Liverpool vs Fulham tips and predictions: Competitive Cottagers to frustrate Anfield crowd
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool will target an 11th consecutive win when they play host to Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday (1400 GMT).
If Fulham are to stand a chance of winning at Anfield, they’ll need to don their home kit. Real Madrid and Leeds United are the only teams to win there in 2023.
Liverpool’s 4-0 win against LASK Linz was the latest in a long line of maulings to have taken place at Anfield this season.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have won all 10 of their home games by at least two clear goals, averaging 3.1 goals per game while keeping four clean sheets.
Fulham’s late win against Wolves on Monday Night Football was desperately needed but the challenge for Marco Silva’s men is replicating home form on the road.
This looks like a mighty task for the visitors but it’s worth noting they’ve made a good fist of this fixture over the years.
Mo Salah’s 39th-minute penalty was enough to win the last meeting at Anfield but before that, the Cottagers were three unbeaten.
You have to go back to 2013 to find the last time the Reds thrashed Fulham and several visiting teams have been able to stay in the game until the latter stages.
Silva’s team are always organised and Liverpool’s 3-0 win against Nottingham Forest was the first time in 18 post-European fixtures they’d won by a margin greater than two.
Team news
Thiago Alcantara, Andy Robertson, Diogo Jota, Allison Becker and Stefan Bajcetic have been ruled out.
Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz saw their minutes managed on Thursday and should form Liverpool’s front three.
Rodrigo Muniz, Adama Traore and Issa Diop are ruled out due to injury while Mario Lemina will serve a one-match ban for yellow card accumulation.
Key stats
- Liverpool have won just one of their previous 18 post-European fixtures by a margin greater than two goals. Of those 18 matches, the Reds failed to win eight.
- Man City are the only Premier League team to beat Fulham by three clear goals since 2018.
- Fulham are unbeaten in three of four against Liverpool and haven’t lost by a three-goal margin in seven meetings.
- Fulham have picked up 2.53 cards per game this season, compared to just 1.76 for Liverpool.
