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Liverpool vs Manchester United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Anfield

Date: 5th March 2023

Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT

Liverpool and Manchester United will renew their rivalry this Sunday when they meet for the 62nd time in the Premier League era at Anfield.

Liverpool come into this tie off the back of a hard-fought 2-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in midweek. That win extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to four games (W3, D1), pushing them ever closer to the top four.

They are currently sitting in sixth position, six points behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur having played a game less. They have corrected at least one of their problems this season after keeping a clean sheet in all four of those undefeated PL outings.

They will hope to keep a clean sheet against their fierce rivals who have scored just once in their last seven visits to Anfield.

Manchester are winless in their last seven visits to Anfield ( D3, L4) but they look in the right mood to finally get a win. The Red Devils come into this tie on the back of an impressive 3-1 win over West Ham in the FA Cup.

They’ve also scored in 28 consecutive matches, including each of their last 15 in the PL which is the longest current scoring run in the league. With that type of offencive output, it’s little surprise that no PL side has earned more points than the Red Devils’ 23 (W7, D2, L1) since the World Cup and they’ve not only taken a stranglehold on third place but also secured the Carabao Cup crown last weekend.

But ahead of this game, their defencive discipline could be the ultimate decider here given 20 of their 28 PL goals conceded this campaign have come on the road.

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

December 7, 2024
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
December 26, 2024
Manchester City 13:30 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Crystal Palace
Southampton 16:00 West Ham United
Chelsea 16:00 Fulham
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:00 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:30 Manchester United
Liverpool 21:00 Leicester City
December 27, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Arsenal 21:15 Ipswich Town
December 29, 2024
Leicester City 15:30 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 16:00 Southampton
Everton 16:00 Nottingham Forest
West Ham United 18:15 Liverpool
December 30, 2024
Aston Villa 20:45 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 20:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 21:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# 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

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