Liverpool v Man Utd friendly set to break records

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  • Author, Simon Stone
  • Role, Chief football news reporter

Saturday's all-Premier League friendly between old rivals Liverpool and Manchester United is expected to be the highest-ever grossing event at the Williams-Brice Stadium in South Carolina.

Both clubs conclude their three-game US tours with the match, which is also expected to have the highest attendance for a non-American football game at the 77,559 venue.

The stadium itself, which opened in 1934, is home to the South Carolina Gamecocks college football team.

Unlike last weekend at the SoFi Stadium in California, when a grass pitch was prepared especially for a single match, the stadium for Saturday's game has a natural grass pitch.

The stadium is named after Martha Williams-Brice, who left a substantial sum of money to the University of South Carolina in the 1970s to increase the capacity.