Liverpool will face Wolves twice in four days and it’s only happened once before

Liverpool’s fixture list is about to do something it almost never does, with a Monday-to-Friday-style double-header that has only one real Premier League-era precedent.

We will play Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday, 3 March and again on Friday, 6 March, with the two meetings coming inside the same week and effectively giving Arne Slot a mini-series against the same opponent.

That unusual quirk was captured perfectly by Opta’s Michael Reid, who noted on X just how rare it is.

“Liverpool will play Wolves on Tuesday...