Tottenham v Liverpool preview
Liverpool are aiming to increase their unbeaten run to 6 matches in all competitions and earn a 3rd straight win when the reigning Premier League champions go to Tottenham on Saturday.
The Reds beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 final Saturday in what could have been iconic ahead Mohamed Salah’s closing look for the membership, with the Egypt captain subsequently becoming a member of his nation on the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 and being closely linked with a transfer to Saudi Arabia in January.
Defeat might depart Tottenham as little as fifteenth at Christmas, having misplaced 3-0 at Nottingham Forest final Sunday as a part of a run of 1 win in eight home matches.
Little greater than six months after being appointed, supervisor Thomas Frank was the bookmakers’ favorite initially of the weekend to grow to be the following top-flight boss to depart their position.
Tottenham v Liverpool group information
Defenders Future Udogie and Kota Takai (each hamstring) and centre-back Radu Dragusin (knee) stay out for Tottenham, as do midfielders James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski (each knee) and ahead Dominic Solanke (ankle).
Pape Matar Sarr has joined Senegal on AFCON responsibility, whereas Yves Bissouma is a part of Mali’s squad.
Dominik Szoboszlai is a doubt with an ankle damage for Liverpool, whereas fellow midfielder Wataru Endo is out with the identical subject on what is anticipated to be a short-term foundation.
Ahead Cody Gakpo might return this month from a muscular damage, however defender Joe Gomez and ahead Jayden Danns shall be out till January with hamstring issues. Centre-back Giovanni Leoni has a long-term knee damage.
Tottenham v Liverpool predicted line-ups
Tottenham beginning XI: Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence, Mohammed Kudus, Rodrigo Bentancur, Xavi Simons, Archie Grey, Randal Kolo Muani, Richarlison
Liverpool beginning XI: Alisson Becker, Milos Kerkez, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones, Florian Wirtz, Conor Bradley, Hugo Ekitike
Tips on how to watch Spurs v Liverpool: TV channel, stay on-line stream
Kick-off on Saturday is at 17:30 GMT (12:30 ET / 09:30 PT), with stay protection within the UK on Sky Sports activities Important Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League and Sky Sports activities Extremely.
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Tottenham v Liverpool stats
- With 206 objectives, this fixture is the top-scoring match in Premier League historical past
- The final three editions have featured 21 objectives, whereas there have been a minimum of three in 14 of their final 16 Premier League conferences
- Tottenham have prevailed in two of their final 25 Premier League video games towards Liverpool (D6 L17), profitable in October 2017 (4-1) and September 2023 (2-1)
- Having crushed Brentford 2-0 of their final residence league match, Spurs are aiming to win consecutive residence video games for the primary time since a three-game stretch between September and November 2024
- Their complete of 10 residence league defeats in 2025 represents their joint-most in a yr together with 1994 and 2003
- Liverpool received each Premier League conferences with Spurs final season by 6-3 and 5-1 scorelines
- Solely the Reds themselves have scored a minimum of 5 objectives in three consecutive video games towards an opponent within the competitors, doing so towards Norwich between September 2012 and December 2013
- They’ve scored in 25 of their final 26 Premier League video games towards Spurs, together with the final 19 in a row. Solely towards Arsenal (at the moment 20) have they’d an extended scoring streak within the competitors
- Amongst ever-present groups within the final two Premier League seasons, solely Bournemouth (16) have conceded two or extra objectives in additional away video games than Liverpool (15)
- Hugo Ekitike has scored 4 objectives throughout his final two Premier League video games, netting twice every towards Leeds and Brighton. Solely Luis Suarez has netted a number of objectives in three consecutive Premier League video games for Liverpool (4 in December 2013)
