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Premier League LIVE: Wolves v Liverpool after Palmer scores four goals as Chelsea and Arsenal win – text, score, radio

Premier League LIVE: Wolves v Liverpool after Palmer scores four goals as Chelsea and Arsenal win – text, score, radio

  • Wolves have lost more Premier League games against Liverpool than any other opponent (16). They have lost 14 of their last 15 games against the Reds in the league, with the exception of a 3-0 home win in February 2023.

  • Liverpool kept clean sheets in 65% of their Premier League games against Wolves (13/20), the second highest rate of any team to have played each other more than 20 times in the competition, behind Chelsea v Middlesbrough (67% – 20) . /30).

  • Wolves have not won a league win so far this season (D1 L4) – only in 2003-04 (top seven) and 2019-20 (top six) have they gone longer without a win since the start of a Premier League season.

  • Liverpool have won five of their last six Premier League games (L1), keeping clean sheets in each win. The Reds had conceded goals in each of their last 10 games before this run (16 goals conceded in total).

  • No current Premier League team has gone longer without conceding a goal than Wolves, who have conceded a goal in each of their last 17 top-flight games (the same as Southampton). It is the Wolves’ longest streak without a shutout in the competition since a 30-man streak in the 2011-12 season.

  • Wolves have lost their last two Premier League games despite leading at half-time (1-2 vs Newcastle, 1-3 vs Aston Villa). No team in Premier League history has lost three games in a row and been leading at half-time each time.

  • Liverpool have conceded the fewest goals of any Premier League team so far this season (1), while no team has conceded more than Wolves (14). In fact, Wolves’ 14 goals conceded are the most after five games in a league season since 1985-86 (14 in the third tier) and the most in the top flight since 1970-71 (14).

  • Trent Alexander-Arnold’s assist in the last game against Bournemouth was his 59th in the Premier League, putting him one ahead of Steve McManaman and third most for Liverpool in the competition. He is also tied with his teammate Andrew Robertson for the most assists by a defender in the history of the competition.

  • Since the start of last season, Matheus Cunha has been involved in more Premier League goals for Wolves than any other player (21 – 14 goals, 7 assists). Eight of his last 13 goals for the club either put the club ahead (2) or brought the club level in the game (6).

  • Liverpool’s Luis Díaz has been involved in six goals in his last four Premier League games, scoring five and assisting one. He has scored a brace in two of his last three games for the Reds and has scored multiple goals in just one of his first 69 Premier League games.