Liverpool are set to host Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield for Sunday’s blockbuster Premier League contest.
The Reds were rampant in this particular fixture last season, clinching a stunning 5-1 victory that sealed their second Premier League title in five years.
Liverpool will fancy their chances of repeating that feat on Sunday, considering Tottenham are visiting Merseyside in atrocious form.
Tottenham are in danger of being relegated for the first time in Premier League history. In fact, you’d have to go back nearly five decades to the last time Spurs were relegated from the top flight.
They’re desperate to avoid what would be the most shocking fall from grace in football, but the odds are heavily stacked against them.
Match preview
Liverpool ran riot the last time they hosted Tottenham at Anfield, delivering one of the most ruthless performances of the 2024/25 campaign.
The result secured the club’s 20th English league title and their second in the Premier League era.
More importantly for the supporters, it was the first time they could celebrate a title triumph inside a packed Anfield after the empty-stadium celebrations of 2020.
However, the Reds are now gearing up to relinquish the crown and are firmly locked in a three-way battle to finish in the top four alongside Chelsea and Aston Villa.
Liverpool’s campaign has been nothing short of topsy-turvy.
Just when Arne Slot’s side looked to be gaining momentum in the race for Champions League qualification, disappointment struck at Molineux Stadium.
Liverpool visited Wolverhampton Wanderers, brimming with confidence after a three-match winning streak that included victories over Sunderland, Nottingham Forest, and West Ham United.
However, they were brought back down to earth when a deflected effort from Andre handed Wolves a dramatic victory and left Liverpool three points outside the top four.
Liverpool responded by knocking Wolves out of the FA Cup a few days later. But a narrow 1–0 defeat to Galatasaray in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie was another kick in the teeth.
If they end up on the losing side again, it would be the first time Liverpool have lost 10 Premier League games in a single campaign since former manager Jurgen Klopp’s debut campaign in 2015/16.
However, facing Tottenham at home may be Liverpool’s best chance of returning to winning ways and the statistics back up that claim.
Tottenham are in dreadful form, and the situation only seems to be getting worse by the week. They have collected just one point from 18 available over the last six Premier League games.
Igor Tudor was expected to steady the ship and steer the club away from danger when he was appointed as interim manager. But that hasn’t gone according to script.
Instead, Tottenham are getting dragged further and deeper into the abyss. Tuesday night’s heavy defeat to Atletico Madrid summed up Tottenham’s struggles.
Tudor’s side suffered a humbling 5-2 defeat against the Spanish giants, leaving them on the brink of elimination from the Champions League.
The highlight of the encounter was a shocking performance from Tottenham goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, who had a nightmare evening between the sticks.
He only lasted 17 minutes before Tudor was forced to throw in Guglielmo Vicario.
That defeat also made Tudor the first Spurs manager to lose his opening four games in charge, while the club slipped to six straight losses in all competitions for the first time ever.
Tottenham are coming into this fixture just one point above relegation, and another defeat could put the final nail in Tudor’s coffin.
Team News
Alisson could return for Liverpool after shaking off a muscle injury that kept him out of the midweek trip to Turkey. But Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley, Wataru Endo, and Alexander Isak are out.
Meanwhile, Tottenham’s injury woes have refused to let up, with Cristian Romero and Joao Palhinha joining Yves Bissouma, Destiny Udogie, Conor Gallagher, Lucas Bergvall, Ben Davies, Mohammed Kudus, Rodrigo Bentancur, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, and Wilson Odobert on the sidelines.
Micky van de Ven will also be unavailable due to suspension.
Liverpool potential starting line-up:
(4-2-3-1): Giorgio Mamardashvili; Jeremie Frimpong, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson; Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones; Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo; Hugo Ekitike.
Tottenham Hotspur potential starting line-up:
(3-4-2-1): Guglielmo Vicario; Pedro Porro, Kevin Danso, Radu Dragusin; Djed Spence, Pape Matar Sarr, Joao Palhinha, Archie Gray; Xavi Simons, Richarlison; Dominic Solanke.
