By Joe Urquhart
Take a look at 10 statistical themes from Liverpool’s memorable 2024-25 season that brought a record-equalling 20th top-flight title.
On LFCTV’s Season Review show, former Reds striker Neil Mellor and Opta’s Michael Reid look back through the data to assess a stunning campaign that delivered the Premier League trophy.
Here’s what we picked out from their analysis…
Slot joins elite list
Arne Slot became only the fifth boss in Premier league history to win the division in his first season in charge.
The Dutchman joined an elite list of names after Jose Mourinho (2004-05), Carlo Ancelotti (2009-10), Manuel Pellegrini (2013-14) and Antonio Conte (2016-17) all achieved the feat previously.
Slot also became the third-youngest title-winning manager in league history at 46 years and 222 days, behind Mourinho and Sir Kenny Dalglish.
Notably, he is the first coach from the Netherlands to lead a team to the Premier League trophy.
How the foundations were laid
Liverpool netted 86 goals in the Premier League throughout the campaign – which was 14 more than next-best Manchester City.
The goals were split across 63 by forwards, 15 from midfield, seven from defence and a single own goal.
They also secured the most clean sheets of any team in the division, having kept the opposition out on 14 occasions across their 38 matches.
The Reds’ attack was key to their success as they ranked first in the league across expected goals (83.5), big chances (150), total shots (648) and shots on target (231).
Consistency the key
Liverpool’s relentless run of producing results and points was pivotal in their title charge.
Slot oversaw the fourth-longest unbeaten run within a season in league history as the Reds went 26 games without defeat in the middle of the campaign.
On top, they also set the second-longest scoring run as they netted in 34 games in a row on their way to the trophy, while they broke a Premier League record for the amount of matches a team scored twice in, doing so on 31 occasions.
Liverpool were comeback kings
The Reds earned 23 points from losing positions across the 2024-25 season.
Slot’s outfit went behind in 13 matches throughout the season but showed resilience to battle back to earn crucial points on several occasions.
Liverpool won five and drew eight of those games they fell behind in, with only Brighton & Hove Albion matching their points tally when losing.
Eight of those matches saw the Reds come back after the half-time interval to earn something.
Salah’s scintillating season
It was an astonishing campaign from Liverpool’s Egyptian King and the Premier League’s Player of the Season.
Salah played in every single Premier League game under Slot, producing a record-equalling 47 goal involvements in total.
He ranked first in every attacking metric Opta recorded (see below) and set bundles of records along with it.
Salah claimed the Golden Boot and Playmaker awards in the league courtesy of his 29 goals and 18 assists in total – which is only the fifth time it has occurred in the league, and the second by himself.
The No.11 set a 38-game record for his 47 goal involvements and matched the all-time record alongside Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer, though they featured in 40 and 42 games respectively.
Salah ended the campaign with 18 more goal involvements than any other player across the division, which is the largest gap in league history.
He was involved in 55 per cent of Liverpool’s goals, contributing directly to 38 points throughout the year.
Salah assisted eight of his Reds teammates in total, with Luis Diaz (four) his most frequent. He also both scored and assisted in the same match a record-breaking 11 times.
Defensive duo lead by example
Virgil van Dijk became the 11th different Liverpool captain to lift the top-flight trophy.
Liverpool’s No.4 featured alongside centre-back partner Ibrahima Konate on 29 occasions from the start as they built the base for the campaign.
The pair produced 13 starts to games where they kept out the opposition and had an expected goals against rate of just 1.02 per match.
Van Dijk and Konate enjoyed impressive individual duel success rates also, with the skipper winning 173 of his 252, while Konate won 137 of his 207.
Aerially they also dominated, Van Dijk winning 72.1 per cent of his headers, while Konate won 70.8 per cent of his own.
General Gravenberch
Central midfielder Ryan Gravenberch enjoyed a stunning season in the heart of the Liverpool team.
He claimed the Premier League’s Young Player of the Season award and his numbers back up what many deemed his breakout campaign.
Gravenberch’s reading of the game appeared in his interception stats, claiming 60 in total overall.
He is the only midfielder to appear in the top six of the rankings, with the rest made up of defenders, including Van Dijk.
Magic Mac Allister
Alexis Mac Allister was another important component of Liverpool’s midfield.
He contributed with a number of crucial moments and stunning goals, assists and key passes – though perhaps an underrated aspect was his ability to start off attacks.
The No.10 was responsible for beginning 49 of the Reds’ moves into the final third that ended with a shot, and 13 of those resulted in goals.
The latter stat was the highest across the league, ahead of Newcastle United’s Bruno Guimaraes (five).
Szoboszlai’s pressing
Dominik Szoboszlai was hailed the ‘best’ pressing player in Europe by former manager Jürgen Klopp recently.
Szoboszlai ranked first in pressures by a Liverpool player throughout the campaign with a huge 888 to his name in total.
His closing down also resulted in the Reds winning the ball back and turning over possession on 99 occasions, proving a key figure in claiming ball possession.
Gakpo and Diaz’s fruitful campaign
Both Diaz and Cody Gakpo returned the most goal involvements of their Anfield careers to date in the Premier League.
Diaz ended the campaign with 18 in total to his name – averaging an involvement every 134 minutes.
Gakpo, meanwhile, produced 14 involvements, which resulted in one every 138 minutes of action.
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