Liverpool v Monaco - trivia

Some trivia ahead of Liverpool's Champions League game against Monaco tomorrow night at Anfield, from the BBC News web site.

Head-to-head

• This match marks the first time Liverpool and AS Monaco meet in European Cup competitions.
• Liverpool have had 12 previous European Cup encounters with French opposition winning six, drawing one and losing five.
• However, Liverpool are yet to be defeated at Anfield by a French opponent having recorded five wins and one draw.
• That sole draw came in the 4th round of last year's Uefa Cup, when Olympique Marseille returned home from Anfield with a 1-1 draw.
• AS Monaco have a positive record against English sides having recorded four wins, three draws and one defeat in eight encounters.
• Moreover, AS Monaco are still unbeaten in away matches against English sides with two wins and two draws so far.
• AS Monaco have eliminated English teams in their last three two-legged encounters: Chelsea in the 2003/2004 CL semi-finals, Manchester United in the 1997/1998 CL quarter-finals and Newcastle United in the 1996/1997 Uefa Cup quarter-finals.
  

European history

• Liverpool have won four Champions Cups (in 1977, 1978, 1981 and 1984). However, their best result in the Champions League was a quarter-final berth in their first ever CL season in 2001/2002.
• This season marks Liverpool's third CL participation after finishing third in the group phase in 2002/2003.
• AS Monaco are yet to win their first European trophy. Their best seasons so far were 1991/1992 when they finished runners-up in the Cup Winners' Cup, losing 2-0 to Werder Bremen, and last season when they were losing finalists in the Champions League (3-0 vs FC Porto).
• Current European form
• Liverpool lost their last match, a 1-0 home defeat by Grazer AK. However, they progressed to this stage having won the first match 2-0.
• AS Monaco scored nine goals in knocking out HIT Gorica in qualification.
  

Player and disciplinary info

• Monaco's Javier Saviola is suspended for this match because of a red card received playing for Barcelona against Celtic in last season's Uefa Cup.
  
• The current Liverpool squad includes three former Monaco players: John Arne Riise (1998-2001), Patrice Luzi (may 2000-2002) and Salif Diao (1997-2000).
  
• Vladimir Smicer (three goals) and Sami Hyypiä (two goals) are the only Liverpool players in the current squad to have scored more than once in the Champions League.
  
• Javier Saviola (11 goals) and Shabani Nonda (four) are the only Monaco players to have netted at least twice in the CL.
  

Other miscellaneous facts

• Liverpool trainer Rafael Benitez won the Uefa Cup last season with Valencia.
  
• Monaco trainer Didier Deschamps won the first Champions League, in 1992/1993, with Olympique Marseille.
  
• Liverpool are currently eighth in the Premiership having won twice, drawn once and lost one match.
  
• AS Monaco have also suffered one defeat in the French Ligue 1 and are now placed fifth after five matches.