Liverpool’s title defence unravelled far more quickly than anyone at Anfield would have expected. A year after becoming champions, they finished fifth with 60 points and needed a final-day draw with Brentford to make sure of Champions League football. Seventeen wins from 38 games tells its own story.
Goals weren’t exactly scarce. Liverpool scored 63 in the league, the fourth-best total in the division, but 53 went in at the other end. Hugo Ekitike led their Premier League scoring with 11, while the expensive arrivals around him never quite turned Liverpool into the attacking machine many expected.
Now there’s another sizeable change. Mohamed Salah has left after 257 Liverpool goals, Arne Slot has been replaced and Andoni Iraola arrives from Bournemouth with a reputation for aggressive, high-energy football.
That puts a different spin on the Liverpool stats worth watching in 2026/27. Their scoring figures should remain healthy, but clean sheets and goals conceded may say more about whether Iraola’s ideas are working. A new-look defence will need time too, particularly after the departures of Andy Robertson and Ibrahima Konate.
Liverpool results and player numbers can be followed through BetVictor’s wider football stats coverage. The Premier League betting section gives the wider competition picture throughout the campaign. Both destinations are live.
