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Watford have only won once at Anfield. That was back in 1999, when Tommy Mooney’s goal was enough to see off a Liverpool side containing Titi Camara, Karlheinz Riedle, Vegard Heggem and, making his home debut, Sami Hyypia. They’ve been back seven times since, losing every game, to the cumulative score of 23-1. You’ll probably have this one down as a home banker, then, not least because Liverpool won the corresponding fixture at Vicarage Road 5-0 last October.
But history gives Watford a little succour, too. They’ve twice trounced Liverpool 3-0 at Vicarage Road during the Jurgen Klopp era, most recently in February 2020 just before the first lockdown. They also held Klopp’s side to a 3-3 draw down there on the opening day of the 2017-18 season, Mo Salah’s debut ruined just as Big Sami’s had been all those years ago. Roy Hodgson has also done a number on Liverpool at Anfield in the past, and no that’s not barbed reference to his brief stint as manager, rather West Brom’s 1-0 win in April 2012.
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