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Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Anfield

Date: 16th December 2020

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Liverpool will welcome Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur this Thursday in a top of the table clash at Anfield. Both sides are sitting atop the tree having collected 25 points with Spurs ahead on goal difference.

Jurgen Klopp’s side had a chance to go top of the table last time out but could only muster a draw against struggling Fulham on Sunday. The Reds have been hampered by injuries all season, but have done enough to keep the pace with Tottenham who are the surprise leaders at this stage of the season.

Jose Mourinho’s men have been tipped as genuine title contenders this season and are top of the tree after games 12 games. They head into this tie unbeaten in the league since their 1-nil loss to Everton in September.

Spurs have been impressive at the back and have kept four clean sheets in their last five league games. They will be looking to pick up all three points here and establish themselves as the undisputed number one heading into a busy Christmas schedule.

Jurgen Klopp’s injury list has grown in recent times with Naby Keita, Diogo Jota and Joel Matip new additions to a list that already has influential names like Thiago Alcantara, Joe Gomez and van Djik on it. Oxlade Chamberlain returned to the side on Sunday in a welcome boost for Jurgen Klopp, while Trent Arnold is expected to make the grade after suffering a slight knock last time out.

Spurs are likely to be without Gareth Bale for this tie with the Welshman suffering from an illness.

Liverpool have won all five of the last five meetings between these sides in all competitions with Spurs last victory against Liverpool coming in the form of a 4:1 victory in 2017.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

February 23, 2024
Chelsea 01:00 Tottenham Hotspur
March 30, 2024
Newcastle United 13:30 West Ham United
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Everton
Chelsea 16:00 Burnley
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Crystal Palace
Sheffield United 16:00 Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Luton Town
Aston Villa 18:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brentford 21:00 Manchester United
March 31, 2024
Liverpool 13:00 Brighton & Hov…
Manchester City 15:30 Arsenal
April 2, 2024
Newcastle United 18:30 Everton
Nottingham Forest 18:30 Fulham
AFC Bournemouth 18:45 Crystal Palace
Burnley 18:45 Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United 19:15 Tottenham Hotspur
April 3, 2024
Arsenal 18:30 Luton Town
Brentford 18:30 Brighton & Hov…
Manchester City 19:15 Aston Villa

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 28 20 4 4 70 24 +46 64
2 Liverpool 28 19 7 2 65 26 +39 64
3 Manchester City 28 19 6 3 63 28 +35 63
4 Aston Villa 29 17 5 7 60 42 +18 56
5 Tottenham Hotspur 28 16 5 7 59 42 +17 53
6 Manchester United 28 15 2 11 39 39 +0 47
7 West Ham United 29 12 8 9 46 50 -4 44
8 Brighton & Hov… 28 11 9 8 50 44 +6 42
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 12 5 11 42 44 -2 41
10 Newcastle United 28 12 4 12 59 48 +11 40
11 Chelsea 27 11 6 10 47 45 +2 39
12 Fulham 29 11 5 13 43 44 -1 38
13 AFC Bournemouth 28 9 8 11 41 52 -11 35
14 Crystal Palace 28 7 8 13 33 48 -15 29
15 Brentford 29 7 5 17 41 54 -13 26
16 Everton 28 8 7 13 29 39 -10 25
17 Luton Town 29 5 7 17 42 60 -18 22
18 Nottingham Forest 29 6 7 16 35 51 -16 21
19 Burnley 29 4 5 20 29 63 -34 17
20 Sheffield United 28 3 5 20 24 74 -50 14

Latest Premier League Results

March 17, 2024
West Ham United 1 - 1 Aston Villa
March 16, 2024
Fulham 3 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
Luton Town 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
Burnley 2 - 1 Brentford
March 13, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 4 - 3 Luton Town
March 11, 2024
Chelsea 3 - 2 Newcastle United
March 10, 2024
Liverpool 1 - 1 Manchester City
West Ham United 2 - 2 Burnley
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 0 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur
March 9, 2024
Arsenal 2 - 1 Brentford
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 1 Fulham
Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Luton Town
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 2 Sheffield United
Manchester United 2 - 0 Everton
March 4, 2024
Sheffield United 0 - 6 Arsenal
March 3, 2024
Manchester City 3 - 1 Manchester United
Burnley 0 - 2 AFC Bournemouth

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