10 Liverpool FA Cup Facts
1. Liverpool were the first team to win the FA Cup at the Millennium Stadium, in 2001, and have a chance to be the last with the showpiece match expected to be played at the new Wembley from next season onwards.


2. The Reds' second FA Cup campaign under Rafael Benitez is in stark contrast to their first - a third-round defeat to Burnley.


3. Liverpool's road to the final this season began at Kenilworth Road, Luton, a match they won 5-3 which featured a Xabi Alonso goal scored from his own half.


4. Their top scorers in the competition this season are Peter Crouch and John Arne Riise, each with three goals.


5. Benitez has used 19 players during this season's campaign so far. Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia, Mohamed Sissoko and John Arne Riise have played in all five ties so far.


6. Liverpool first won the FA Cup in 1965, when they beat Don Revie's Leeds side after extra-time.


7. The Reds have won the competition six times to date.




8. Liverpool have been losing finalists on six occasions.


9. Liverpool's last triumph at the old Wembley came in 1992, when they beat Sunderland, then in the second level of English football, 2-0 in the final.


Liverpool's FA Cup Final Hero: Ian Rush
10. Liverpool's legendary marksman has scored more FA Cup Final goals than any other player. He notched a brace as they beat Everton 3-1 in the first all-Merseyside Final in 1986 and returned from a short spell in Italy to score twice against the same opposition three years later. His fifth Cup Final goal was the Reds' second against Sunderland in 1992.