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Liverpool v Tottenham
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Kick Off: Sunday 5th May at 16:30
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Competition: Premier League
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Watch Live: Sky Sports Main Event
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After a miserable April, Liverpool will be determined to start a new month with a more positive slant when they host a wilting Tottenham Hotspur in their penultimate home fixture of the campaign on Sunday.
Spurs haven’t won at Anfield since 2011, though Ange Postecoglou’s side will be determined to restore some pride on Merseyside following successive London derby defeats to rivals Arsenal and Chelsea.
From the Reds’ perspective, Sunday’s game could be considered the first of three final dead-rubber Premier League fixtures, however, Liverpool’s players will be determined to give Jurgen Klopp a fitting send-off between now and the end of his last season with the club.
Liverpool v Tottenham Best Bets
➡️ Liverpool to win @ 1.40 on Paddy Power
➡️ Mo Salah to score anytime @ 1.83 on Betfair
➡️ Over 1.5 Liverpool goals @ 1.25 on Betfair
📂 Liverpool v Tottenham Cheat Sheet
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⚔️ Liverpool v Tottenham Head-to-Head
North London was the setting for Liverpool’s first Premier League defeat of the 2023/24 campaign in late September, though their 2-1 defeat at Tottenham was layered thick with controversy.
Liverpool were reduced to ten men on 26 minutes after Curtis Jones was given his marching orders for a horror tackle on Yves Bissouma and they were denied an opening goal shortly after when a Luis Diaz’s strike was inexplicably and infamously ruled out for offside when VAR failed to draw their lines in the correct positions.
The Reds lost another player to a red card in the second half when Diogo Jota was dismissed for a second bookable offence, and with the scores locked at 1-1 deep into injury time, a Joel Matip own goal eventually sunk Liverpool in a final dramatic blow to their solar plexus.
That triumph ended a lengthy 12-match winless run in this fixture for Tottenham, who hadn’t toppled the Reds since 2017 before their incident-laden triumph in September. Spurs haven’t manufactured a victory on Merseyside since Rafael van der Vaart and Luka Modric fired them to a 2-0 win in front of The Kop in 2011, however.
Tottenham’s unlikely triumph in September featured 36 shots, a combined 3.50 in xG, 17 corners, 12 cards and 28 fouls, while the teams’ last tussle at Anfield produced seven goals, six cards and two injury-time goals in a 4-3 Liverpool win.
South Korean star Heung-min Son scored in both of those action-packed encounters and the Tottenham Hotspur talisman has notched six career goals against Liverpool in the Premier League overall.
📊 Liverpool Form and Stats
Liverpool had been flying on four fronts for most of the season, though their 4-3 loss to bitter rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup quarter-finals on St Patrick’s Day left the Reds with a severe hangover that they’ve struggled to shake off since.
A couple of weeks after their elimination, they returned to Old Trafford in the Premier League and were subsequently held to a 2-2 draw that put a major dent in their title-winning aspirations. Damaging defeats to Atalanta (Europa League) and Crystal Palace (EPL) shortly after extinguished Liverpool’s hopes of adding more silverware to their Carabao Cup trophy, and Liverpool’s form is yet to recover.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have won only one of their last five Premier League fixtures overall in what has been their worst run of results in the top-flight in a year.
Their return of just one clean sheet from their last 14 league assignments points to vulnerabilities at the back, and while they rank top of the xGF charts (78.30), Liverpool also sit at the summit of the the division for big chances missed (72).
Misfiring Uruguayan Darwin Nunez (26) has been the biggest culprit there, though both Mohamed Salah (14) and Luis Diaz (12) also rank in the Premier League’s top ten for most big chances missed this season.
Somewhat surprisingly, Liverpool have also been among the league’s most prevalent foulers this season. Only four clubs have committed more fouls in total than the Reds (420), but when you factor in the Reds’ lofty possession average figures (61.7%), Klopp’s side are out on their own for minutes per foul without the ball.
Despite their recent downturn, Liverpool still hold the league’s best home record this season and the Reds have been collecting a formidable 2.47 points per game at Anfield since August.
📊 Tottenham Form and Stats
Tottenham limped to a 2-0 loss at Chelsea on Thursday evening to continue what has been a difficult spell for the club. Spurs mustered more attempts than their hosts during the week (19-16), though their inferior xG (1.65 – 2.17) highlighted their inability to carve out many clear-cut opportunities.
Spurs’ loss at Stamford Bridge followed defeats to Arsenal (3-2) and Newcastle (4-0) and Tottenham’s chances of landing a place in the top four ahead of Aston Villa now look very slim.
However, even if their season peters out and they fall short in the quest for Champions League football, Tottenham can still look back at Ange Postecoglou’s maiden campaign with fondness.
With a new attacking, entertaining tactical blueprint to follow, Tottenham have been averaging just shy of two goals per game this term, while a league-high 79% of their fixtures have produced over 2.5 goals with both teams to score landing in a further 74% of their 23 top-tier tests since August.
Tottenham have conceded at least two goals in eight of their last 11 away games in the Premier League however, which should be a cause for concern ahead of their trip to play goal-hungry Liverpool.
Tottenham have also been earning a steady average of 6.25 corners per game, though they have been conceding more (6.44) at the other end in comparison, which reaffirms the chaotic end-to-end nature of many of their matches.
Son has been the team’s star in attack, chipping in with 16 goals and nine Premier League assists so far, though Postecoglou has also been getting a tune out of ten-goal Richarlison.
💰 Liverpool v Tottenham Best Bets
Despite their recent wobbles, Liverpool have tasted defeat just once at Anfield in the Premier League this season and Liverpool can be backed to win at 1.40 with Paddy Power, claiming maximum points at Tottenham’s expense on Merseyside.
Spurs’ confidence has taken a battering after three defeats on the spin, while their run of just one win from eight away games is difficult to dismiss. Tottenham have also gone 13 years without a victory at Anfield and they could struggle again on Sunday.
Mohamed Salah, who has scored eight Premier League goals against Tottenham, could be an option for goals. The Egyptian had a very public sideline spat with Jurgen Klopp at West Ham last week and he should be keen to muster a positive response of sorts when he returns to action. Salah to score anytime is 1.83 with Betfair.
Elsewhere, there is just about enough value on offer in backing over 1.5 Liverpool goals at 1.25 with Betfair to make it a viable option. Tottenham have been giving up chances all too readily of late, conceding 18 times in their last eight away games alone and the Reds – who are the league’s joint-top scorers at home this season – can take advantage.
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* All odds displayed correct at the time of publishing.
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