Liverpool vs Man City tips and predictions: Anfield to deliver goals in historic title decider
Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp, left, greets Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola
Football fans from England, Europe and across the entire world will be tuning in to see Liverpool and Man City go head-to-head in a potential Premier League title decider this Sunday (1545 GMT).
The English top flight rarely fails to deliver when it comes to title drama. For instance, last year it was Arsenal who dared to challenge Man City for the title.
The season before that, it was Liverpool who came within a single point of the Citizens.
The year before that… okay, maybe that one was a bit of a damp squib as City finished 12 points ahead of their nearest rivals.
But generally speaking, the Premier League tends to offer far more drama, excitement and unpredictability in the title race than any other European league.
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Take a look around. Real Madrid are on course to win La Liga. Inter are flying over in Italy. Leverkusen are making mince meat of Bayern over in Germany. And France… I’m sure you can guess who is topping the table in good old Ligue 1.
The Premier League is the grandest prize in domestic club football and the two teams contesting for the title this season are arguably the top two sides in world football. Question is, who will hold their nerve in Sunday’s epic encounter?
The stats favour Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp’s men have won seven matches in a row and have only lost one league game from 20 against Man City at Anfield.
City, on the other hand, are absolutely flying. Pep Guardiola’s men have won 11 straight games away from home across all competitions. During this run, the Citizens have scored 32 goals – an average of 2.9 per game.
With so much at stake on Sunday, you have to fancy both teams finding a breakthrough and getting on the scoresheet.
The Anfield crowd will spur the Reds on in the early moments and that early rush of adrenaline could help the injury-hit hosts bag a quick opener.
However, as we saw in the Manchester derby, City are more than capable of finding their way back into a match.
With that in mind, we’re backing Liverpool to score first and Man City to score last in a title decider with plenty of drama.
Team news
The injury situation for Liverpool is not easy. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Diogo Jota, Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones, Joel Matip and Thiago are all out of action. There are also questions over Ibrahima Konate.
City, on the other hand, will be without Jack Grealish. Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes are both doubts.
Key stats
- Man City have won just one of their last 20 Premier League visits to Anfield
- Liverpool have won seven games in a row across all competitions
- Man City have won 11 straight games away from home in all competitions
- Just two of the last 30 Premier League games between Liverpool and Man City have been won by the away side
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