Liverpool F.C. league record by opponent

Liverpool's team during its first season, 1892–93

Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, which competes in the top tier of English football, for the 2011–12 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 The club remained in The Football League until 1992, when its First Division was superseded as English football's level by the newly-formed Premier League.^[3]

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 186 league matches; having drawn 57 of these, Everton are also 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 82 times out of 174 meetings. Arsenal and Manchester United share the record for most league victories over Liverpool, with 61 wins each.

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, Millwall Athletic and Woolwich Arsenal are integrated into the records against Manchester United, Millwall 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 13 May 2012.^[a]

Liverpool F.C. league record by opponent

Club	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	Win%	First	Last	Notes
	Home				Away				Total
Arsenal	88	48	17	23	88	21	29	38	176	69	46	61	39.20	1893–94	2011–12	[A]
Aston Villa	87	54	18	15	87	28	21	38	174	82	39	53	47.12	1894–95	2011–12
Barnsley	6	3	2	1	6	4	0	2	12	7	2	3	58.33	1904–05	1997–98
Birmingham City	50	32	11	7	50	15	14	21	100	47	25	28	47.00	1893–94	2010–11	[B]
Blackburn Rovers	64	38	17	9	64	16	22	26	128	54	39	35	42.18	1894–95	2011–12
Blackpool	22	10	5	7	22	8	4	10	44	18	9	17	40.90	1892–93	2010–11
Bolton Wanderers	59	33	16	10	59	20	13	26	118	53	29	36	44.91	1894–95	2011–12
Bradford City	13	11	0	2	13	7	2	4	26	18	2	6	69.23	1904–05	2000–01
Bradford Park Avenue	3	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	6	3	1	2	50.00	1914–15	1920–21
Brentford	5	2	2	1	5	2	1	2	10	4	3	3	40.00	1935–36	1946–47
Brighton & Hove Albion	8	6	1	1	8	2	5	1	16	8	6	2	50.00	1958–59	1982–83
Bristol City	15	11	1	3	15	5	2	8	30	16	3	11	53.33	1904–05	1979–80
Bristol Rovers	8	7	0	1	8	3	1	4	16	10	1	5	62.50	1954–55	1961–62
Burnley	38	20	10	8	38	11	9	18	76	31	19	26	40.78	1894–95	2009–10
Burton Swifts	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	75.00	1893–94	1895–96
Burton United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	50.00	1904–05	1904–05
Burton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	50.00	1895–96	1895–96
Bury	25	17	7	1	25	10	7	8	50	27	14	9	54.00	1892–93	1961–62
Cardiff City	13	6	0	7	13	2	2	9	26	8	2	16	30.76	1921–22	1959–60
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	51.78	1936–37	2006–07
Chelsea	69	46	14	9	69	18	14	37	138	64	28	46	46.37	1907–08	2011–12
Chesterfield	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	50.00	1904–05	1904–05
Coventry City	34	26	5	3	34	13	11	10	68	39	16	13	57.35	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	13	10	2	1	13	5	4	4	26	15	6	5	57.69	1969–70	2004–05
Darwen	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	50.00	1895–96	1895–96
Derby County	63	42	15	6	63	24	13	26	126	66	28	32	52.38	1894–95	2007–08
Doncaster Rovers	5	4	0	1	5	1	2	2	10	5	2	3	50.00	1904–05	1957–58
Everton	93	40	30	23	93	32	27	34	186	72	57	57	38.70	1894–95	2011–12
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	25	17	7	1	25	10	6	9	50	27	13	10	54.00	1949–50	2011–12
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	75.00	1899–1900	1904–05	[C]
Grimsby Town	18	13	5	0	18	5	5	8	36	18	10	8	50.00	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	34	12	10	12	34	13	7	14	68	25	17	26	36.76	1920–21	1971–72
Hull City	5	4	1	0	5	3	2	0	10	7	3	0	70.00	1954–55	2009–10
Ipswich Town	30	20	8	2	30	8	11	11	60	28	19	13	46.66	1954–55	2001–02
Leeds United	50	32	11	7	50	19	14	17	100	51	25	24	51.00	1924–25	2003–04
Leicester City	44	24	9	11	44	12	10	22	88	36	19	33	40.90	1895–96	2003–04	[D]
Leyton Orient	7	6	1	0	7	3	1	3	14	9	2	3	64.28	1956–57	1962–63
Lincoln City	10	7	1	2	10	4	3	3	20	11	4	5	55.00	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	46.42	1954–55	1991–92
Manchester City	76	46	17	13	76	29	21	26	152	75	38	39	49.34	1893–94	2011–12	[E]
Manchester United	79	38	19	22	79	15	25	39	158	53	44	61	33.54	1895–96	2011–12	[F]
Middlesbrough	67	37	17	13	67	20	22	25	134	57	39	38	42.53	1902–03	2008–09
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	75.00	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	76	51	14	11	76	22	23	31	152	73	37	42	48.02	1893–94	2011–12
Northampton Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	50.00	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	24	15	5	4	24	10	7	7	48	25	12	11	52.08	1960–61	2011–12
Nottingham Forest	50	35	8	7	50	15	16	19	100	50	24	26	50.00	1894–95	1998–99
Notts County	30	23	5	2	30	11	7	12	60	34	12	14	56.66	1893–94	1991–92
Oldham Athletic	12	9	1	2	12	5	3	4	24	14	4	6	58.33	1910–11	1993–94
Oxford United	3	3	0	0	3	2	1	0	6	5	1	0	83.33	1985–86	1987–88
Plymouth Argyle	5	3	2	0	5	2	1	2	10	5	3	2	50.00	1954–55	1961–62
Portsmouth	30	16	10	4	30	9	5	16	60	25	15	20	41.66	1927–28	2009–10
Port Vale	6	5	1	0	6	2	2	2	12	7	3	2	58.33	1893–94	1956–57	[G]
Preston North End	32	18	8	6	32	8	9	15	64	26	17	21	40.62	1894–95	1961–62
Queens Park Rangers	21	18	2	1	21	11	4	6	42	29	6	7	69.04	1968–69	2011–12
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	62.50	1954–55	1961–62
Scunthorpe United	4	4	0	0	4	2	2	0	8	6	2	0	75.00	1958–59	1961–62
Sheffield United	59	38	12	9	59	17	15	27	118	55	27	36	46.61	1894–95	2006–07
Sheffield Wednesday	58	36	9	13	58	18	17	23	116	54	26	36	46.55	1894–95	1999–2000
Southampton	37	24	9	4	37	11	9	17	74	35	18	21	47.29	1960–61	2004–05
Southport	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	50.00	1892–93	1892–93	[H]
South Shore	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.00	1892–93	1892–93
Stoke City	57	43	11	3	57	12	20	25	114	55	31	28	48.24	1894–95	2011–12	[I]
Sunderland	75	37	20	18	75	29	13	33	150	66	33	51	44.00	1894–95	2011–12
Swansea City	11	8	3	0	11	2	2	7	22	10	5	7	45.45	1954–55	2011–12	[J]
Tottenham Hotspur	69	43	20	6	69	20	15	34	138	63	35	40	45.65	1909–10	2011–12
Walsall	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	2	2	0	50.00	1893–94	1961–62	[K]
Watford	8	7	0	1	8	5	1	2	16	12	1	3	75.00	1982–83	2006–07
West Bromwich Albion	60	33	17	10	60	24	16	20	120	57	33	30	47.50	1894–95	2011–12
West Ham United	54	37	14	3	54	20	15	19	108	57	29	22	52.77	1923–24	2010–11
West Manchester	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	50.00	1892–93	1892–93
Wigan Athletic	7	4	2	1	7	3	3	1	14	7	5	2	50.00	2005–06	2011–12
Wimbledon	14	6	5	3	14	5	5	4	28	11	10	7	39.28	1986–87	1999–2000	[L]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	47	31	7	9	47	16	10	21	94	47	17	30	50.00	1894–95	2011–12

Footnotes

References

General

• Pead, Brian (1986). Liverpool: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-15-1. 
• "Liverpool:Head to Head". Statto. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/liverpool/head-to-head. Retrieved 12 March 2012. 
• "Games for the 1892–1893 season". LFC History. http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Games/96. Retrieved 14 February 2012. 

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