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Liverpool vs. Man City: Key Stats Ahead of Premier League Match

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola follows the Champions League, group G match between FC Copenhagen and Manchester City, at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday Oct.11, 2022. (AP)
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola follows the Champions League, group G match between FC Copenhagen and Manchester City, at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday Oct.11, 2022. (AP)
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Liverpool vs. Man City: Key Stats Ahead of Premier League Match

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola follows the Champions League, group G match between FC Copenhagen and Manchester City, at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday Oct.11, 2022. (AP)
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola follows the Champions League, group G match between FC Copenhagen and Manchester City, at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday Oct.11, 2022. (AP)

The following are key statistics ahead of Sunday's Premier League game between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield, provided by Nielsen Gracenote.

Champions City are second in the table with 23 points, a point behind Arsenal, while Liverpool are 10th with 10 points.

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* City have won four league titles since Pep Guardiola took over in 2016 while Liverpool have won only one despite losing fewer games in that period.

* Guardiola's City (2.36) and Juergen Klopp's Liverpool (2.19) are the only two Premier League teams to average at least two points per game since the start of the 2016-17 season. The next best club is Chelsea (1.94).

* City have scored 80 more goals and conceded 24 fewer than Liverpool since Guardiola took charge at the club.

* The average age of Liverpool's starting lineup is over 28 years old -- the oldest since Klopp took charge. The average age was just over 25 in the 2015-16 season.

* Liverpool have 12 points fewer in eight games than they took in comparable fixtures last season while City have three points more in nine games.

* Liverpool have conceded the first goal in six of their eight matches this season, winning only one and drawing three of those. Last season they won four and drew two after conceding the first goal in the last six matches they went behind.

* Guardiola's City have taken only five points out of a possible 18 at Anfield but have not lost there since Liverpool won the league in 2019-20 (W1 D1).

* Liverpool have lost four times to Guardiola's City in the Premier League -- more than against any other team.

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Juventus Beat Verona 2-0 with Late Thuram, Koopmeiners Goals

Soccer Football - Serie A - Juventus v Hellas Verona - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy - March 3, 2025 Juventus' Teun Koopmeiners scores their second goal past Hellas Verona's Lorenzo Montipo REUTERS/Massimo Pinca
Soccer Football - Serie A - Juventus v Hellas Verona - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy - March 3, 2025 Juventus' Teun Koopmeiners scores their second goal past Hellas Verona's Lorenzo Montipo REUTERS/Massimo Pinca
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Juventus Beat Verona 2-0 with Late Thuram, Koopmeiners Goals

Soccer Football - Serie A - Juventus v Hellas Verona - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy - March 3, 2025 Juventus' Teun Koopmeiners scores their second goal past Hellas Verona's Lorenzo Montipo REUTERS/Massimo Pinca
Soccer Football - Serie A - Juventus v Hellas Verona - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy - March 3, 2025 Juventus' Teun Koopmeiners scores their second goal past Hellas Verona's Lorenzo Montipo REUTERS/Massimo Pinca

Late goals from Khephren Thuram and Teun Koopmeiners earned misfiring Juventus a 2-0 home win against Hellas Verona in Serie A on Monday as Thiago Motta's side extended their winning run to five games.

Juventus held a lion's share of possession and created nearly 30 chances but struggled to break the deadlock with most of them missing the target, while visiting goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipo produced a string of saves to deny the rest.

But Thuram found a way past the heroic Verona keeper in the 72nd minute, scoring with first touch from around the penalty spot, and Koopmeiners doubled the lead with a low shot from a tight angle in the 90th.

Juve, who last week were eliminated in Coppa Italia quarter-finals by relegation-threatened Empoli, are fourth in the standings on 52 points, six off leaders Inter Milan and two above Lazio in fifth.

The hosts, who were the only Italian side to win all of their league games in February, cut distance to the top after Inter drew at second-placed Napoli last weekend and Atalanta, in third, were held goalless at home by lowly Venezia, Reuters reported.

Verona are 14th, four points above the relegation zone.

The visitors had the first attempts on target through Tomas Suslov and Amin Sarr, who both struck from outside the box inside seven minutes, but Juve keeper Michele Di Gregorio saved their shots.

Verona barely abandoned their own half ever since as they were under constant fire from Juventus.

Thuram should have put the home side in front early on when he was served a precise pass inside the area but his attempt from the penalty spot lacked strength and Montipo had no problem denying him.

Weston McKennie thought he made it 1-0 before the break with a close-range header following a free kick but his goal was ruled out for a foul on the Verona keeper.

Montipo continued to deliver and Manuel Locatelli saw his two brilliant chances thwarted minutes later as frustration grew among the local fans.

However, things could have been worse for Juve as Verona appeared to have taken a shock lead in first-half stoppage time through Suslov, who fired from a distance, but his stunning goal was disallowed for offside.

Kenan Yildiz hit the side netting for the hosts after the restart as more chances missed Verona's goal until Thuram sent the ball inside the right side of the net to finally give them the lead.

Koopmeiners doubled the advantage when he was teed up on the edge of the area and outfoxed Verona's defence to strike past Montipo inside the near post.

Juventus won each of their first four home league games in a single calendar year for the first time since 2021.