 048.20 [7]

Footnotes
  1. Record against Woolwich Arsenal included.
  2. Record against Small Heath included; record against Birmingham included.
  3. Record against Glossop included.
  4. Record against Leicester Fosse included.
  5. Record against Ardwick included.
  6. Record against Newton Heath included.
  7. Record against Burslem Port Vale included.
  8. Record against Southport Central included.
  9. Record against Stoke included.
  10. Record against Swansea Town included.
  11. Record against Walsall Town Swifts included.
  12. Wimbledon relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003 and were rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons F.C. the following year. The club renounced all claims to Wimbledon's history in 2007, and have since regarded themselves as a new club founded in 2004.[6]

References
  1. "Liverpool Football Club is formed". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. "Reds win first ever game". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. "History of the Premier League". Premier League. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  4. Pead, Brian (1986). Liverpool: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-15-1.
  5. "Liverpool:Head to Head". Statto. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  6. "History and Honours of Wimbledon FC returned to Merton". Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association. 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  7. "Competition Stats". LFC History. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  8. "Premier League All Time Table". LFC History. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  9. "Liverpool Complete History". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  10. "Games for the 1892–1893 season". LFC History. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

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