The two most successful English soccer clubs meet Saturday morning at Old Trafford (7:30 a.m. ET on ESPN2, ESPN3 and ESPN Deportes), as second-place Manchester United hosts seventh-place Liverpool. United trails Manchester City by two points at the top of the table, while Liverpool is four points behind Chelsea for the last Champions League berth. Here are five notes on the latest meeting in one of England's best rivalries.
• As United fans eagerly reminded Liverpool last season, United won a record 19th top-flight title, breaking a tie with Liverpool for most in English history. Liverpool still holds a narrow edge in overall trophies, with 43 to United's 41, and the Reds look to end a five-season title drought when they face Cardiff City in the Carling Cup final Feb. 26.
• Liverpool forward Luis Suarez could make his first start in nearly seven weeks, facing the team against which he drew an eight-game ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra. Suarez is second on the team with five league goals (Craig Bellamy has six), but Liverpool's results haven't been much different without him. In Suarez's 17 league starts, Liverpool has earned 28 points for an average of 1.65 points per game. In the other seven league games this season, Liverpool has won 11 points, an average of 1.57 points per match.
• Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is undefeated in his last three games in all competitions against Manchester United, including a 1-0 FA Cup win two weeks ago, though all three matches were played at Anfield. Over his two stints with Liverpool, Dalglish is unbeaten (3-0-3) in six straight league games against Manchester United, last losing 3-1 at Old Trafford in 1989.
• In the October draw between these clubs, Steven Gerrard put Liverpool ahead with a 61st-minute goal before Javier Hernandez predictably knotted the game in the 81st minute. Over the past two seasons, 10 of Chicharito's 21 league goals with United have come in the 74th minute or later, including his 84th-minute, point-salvaging header against Chelsea on Sunday. Only Robin van Persie (14) has more goals that late in matches in the past two seasons.
• After Liverpool's dismal scoreless draw against Tottenham on Monday, a repeat performance doesn't seem likely in this game. None of the past 15 matches overall between these clubs have been goalless, and their last scoreless meeting at Old Trafford was a Division One game in 1991. United has scored in 42 consecutive home league games, the second-longest streak in the Premier League era behind Arsenal's 46-game run from 2001-03.