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 The club remained in The Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's top level by the newly formed Premier League.[3]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.
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10. "Games for the 1892–1893 season". LFC History. Retrieved 26 September 2019.