Liverpool V Bolton: Pre-Match Stat Attack

Here are some pre-match facts about the two teams:

• Liverpool enter Christmas top of the table for the first time since 1996.
• Two wins from the next two games will give Liverpool their best points total in a calendar year for 19 years.
• Two points against Bolton and Newcastle will see Liverpool record their best points tally in a single year since 1990.
  
• The Reds are looking to record their 11th league double over Bolton and their fourth in the Premier League following a 2-0 win at the Reebok six weeks ago. Dirk Kuyt headed the Reds into a 28th minute lead and Steven Gerrard wrapped up the points on 73 minutes.
• Last season here the Reds won 4-0 with Sami Hyypia, Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, and Ryan Babel all finding the net.
• At Anfield the Reds have won the last six meetings conceding just one goal.
• Liverpool are unbeaten in the league at Anfield in the calendar year 2008. Should they avoid losing today it will be only the second time they have gone a calendar year without losing at home in the league since 1990. The other was two years ago.
• The Reds are the only team in all four divisions not to have lost at home this year.
• Liverpool's biggest win over Bolton came here in September 1930 when the Reds won 7-2. 
• Bolton last won in the League at Anfield in January 1954 winning 2-1. Since then they have drawn two and lost 11.
• In the Premier League, Bolton have picked up just one point out of 27 on this ground.
• Their last goal at Anfield came from Henrik Pedersen in a 3-1 defeat five years ago today—only the second time the sides have met on Boxing Day.
• Kevin Nolan is the only current Bolton player to have scored for the club at Anfield. He did so in a 1-1 draw on New Years Day 2002.
• Wanderers have won on this ground on Boxing Day. They recorded a 2-0 victory in 1906.
• Bolton's last away win on this day came in 1996 when they beat Grimsby Town 2-1 thanks to goals from Gerry Taggart and Nathan Blake.
• Matthew Taylor has scored in five Premier League games this season and Bolton have won them all.

Current League Positions: 
 
Liverpool: Pld 18; Won 11, Drawn 6, Lost 1. Goals For 27, against 12. Points: 39. Position: 1st.
 
Bolton: Pld 18; Won 7, Drawn 2, Lost 9. Goals For 22, against 24.      Points: 23 Position: 9th.

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