📏 Form Guide

Liverpool

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Liverpool prepare for this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 Premier League drawn result vs West Ham United.

In that match, Liverpool had 71% possession and 28 shots on goal with 8 on target. The only player to score for Liverpool was Andy Robertson (48'). West Ham United got 12 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Jarrod Bowen (43'), Alphonse Areola (65' Own goal) and Michail Antonio (77') scored for West Ham United.

It’s not been often in recent games that Liverpool have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Liverpool have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 9 goals along the way.

Tottenham Hotspur

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After tasting defeat last time out to Chelsea in Premier League action, Tottenham Hotspur and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Tottenham Hotspur had 62% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Chelsea got 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Trevoh Chalobah (24') and Nicolas Jackson (72') scored for Chelsea.

Demonstrating their involvement in action-packed encounters, we’ve seen goals 21 times in the last six matches in which Tottenham Hotspur have sent out their troops, making it a mean average of 3.5 goals each clash. Opposing teams have got 13 of those goals. Nonetheless, we must now wait to see whether the trend shall be maintained in this upcoming match.

Ahead of this clash, Tottenham Hotspur have left without a victory over Liverpool when having played them away from home in the previous 12 league matches. Not an away record to be proud of.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 28/01/2021 tells us that Liverpool have won 3 of them and Tottenham Hotspur 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 23 overall at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 7 on 30/09/2023 when it ended Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool.

In that match, Tottenham Hotspur had 65% possession and 24 shots at goal with 8 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Heung-min Son (36').

On the other side, Liverpool got 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Cody Gakpo (45') and Joël Matip (96' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Simon Hooper.

📋 Team News: Liverpool

Thiago (Muscle injury) and Joel Matip (Cruciate ligament tear) will be missing for Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp.

It looks as if The Reds look set to go for a 4-3-3 formation this time, handing starts to Alisson Becker, T. Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Jarell Quansah, Andrew Robertson, Alexis Mac Allister, Wataru Endo, Ryan Gravenberch, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo and Luis Diaz.

📋 Team News: Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou has to currently contend with reduced team options. Ben Davies (Calf problems), Ryan Sessegnon (Hamstring injury), Manor Solomon (Meniscus injury), Fraser Forster (Ankle injury), Destiny Udogie (Hamstring injury) and Timo Werner (Thigh problems) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that Spurs will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Emerson Royal, Rodrigo Bentancur, P. Hoejbjerg, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Brennan Johnson and Heung-Min Son.

🧠 Prediction

For this match, we think that Liverpool will probably be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the other end, Tottenham Hotspur won’t find it easy to break down their defence but we can see them pulling one back during this clash, too.

We’re predicting a comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Liverpool when all’s said and done.

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Peter Guest, 15:01 05/05/2024