Liverpool will be poised to return to winning ways and will do everything in their power to secure a win, but Spur on their day, can beat anybody. Your best bet for this clash is for both teams to score.
Match info: Premier League
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
Date: Sunday, 22nd December 2024
Time: 5:30 pm Nigerian time
Before locking horns in the EFL Cup semi-finals, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool collide in the pick of this weekend's Premier League ties in North London on Sunday afternoon.
Ange Postecoglou's team came up trumps in a 4-3 spectacular with Manchester United in midweek, while the league-leading Reds were 2-1 victors at Southampton to keep their quadruple hopes alive.
Head-to-head:
- Tottenham have won 15 of the 64 Premier League meetings between the two teams.
- Liverpool have recorded 32 victories.
- The remaining 17 clashes ended in draws.
- Both teams scored in 9 of their last 10 encounters.
- 8 of their last 10 meetings produced at least 3 goals.
- Liverpool lost only 1 of their last 10 travels to Spurs.
- Tottenham ended their jinx against the Reds last season with a 2-1 win.
- This fixture has witnessed six 90th-minute winning goals, the highest in the history of the Premier League.
- Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 23 home games in the league.
Form:
- Tottenham in the league: W-D-L-L-W
- Tottenham in all competitions: L-L-D-W-W
- Liverpool in the League: W-W-W-D-D
- Liverpool in all competitions: W-D-W-D-W
Team News:
- Tottenham will not have Cristian Romero, Van De Ven, Ben Davies, Vicario, Moore, Richarlison, and Odobert due to injury, while Rodrigo Bentancur is still serving his ban.
- Liverpool will miss the services of Ibrahima Konate and Conor Bradley due to injury.
Player(s) to watch:
- Heung-min Son has been the Captain that Ange Postecoglou might have wanted him to be. Spurs have not exactly been consistent, but Son has been producing the goods. In their last Premier League game, he scored and got a couple of assists.
- Mohamed Salah has been a driving force behind Liverpool’s title charge this season. Salah is undoubtedly one of the best players to have graced the Premier League. He is an explosive forward who can turn the game on its head whenever he wants. His consistency coupled with his playmaking, and finishing abilities are second to none.