Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool Preview

Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Date: 22nd December 2024

Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT

After their midweek exertions in the Carabao Cup, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool will face each other for the first of four games they will play against each other this season.

Tottenham secured a 4-3 win over Manchester United in the Carabao Cup quarter-final on Thursday. As a result of their quarter-final success, they will now face Liverpool over two legs in the semifinal.

But before the games in January and February, Spurs will be desperate to secure bragging rights in this first encounter with the Reds. Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was full of praise for his side after their huge win over Manchester United on Thursday night despite no fewer than ten injury and suspension absences.

The Australian hailed Spurs’ back-to-back competitive victories as positively “ridiculous” given the circumstances. However, this game against Liverpool will test his side’s strength, as Tottenham have historically struggled against the Reds.

The hosts have won just two of their last 24 Premier League games against Liverpool (D6, L15) after defeating the Reds 2-1 at home last term. Beating the odds here, though, appears unlikely based on how they’ve fared as underdogs throughout 2024/25, losing five of seven such matches (W2).

Meanwhile, Liverpool will be desperate to keep their place at the top of the league table when they travel to North London. The Reds have seen their lead at the top reduced to two points after back-to-back draws against Newcastle and Fulham.

Despite those setbacks, they remain in good shape having not tasted defeat in 21 games (W18, D3). The visitors are the favourites here having won an astounding 20 out of 23 games as pre-match favourites in all competitions this season (D2, L1), the latest of which was a 2-1 EFL Cup win away from Southampton.

Manager Arne Slot, who was strongly linked to Spurs during the summer of 2023 is unlikely to take this fixture lightly, however, just four weeks after he considered them to be title contenders alongside the Reds.

Slot could have changed his mind since then, but he has some minor issues of his own to solve before being able to declare Liverpool back to their best. After winning four of their first five Premier League matches ‘to nil’ under the Dutchman, the Merseysiders have returned just three clean sheets from their next ten. However, it hasn’t prevented them from remaining unbeaten in that ten-game period (W7, D3).

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

February 21, 2025
Leicester City 21:00 Brentford
February 22, 2025
Everton 13:30 Manchester United
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal 16:00 West Ham United
Fulham 16:00 Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 18:30 Chelsea
February 23, 2025
Newcastle United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Liverpool
February 25, 2025
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 20:30 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20:30 Fulham
Chelsea 21:15 Southampton
February 26, 2025
Manchester United 20:30 Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur 20:30 Manchester City
Nottingham Forest 20:30 Arsenal
Brentford 20:30 Everton
Liverpool 21:15 Newcastle United
February 27, 2025
West Ham United 21:00 Leicester City

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 26 18 7 1 62 26 +36 61
2 Arsenal 25 15 8 2 51 22 +29 53
3 Nottingham Forest 25 14 5 6 41 29 +12 47
4 Manchester City 25 13 5 7 52 35 +17 44
5 AFC Bournemouth 25 12 7 6 44 29 +15 43
6 Chelsea 25 12 7 6 47 34 +13 43
7 Newcastle United 25 12 5 8 42 33 +9 41
8 Fulham 25 10 9 6 38 33 +5 39
9 Aston Villa 26 10 9 7 37 40 -3 39
10 Brighton & Hov… 25 9 10 6 38 38 +0 37
11 Brentford 25 10 4 11 43 42 +1 34
12 Tottenham Hotspur 25 9 3 13 49 37 +12 30
13 Crystal Palace 25 7 9 9 29 32 -3 30
14 Everton 25 7 9 9 27 31 -4 30
15 Manchester United 25 8 5 12 28 35 -7 29
16 West Ham United 25 7 6 12 29 47 -18 27
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 25 5 4 16 35 54 -19 19
18 Ipswich Town 25 3 8 14 23 50 -27 17
19 Leicester City 25 4 5 16 25 55 -30 17
20 Southampton 25 2 3 20 19 57 -38 9

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