Top five favourite opponents of Mohamed Salah

The Egyptian just loves to score against these five clubs

Mohamed Salah has been in tremendous form since joining Liverpool in the Premier League. Even when Liverpool have been struggling the entire season under Klopp, the Liverpool star man has been finding the back of the net in most occasions. 13 goals in the Premier League and 24 goals in all competitions this season, he has led the attack for the team and had been trying to keep up Liverpool's hope of finishing in the top 6.

Here are the top five clubs Mohamed Salah loves to score against:

5. Watford FC

It is kind of surprising to see Watford take the fifth place here. They were not in the Premier League for two seasons of Salah’s last six seasons here but he still managed to get nine goals in eight matches against the hornets. Mohamed Salah scored his first goal in the Premier League against them which was also his debut match in the league which resulted in a 3-3 draw. His biggest tally was four goals against them in a 5-0 victory back in 2018. The latest goal came back in 2021, where Liverpool won the match by 5-0 but Salah finding the net just once in the whole match.

4. West Ham United FC

Going towards the east side of London, there comes West Ham United. Against them, Mohamed Salah just loves to find the back of the net. He has scored a total of nine goals in 11 matches against the Hammers. His first two goals coming in his debut against them back in 2017 which Liverpool won by 4-1 and the last two came back in 2021 where Liverpool won 3-1. Both the games were played in the London Stadium

3. Tottenham Hotspur FC

For his third favourite, staying in London but towards the north side of it, comes the first team within the “big six”, Tottenham Hotspur. Salah has managed to score ten goals against them in 17 games, the last two of which came in their 2-1 win against Spurs back in November 2022 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. He scored his first goal against Spurs back in 2017, in his first match against them which was a 4-1 loss.

2. Manchester City 

As for Mohamed Salah the blue side of Manchester has turned to be his second favourite place to bag in some goals. His latest came in their recent encounter few days back when Manchester City thrashed Liverpool 4-1 at the Etihad. Salah did manage to give Liverpool the led but things went south from there. He has in total 11 goals in 19 matches against the Citizens. His first goal came in a 4-3 victory against them back in 2018.

1. Manchester United FC

Mohamed Salah has recently become Liverpool's all time top scorer in the Premier League after he smashed his 129th goal against Manchester United in March 2023, surpassing Robbie Fowler. In that match, Mohamed Salah scored a brace and it shows how much he loves to play against Manchester United, as he has accumulated a total of 12 goals in 12 matches against the Red Devils.

His first goal came back in January 2020 in a 2-0 win at Anfield. He has been always an unstoppable force when it comes to playing against clubs from Manchester. He has a total of 23 goals under his belt against both the clubs at Manchester.