Liverpool and Tottenham face each other this weekend in the Premier League's headline clash, and both are members of a very elite club of teams to have featured in all of the Premier League seasons to date. Indeed, Sunday's 4pm kickoff will be the 51st time the Reds have faced Spurs in the league since the reincarnation of the English top flight, but how have they fared in this fixture throughout the last quarter-century? Football FanCast takes a look...

Head-to-Head

Liverpool have taken more points against only two other teams in Premier League history, while only two teams have beaten Tottenham on more than the Reds' 23 occasions - so perhaps the vast differences in terms of wins and goals scored throughout the last 25 years should be no surprise. In fact, Tottenham haven't beaten Liverpool in their last ten attempts across all competitions (nine in the top flight), losing seven and drawing three with an aggregate scoreline of 24-7. The fixture has evened out somewhat more recently though, with three draws in the last four Premier League meetings which have had both Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino at the helm, and Tottenham will take encouragement from the fact they've fared much better at home, boasting a higher win rate than Sunday's visitors on their own patch - but it remains to be seen if Wembley can have the same effect as White Hart Lane.

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The Top Scorer

Equally unsurprisingly considering the aforementioned head-to-head record, the top scorer chart has been dominated by Liverpool players down the years, with the exception of Robbie Keane who once faced Spurs while on the books at Anfield but could only notch up an assist. Top scorer Robbie Fowler, meanwhile, scored all six of his Premier League goals against Tottenham while playing for Liverpool in the space of eleven games. Reds icon John Barnes produced a similar strike rate - four goals in eight games, consisting of a brace in a 6-2 win during the first Premier League season and another at the start of the 1995/96 campaign.

The shared (cult) hero - Peter Crouch

Some more illustrious names fall into the category of playing for both clubs in the Premier League; Jamie Redknapp, Robbie Keane, Danny Murphy, Nicky Barmby and Brad Friedel to mention a few. But few players struck such a perfect equilibrium of appearances for both teams and few went on to earn cult hero status in quite the same way as Peter Crouch. While neither group of fans completely warmed to the towering striker, who was often seen as a rather unfashionable front-man, his strike-rate for the Reds wasn't half bad - 42 goals in 132 appearances across all competitions, despite often featuring as a substitute - although three seasons at White Hart Lane produced just 24 goals. Perhaps most tellingly of why he was never the beacon of popularity, however, his two tenures produced just one trophy - an FA Cup in 2006.

The Classic Contest - Tottenham 3-3 Liverpool

With the end of the season on the horizon, Tottenham and Liverpool both entered this March fixture at White Hart Lane desperate for a win - the 16th-placed former looking to push themselves clear of the relegation zone and the latter needing all three points to have any hope of closing the gap on Manchester United in the title race. Inevitably then, both teams drew. But the fans were left more than satisfied as the players put on a six-goal thriller in which Tottenham took the lead three times and the Reds equalised three times, no leveller coming less than 15 minutes after the prior goal.

Jurgen Klinsmann, during his much-fabled loan spell back in north London after leaving in 1995, opened the scoring after just 13 minutes with a trademark header, but the Reds hit back shortly after as Michael Owen jinked down the left flank before squaring the ball to Steve McManaman for a relatively routine finish. The iconic David Ginola then put Tottenham ahead once again with a delicate curler that sneaked into the bottom corner under a flailing Brad Friedel, only for Paul Ince to acrobatically net a bicycle kick to make it 2-2. That lead to a thrilling final ten minutes in which Ramon Vega rose highest at a corner to put the Lilywhites in front. However, McManaman soon capitalised on the Swiss defender's rather shambolic efforts at the other end to poke home a rebound off the post and ensure the spoils were shared.

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