Jürgen Klopp could achieve the 100th win of his Liverpool reign when Newcastle United visit Anfield on Boxing Day.

The match is the German's 181st as Reds boss and he will celebrate a century of victories if the Premier League leaders can overcome the Magpies.

Success against Rafael Benitez's charges would see the home side secure an eighth consecutive league win for the first time under Klopp.

For more pre-match facts and figures, courtesy of club statistician Ged Rea, read on…

This will be Liverpool's 89th Boxing Day fixture; they have won 41 and lost 23 previously, while at Anfield they have won 24 of 43 and are unbeaten in the last 11.

If the Reds avoid defeat they will extend their unbeaten home league run to 30 games, having won 20 and drawn nine since losing to Crystal Palace in April 2017.

A win or draw would see Liverpool record their joint-third-longest unbeaten run from the start of a league campaign. It is their longest since 1987-88, when they suffered a first loss in their 30th game.

Klopp's side have 48 points from 18 league games - the best start to a season in the club's history. It has never previously taken Liverpool fewer than 23 matches in the Premier League era to achieve the 48-point mark.

Liverpool's next goal will be their 50th of the season in all competitions.

The Reds have scored in 22 consecutive home matches against Newcastle - a Premier League-record run - while they have scored in 35 of the last 36 in the top flight at Anfield.

Liverpool have won more home games against the Magpies - 18 - than against any other team in the Premier League era.

There has not been a goalless draw in any of the last 64 meetings between the sides, a run dating back to February 1974 and a clash in the north east.

Benitez has been the visiting manager at Anfield four times in his career, winning once, losing once and drawing twice. In three of those games, his team scored twice.

The Spaniard took charge of three matches at Anfield on Boxing Day as Liverpool manager - winning all three by an aggregate of 7-0, including a 2-0 victory over Newcastle in 2005.

James Milner played 136 times for the Magpies, scoring 11 goals, during a spell on Tyneside from 2004 to 2008. His first strike in senior football came 16 years ago to the day of this game, in Leeds United's 2-1 victory at Sunderland; Robbie Fowler netted the winner from the penalty spot.

Georginio Wijnaldum scored 11 goals in 40 games for Newcastle in his one season with the club before joining the Reds in 2016.

Virgil van Dijk is set to make his 100th Premier League appearance; the first 67 came with Southampton.