📊 Form Guide

Manchester United

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Manchester United will be hoping for a better result after a 4-3 Premier League losing effort in their last game against Chelsea.

In that match, Manchester United had 44% possession and 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Manchester United, the scorers were Alejandro Garnacho (34', 67') and Bruno Fernandes (39'). At the other end, Chelsea got 28 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. Conor Gallagher (4') and Cole Palmer (19', 100', 101') scored for Chelsea.

Manchester United have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have totted up the amount of 10 during that period and have conceded a total of 9.

Coming into this fixture, Manchester United have left without a victory over Liverpool in their last 2 league games.

Liverpool

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Liverpool come into this meeting following on from a 3-1 Premier League win with the downing of Sheffield United in their previous outing.

In that game, Liverpool managed 83% possession and 29 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For Liverpool, the goalscorers were Darwin Núñez (17'), Conor Bradley (58' Own goal), Alexis Mac Allister (76') and Cody Gakpo (90'). At the other end, Sheffield United had 5 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

Proving their penchant for productive encounters, the back of the net has been hit 27 times in the prior 6 games in which Liverpool have played, making it an average of 4.5 goals per clash. Opposing teams have got 9 of this grand total. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this game, of course.

Coming into this clash, Liverpool have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 24/10/2021 shows that Manchester United have won 2 of these & Liverpool 3, with the number of drawn games being 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 26 in total which averages out at 4.33 goals per match.

📰 Team News: Manchester United

Tyrell Malacia (Knee injury), Luke Shaw (Muscle injury) and Victor Lindelöf (Hamstring injury) won’t be able to feature for Manchester United gaffer Erik ten Hag.

In our view, The Red Devils could opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, utilising Andre Onana, Diogo Dalot, Willy Kambwala, Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Scott McTominay, Kobbie Mainoo, Antony, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hoejlund.

ℹ️ Team News: Liverpool

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp has some current player fitness concerns. Thiago (Muscle injury), Rhys Williams (unknown injury), Diogo Jota (Knee collateral ligament tear), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Torn lateral knee ligament), Alisson (Hamstring injury), Stefan Bajcetic (Calf injury), Ben Doak (Meniscus tear) and Joel Matip (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

We’re of the thinking that The Reds will likely elect for a 4-3-3 formation, choosing Caoimhin Kelleher, Joseph Gomez, Jarell Quansah, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Alexis Mac Allister, Wataru Endo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz.

💭 Prediction

We envisage that Manchester United will likely be able to find the net against this Liverpool lineup, but a single goal probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We therefore reckon that it will be a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Liverpool at the end of the match. We’ll have to see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 14:00 07/04/2024