Manchester City vs Liverpool Preview


Manchester City vs Liverpool

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Etihad Stadium

Date: 1st April 2023

Kick-off time – 12:30 GMT

Manchester City and Liverpool will renew their rivalry this Saturday when they meet at the Etihad for the 29th Round game of the 2022/23 Premier League season.

In recent times, fixtures between both sides have represented the biggest clash in England with the northern duo going toe to toe for the title in three of the last four seasons. However, things have not been the same this season with Manchester City fighting Arsenal for the crown.

The Cityzens kept their quest for their seventh Premier League crown alive with a 1-o win over Crystal Palace in their last league outing just before the international break. That win over the Eagles was followed by two massive victories in the Champions League and FA Cup in which City scored 13 times and conceded zero goals.

Erling Haaland scored eight out of those 13 goals to remind everyone he is a phenomenon. However, the Norwegian is a major doubt for this tie after picking up a knock while on national team duty.

But City do not have to worry much as they have a solid record in this fixture at the Etihad. Pep Guardiola’s men are unbeaten against their Red counterparts in six PL visits while their eight consecutive wins at home will also be a morale booster.

Liverpool went into the international break in dour mood, losing their last two games before the hiatus. The Reds suffered a major blip in their quest for a top-four finish when relegation-threatened Bournemouth beat them.

They followed up that loss with a 1-0 loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League, making it two consecutive games without a goal for Jurgen Klopp’s men.

With nothing left to play for than the top-four this season, Klopp will hope that his boys will give their very best in this game against a team they have beaten just once in their last 13 PL matches at the Etihad (D5, L7).

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

November 23, 2024
Leicester City 13:30 Chelsea
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal 16:00 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 16:00 Crystal Palace
Everton 16:00 Brentford
Fulham 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 18:30 Tottenham Hotspur
November 24, 2024
Southampton 15:00 Liverpool
Ipswich Town 17:30 Manchester United
November 25, 2024
Newcastle United 21:00 West Ham United
November 29, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 21:00 Southampton
November 30, 2024
Brentford 16:00 Leicester City
Crystal Palace 16:00 Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United 18:30 Arsenal
December 1, 2024
Chelsea 14:30 Aston Villa
Manchester United 14:30 Everton
Tottenham Hotspur 14:30 Fulham
Liverpool 17:00 Manchester City

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 11 9 1 1 21 6 +15 28
2 Manchester City 11 7 2 2 22 13 +9 23
3 Chelsea 11 5 4 2 21 13 +8 19
4 Arsenal 11 5 4 2 18 12 +6 19
5 Nottingham Forest 11 5 4 2 15 10 +5 19
6 Brighton & Hov… 11 5 4 2 19 15 +4 19
7 Fulham 11 5 3 3 16 13 +3 18
8 Newcastle United 11 5 3 3 13 11 +2 18
9 Aston Villa 11 5 3 3 17 17 +0 18
10 Tottenham Hotspur 11 5 1 5 23 13 +10 16
11 Brentford 11 5 1 5 22 22 +0 16
12 AFC Bournemouth 11 4 3 4 15 15 +0 15
13 Manchester United 11 4 3 4 12 12 +0 15
14 West Ham United 11 3 3 5 13 19 -6 12
15 Leicester City 11 2 4 5 14 21 -7 10
16 Everton 11 2 4 5 10 17 -7 10
17 Ipswich Town 11 1 5 5 12 22 -10 8
18 Crystal Palace 11 1 4 6 8 15 -7 7
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 1 3 7 16 27 -11 6
20 Southampton 11 1 1 9 7 21 -14 4

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