Anfield is the venue for one of the most highly-anticipated fixtures of the Premier League calendar, as Liverpool welcome title rivals Manchester City to their Merseyside home.
The Reds possess a one-point lead over the treble winners in second place in the top-flight table, having been demoted by Arsenal due to the Gunners' win over Brentford on Saturday.
Sunday's battle will also mark the final time that Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola share a touchline in the Premier League, although they could still reunite in this year's FA Cup final.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.
Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 215
Liverpool wins: 108
Draws: 57
Man City wins: 60
From 215 previous battles between Liverpool and Man City, the Reds - who undoubtedly boast the more esteemed history - lead the head-to-head tally with 108 wins compared to 60 for the boys in blue, while another 57 contests have ended level.
The most recent of those draws came at the Etihad back in November, where Erling Haaland opened the scoring for the reigning champions, but Trent Alexander-Arnold found the bottom corner to restore parity in the dying embers before irking the home crowd with a shushing celebration.
Alexander-Arnold's antics were not the sole reason for Citizens fan fury that day, though, as Guardiola's side had a Ruben Dias strike ruled out for Manuel Akanji's perceived foul on Alisson Becker and lost their two-game winning sequence versus the Reds in the process.
Man City had earned a pair of Etihad successes over Liverpool in 2022-23 - a 3-2 EFL Cup success and 4-1 Premier League battering - but the most recent Anfield encounter in October 2022 went the Reds' way thanks to Mohamed Salah's solitary goal.
That triumph was not without a financial penalty for Klopp, though, as the German gave the linesman an earful and took a £30,000 hit from the FA, and earlier meetings in 2022 saw the Reds prevail in the Community Shield and FA Cup semi-finals following a 2-2 Etihad draw in the Premier League.
Liverpool welcome their Manchester counterparts to Merseyside having only been beaten one of their last 20 Premier League home matches against the Citizens, and while that did come as recently as February 2021 - a 4-1 embarrassment - there were no fans present at Anfield that day.
Furthermore, only two of the last 30 battles between Liverpool and Man City in the top flight have seen the away team come up trumps - the other being Liverpool's identical win at the Etihad in 2015 - which was Klopp's first meeting with the Citizens as Reds head coach.
Almost nine years later, the German and Guardiola engage in one last battle for Premier League supremacy on Sunday, where one more goal for Salah would represent his 12th against Man City and make him the second-highest scorer in this fixture behind Ian Rush's 15.
Last 20 meetings
Nov 25, 2023: Man City 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Apr 01, 2023: Man City 4-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Dec 22, 2022: Man City 3-2 Liverpool (EFL Cup Round of 16)
Oct 16, 2022: Liverpool 1-0 Man City (Premier League)
Jul 30, 2022: Liverpool 3-1 Man City (Community Shield)
Apr 16, 2022: Man City 2-3 Liverpool (FA Cup Semi-Finals)
Apr 10, 2022: Man City 2-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
Oct 03, 2021: Liverpool 2-2 Man City (Premier League)
Feb 07, 2021: Liverpool 1-4 Man City (Premier League)
Nov 08, 2020: Man City 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Jul 02, 2020: Man City 4-0 Liverpool (Premier League)
Nov 10, 2019: Liverpool 3-1 Man City (Premier League)
Aug 04, 2019: Liverpool 1-1 Man City (Community Shield)
Jan 03, 2019: Man City 2-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Oct 07, 2018: Liverpool 0-0 Man City (Premier League)
Apr 10, 2018: Man City 1-2 Liverpool (Champions League Quarter-Finals)
Apr 04, 2018: Liverpool 3-0 Man City (Champions League Quarter-Finals)
Jan 14, 2018: Liverpool 4-3 Man City (Premier League)
Sep 09, 2017: Man City 5-0 Liverpool (Premier League)
Mar 19, 2017: Man City 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
Nov 25, 2023: Man City 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Apr 01, 2023: Man City 4-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Oct 16, 2022: Liverpool 1-0 Man City (Premier League)
Apr 10, 2022: Man City 2-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
Oct 03, 2021: Liverpool 2-2 Man City (Premier League)
Feb 07, 2021: Liverpool 1-4 Man City (Premier League)
Nov 08, 2020: Man City 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Jul 02, 2020: Man City 4-0 Liverpool (Premier League)
Nov 10, 2019: Liverpool 3-1 Man City (Premier League)
Jan 03, 2019: Man City 2-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
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