Liverpool F.C. league record by opponent
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Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, which competes in the top tier of English football, for the 2024–25 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/history/timeline/1892-1917/liverpool-football-club-is-formed |title=Liverpool Football Club is formed |publisher=Liverpool F.C |access-date=15 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712112221/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/history/timeline/1892-1917/liverpool-football-club-is-formed |archive-date=12 July 2010}} Liverpool joined the Lancashire League on their foundation before the 1892–93 season. They ended their inaugural season as league champions,{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/history/timeline/1892-1917/reds-win-first-ever-game |title=Reds win first ever game |publisher=Liverpool F.C |access-date=30 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203073205/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/history/timeline/1892-1917/reds-win-first-ever-game |archive-date=3 February 2012}} 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 The club remained in The Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's top level by the newly formed Premier League.{{cite web|url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/about/history.html |title=History of the Premier League |publisher=Premier League |date=24 November 2011 |access-date=30 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421110805/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/about/history.html |archive-date=21 April 2012 }}
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 212 league matches; having drawn 70 of these, Everton are the side Liverpool have drawn with most in league competition. The team most often beaten by Liverpool in league competition are Aston Villa; the Anfield club have beaten them 95 times out of 194 meetings. Manchester United have recorded the most league victories over Liverpool, with 69 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.
- {{legend2|#FFDDFF||border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}} Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are current divisional rivals of Liverpool.
- {{legend2|#87CEEB||border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{double dagger|alt=defunct}} Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct.
- Pld = 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 21 April 2025.
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+Liverpool F.C. league record by opponent{{cite book | title=Liverpool: A Complete Record | publisher=Breedon Books Sport | first= Brian | last= Pead | year=1986 | location=Derby |
scope=col width=23% rowspan=2|Club
!scope=col|Pld !scope=col|W !scope=col|D !scope=col|L !scope=col|Pld !scope=col|W !scope=col|D !scope=col|L !scope=col|Pld !scope=col|W !scope=col|D !scope=col|L ! rowspan=2 scope=col|Win% ! rowspan=2 scope=col|First ! rowspan=2 scope=col|Last ! class="unsortable" rowspan=2 scope=col|Notes |
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class="unsortable"
! colspan=4| Home ! colspan=4| Away ! colspan=4| Total |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Arsenal {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|100 |55 |21 |24 |101 |24 |34 |43 {{WDL|201|79|55|67}} |{{efn|Record against Woolwich Arsenal included.}} |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Aston Villa {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|97 |60 |20 |17 |97 |35 |23 |39 {{WDL|194|95|43|56}} | |
scope=row|Barnsley
|6 |3 |2 |1 |6 |4 |0 |2 {{WDL|12|7|2|3}} | |
scope=row|Birmingham City
|50 |32 |11 |7 |50 |15 |14 |21 {{WDL|100|47|25|28}} |{{efn|Record against Small Heath included; record against Birmingham included.}} |
scope=row|Blackburn Rovers
|64 |38 |17 |9 |64 |16 |22 |26 {{WDL|128|54|39|35}} | |
scope=row|Blackpool
|22 |10 |5 |7 |22 |8 |4 |10 {{WDL|44|18|9|17}} | |
scope=row|Bolton Wanderers
|59 |33 |16 |10 |59 |20 |13 |26 {{WDL|118|53|29|36}} | |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Bournemouth {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|8 |7 |1 |0 |8 |6 |0 |2 {{WDL|16|13|1|2}} | |
scope=row|Bradford City
|13 |11 |0 |2 |13 |7 |2 |4 {{WDL|26|18|2|6}} | |
scope=row|Bradford Park Avenue
|3 |1 |1 |1 |3 |2 |0 |1 {{WDL|6|3|1|2}} | |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Brentford {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|9 |6 |2 |1 |9 |4 |2 |3 {{WDL|18|10|4|4}} | |
scope="row" style="background:#FFDDFF"|Brighton & Hove Albion {{dagger|alt=Premier League team}}
|16 |11 |3 |2 |15 |6 |7 |2 {{WDL|31|17|10|4}} | |
scope=row|Bristol City
|15 |11 |1 |3 |15 |5 |2 |8 {{WDL|30|16|3|11}} | |
scope=row|Bristol Rovers
|8 |7 |0 |1 |8 |3 |1 |4 {{WDL|16|10|1|5}} | |
scope=row|Burnley
|46 |25 |12 |9 |46 |18 |9 |19 {{WDL|92|43|21|28}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Burton Swifts {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|2 |2 |0 |0 |2 |1 |1 |0 {{WDL|4|3|1|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Burton United {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |1 {{WDL|2|1|0|1}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Burton Wanderers {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |1 {{WDL|2|1|0|1}} | |
scope=row|Bury
|25 |17 |7 |1 |25 |10 |7 |8 {{WDL|50|27|14|9}} | |
scope=row|Cardiff City
|15 |8 |0 |7 |14 |4 |2 |9 {{WDL|29|11|2|16}} | |
scope=row|Carlisle United
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row|Charlton Athletic
|28 |16 |6 |6 |28 |13 |2 |13 {{WDL|56|29|8|19}} | |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Chelsea {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|82 |50 |20 |12 |81 |22 |20 |39 {{WDL|163|72|40|51}} | |
scope=row|Chesterfield
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |1 |0 {{WDL|2|1|1|0}} | |
scope=row|Coventry City
|34 |26 |5 |3 |34 |13 |11 |10 {{WDL|68|39|16|13}} | |
scope=row|Crewe Alexandra
|2 |2 |0 |0 |2 |2 |0 |0 {{WDL|4|4|0|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Crystal Palace {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|24 |16 |3 |5 |25 |14 |6 |5 {{WDL|49|30|9|10}} | |
scope=row|Darwen
|1 |0 |1 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|1|1|0}} | |
scope=row|Derby County
|63 |42 |15 |6 |63 |24 |13 |26 {{WDL|126|66|28|32}} | |
scope=row|Doncaster Rovers
|5 |4 |0 |1 |5 |1 |2 |2 {{WDL|10|5|2|3}} | |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Everton {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|106 |49 |33 |24 |106 |34 |37 |35 {{WDL|212|83|70|59}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Fairfield Athletic {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Fleetwood Rangers {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Fulham {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|32 |22 |8 |2 |32 |14 |8 |10 {{WDL|64|36|16|12}} | |
scope=row|Gainsborough Trinity
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row|Glossop North End
|2 |1 |1 |0 |2 |2 |0 |0 {{WDL|4|3|1|0}} |{{efn|Record against Glossop included.}} |
scope=row|Grimsby Town
|18 |13 |5 |0 |18 |5 |5 |8 {{WDL|36|18|10|8}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Heywood Central {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Higher Walton {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope="row"|Huddersfield Town
|36 |14 |10 |12 |36 |15 |7 |14 {{WDL|72|29|17|26}} | |
scope="row"|Hull City
|8 |6 |2 |0 |8 |3 |2 |3 {{WDL|16|9|4|3}} | |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Ipswich Town {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|31 |21 |8 |2 |31 |9 |11 |11 {{WDL|62|30|19|13}} | |
scope=row|Leeds United
|53 |34 |11 |8 |53 |21 |15 |17 {{WDL|106|55|26|25}} | |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Leicester City {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|54 |32 |11 |11 |54 |18 |10 |26 {{WDL|108|50|21|37}} |{{efn|Record against Leicester Fosse included.}} |
scope=row|Leyton Orient
|7 |6 |1 |0 |7 |3 |1 |3 {{WDL|14|9|2|3}} | |
scope=row|Lincoln City
|10 |7 |1 |2 |10 |4 |3 |3 {{WDL|20|11|4|5}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Loughborough {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row|Luton Town
|15 |9 |6 |0 |15 |5 |4 |6 {{WDL|30|14|10|6}} | |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Manchester City {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|89 |54 |21 |14 |89 |31 |26 |32 {{WDL|178|85|47|46}} |{{efn|Record against Ardwick included.}} |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Manchester United {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|92 |43 |24 |25 |92 |19 |29 |44 {{WDL|184|62|53|69}} |{{efn|Record against Newton Heath included.}} |
scope="row"|Middlesbrough
|68 |38 |17 |13 |68 |21 |22 |25 {{WDL|136|59|39|38}} | |
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Middlesbrough Ironopolis {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row|Millwall
|2 |1 |1 |0 |2 |2 |0 |0 {{WDL|4|3|1|0}} | |
scope=row|Nelson
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope="row" style="background:#FFDDFF"|Newcastle United {{dagger|alt=Premier League team}}
|88 |60 |17 |11 |88 |28 |27 |33 {{WDL|176|88|44|44}} | |
scope=row|Northampton Town
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |1 |0 {{WDL|2|1|1|0}} | |
scope=row|Northwich Victoria
|1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 {{WDL|2|2|0|0}} | |
scope=row|Norwich City
|29 |19 |6 |4 |29 |15 |7 |7 {{WDL|58|34|13|11}} | |
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Nottingham Forest {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|53 |37 |8 |8 |53 |16 |17 |20 {{WDL|106|53|25|28}} | |
scope=row|Notts County
|30 |23 |5 |2 |30 |11 |7 |12 {{WDL|60|34|12|14}} | |
scope=row|Oldham Athletic
|12 |9 |1 |2 |12 |5 |3 |4 {{WDL|24|14|4|6}} | |
scope=row|Oxford United
|3 |3 |0 |0 |3 |2 |1 |0 {{WDL|6|5|1|0}} | |
scope=row|Plymouth Argyle
|5 |3 |2 |0 |5 |2 |1 |2 {{WDL|10|5|3|2}} | |
scope=row|Portsmouth
|30 |16 |10 |4 |30 |9 |5 |16 {{WDL|60|25|15|20}} | |
scope=row|Port Vale
|6 |5 |1 |0 |6 |2 |2 |2 {{WDL|12|7|3|2}} |{{efn|Record against Burslem Port Vale included.}} |
scope=row|Preston North End
|32 |18 |8 |6 |32 |8 |9 |15 {{WDL|64|26|17|21}} | |
scope=row|Queens Park Rangers
|23 |20 |2 |1 |23 |13 |4 |6 {{WDL|46|33|6|7}} | |
scope=row |Reading
|3 |3 |0 |0 |3 |1 |1 |1 {{WDL|6|4|1|1}} |{{ref label|Man Utd|F |
|-
!scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Rossendale {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|1
|1
|0
|0
{{WDL|2|2|0|0}}
|
|-
!scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Rotherham Town {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|2
|2
|0
|0
|2
|2
|0
|0
{{WDL|4|4|0|0}}
|
|-
!scope=row|Rotherham United
|8
|8
|0
|0
|8
|2
|3
|3
{{WDL|16|10|3|3}}
|
|-
!scope=row|Scunthorpe United
|4
|4
|0
|0
|4
|2
|2
|0
{{WDL|8|6|2|0}}
|
|-
!scope=row|Sheffield United
|62
|41
|12
|9
|62
|20
|15
|27
{{WDL|124|61|27|36}}
|
|-
!scope=row|Sheffield Wednesday
|58
|36
|9
|13
|58
|18
|17
|23
{{WDL|116|54|26|36}}
|
|-
!scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Southampton {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|49
|33
|11
|5
|49
|18
|11
|20
{{WDL|98|51|22|25}}
|
|-
!scope=row|Southport
|1
|1
|0
|0
|1
|0
|1
|0
{{WDL|2|1|1|0}}
|{{efn|Record against Southport Central included.}}
|-
!scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|South Shore {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|1
|1
|0
|0
{{WDL|2|2|0|0}}
|
|-
!scope=row|Stoke City
|63
|47
|13
|3
|63
|16
|20
|27
{{WDL|126|63|33|30}}
|{{efn|Record against Stoke included.}}
|-
!scope="row"|Sunderland
|80
|40
|22
|18
|80
|32
|15
|33
{{WDL|160|72|37|51}}
|
|-
!scope=row|Swansea City
|17
|13
|3
|1
|17
|4
|4
|9
{{WDL|34|17|7|10}}
|{{efn|Record against Swansea Town included.}}
|-
!scope=row|Swindon Town
|1
|0
|1
|0
|1
|1
|0
|0
{{WDL|2|1|1|0}}
|
|-
!scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Tottenham Hotspur {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|81
|52
|23
|6
|82
|27
|18
|37
{{WDL|163|79|41|43}}
|
|-
!scope=row|Walsall
|2
|2
|0
|0
|2
|0
|2
|0
{{WDL|4|2|2|0}}
|{{efn|Record against Walsall Town Swifts included.}}
|-
!scope=row|Watford
|14
|13
|0
|1
|14
|8
|2
|4
{{WDL|28|21|2|5}}
|
|-
!scope=row|West Bromwich Albion
|67
|36
|20
|11
|67
|26
|20
|21
{{WDL|134|62|40|32}}
|
|-
!scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|West Ham United {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|67
|47
|16
|4
|67
|28
|17
|22
{{WDL|134|75|33|26}}
|
|-
!scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|West Manchester {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|1
|1
|0
|0
|1
|0
|1
|0
{{WDL|2|1|1|0}}
|
|-
!scope=row|Wigan Athletic
|8
|5
|2
|1
|8
|4
|3
|1
{{WDL|16|9|5|2}}
|
|-
!scope=row style=background:#87CEEB|Wimbledon {{double dagger|alt=defunct}}
|14
|6
|5
|3
|14
|5
|5
|4
{{WDL|28|11|10|7}}
|{{efn|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.{{cite web
|url=http://www.wisa.org.uk/cgi/l/articles/index.cgi?action=show&id=558
|title=History and Honours of Wimbledon FC returned to Merton
|date=2 August 2007
|access-date=22 March 2012
|publisher=Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220102010/http://www.wisa.org.uk/cgi/l/articles/index.cgi?action=show&id=558
|archive-date=20 February 2012
}}}}
|-
!scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF|Wolverhampton Wanderers {{dagger|alt=divisional rivals}}
|54
|38
|7
|9
|54
|22
|10
|22
{{WDL|108|60|17|31}}
|
|}
Overall record
: Statistics correct as of 21 April 2025.
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|+Liverpool F.C. overall league record by competition{{cite web |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Stats/GamesCompetitionStats |title=Competition Stats |publisher=LFC History |access-date=26 September 2019 }} |
scope="col" rowspan="2"|Competition
!scope="col"|Pld !scope="col"|W !scope="col"|D !scope="col"|L !scope="col"|Pld !scope="col"|W !scope="col"|D !scope="col"|L !scope="col"|Pld !scope="col"|W !scope="col"|D !scope="col"|L !scope="col"|GF !scope="col"|GA !scope="col" rowspan="2"|Win% !scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable"|Ref(s) |
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class="unsortable"
! colspan="4"| Home ! colspan="4"| Away ! colspan="6"| Total |
scope="row" align=left|{{sort|1|Premier League}} (Tier-One)
|630 |404 |147 |79 |630 |271 |162 |197 {{WDL|1260|675|309|276|for=2,255|against=1,265}} |
scope="row" align=left|{{sort|2|Football League First Division}} (Tier-One)
|1,548 |924 |354 |270 |1,548 |483 |415 |650 {{WDL|3096|1407|769|920|for=5,094|against=3,956}} |
scope="row" align=left|{{sort|3|Football League Second Division}} (Tier-Two)
|214 |162 |32 |20 |214 |81 |50 |83 {{WDL|428|243|82|103|for=977|against=571}} |
scope="row" align=left|{{sort|4|Lancashire League}} (Tier-Two; unofficial)
|11 |10 |0 |1 |11 |7 |2 |2 {{WDL|22|17|2|3|for=66|against=19}} |
scope="row"|Total
!2,403 !1,500 !533 !370 !2,403 !842 !629 !932 {{WDLtot|4806|2342|1162|1302|for=8393|against=5810}} |
Footnotes
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