Match info:
Liverpool vs Man City
Competition – Barclays Premier League
Stadium – Anfield
Date: 13th April 2014
Kick-off time – 13:37 GMT+1
Sky Sports 1 HD
Barclays Premier League leaders Liverpool host 3rd position Manchester City at Anfield this Sunday afternoon in what is the biggest game of the season so far.
Recent form:
Liverpool – W W W W W W W
Man City – W D W W W L L
Liverpool have won their last 7 while Man City have won 4 of their last 7.
The Barclays Premier League table looks like this:
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Liverpool | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 39 |
2 | Chelsea | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 35 |
3 | Arsenal | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 33 |
4 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 31 |
5 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 28 |
6 | Aston Villa | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | +0 | 28 |
7 | Manchester City | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 27 |
8 | Newcastle United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 26 |
9 | Fulham | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 25 |
10 | Brighton & Hov… | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 25 |
11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 23 |
12 | Brentford | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 32 | +0 | 23 |
13 | Manchester United | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 22 |
14 | West Ham United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 20 |
15 | Everton | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 16 |
16 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 16 |
17 | Leicester City | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 37 | -16 | 14 |
18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 12 |
19 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 12 |
20 | Southampton | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 36 | -25 | 6 |
A win for Liverpool will move them 5 points clear at the top of the league – a win for City will move them one point behind Liverpool with a game in hand.
Head-to-head
These two sides have met 34 times in recent years and Liverpool have come out on top most often.
The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 1:2, 2:2, 2:2, 2:2 and 1:0.
Possible line-ups
Liverpool (4-4-1-1)
Man City (4-4-1-1)
Bookmakers make Liverpool favourites to come out on top in this match.
Odds: Liverpool (13/10) Draw (11/4) Man City (21/10)Gamingtips Prediction – Liverpool 2:3 Man City
Despite City remaining clear favourites for the league title, have Liverpool at 13/10 to win on Sunday, shorter than the 21/10 on City to win. If Liverpool do manage to win, their odds of winning the league may well shorten so betting on Liverpool to win the league title rather than to win this game could be a good idea pre-game. There’s certainly one key similarity between the two teams, it’s goal scoring ability. Liverpool have scored 90 in 33 games and City have 84 in 31; both attaining a 2.7 goals per game average. The top 4 goal scorers in the Premier League all play for either side too, consisting of Suarez (29 goals), Sturridge (20 goals), Yaya Toure (18 goals) and Aguero (15 goals). This really does show how influential these players have been when leading their sides to the summit. Ultimately we should see an action packed game with plenty of goals – Manchester City may just have enough to overcome Liverpool given that they have been here before and Liverpool have not been in this position for many years.