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- Liverpool have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier League
- Manchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
This is a classic rivalry match also known as the North West Derby. It is one of the biggest rivalries in the football world, the neighbouring teams also being two of the most successful English teams in both domestic and European competitions.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Liverpool form and stats
Liverpool are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Anfield. 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. Two home wins in a row for Liverpool bring valid hopes of a third.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alisson Ramses Becker not having conceded a league goal in 379 minutes.
Liverpool's last game was hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers (placed 15th) and winning 2-0. Defender van Dijk got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Dijk scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Crystal Palace that finished 0-0.Betting heads-up: This team have played 7 league matches in a row with only one (or none) club scoring.
Liverpool can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 27 times. Liverpool are not conceding a lot of goals here at Anfield in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Manchester United form and stats
6-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Manchester United in their Premier League matches away.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea Quintana is eager to challenge this, with his 222 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The fans enjoyed United's previous match versus West Ham United, a FA Cup win (3-1) played at home. Malacia was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.73. The defender Malacia won 8 of 12 duels.
Before that, the victory at home hosting Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup (2-0).
Take note that 9 of this team's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Real Betis in just four days.
Manchester United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Manchester United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest recorded history featuring both these contenders is the Manchester United - Liverpool 2-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Liverpool won four, Manchester United were winners in three and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals. One of the profiles has been Salah with 10 goals scored against Manchester United in these 10 games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rashford 14 goals |   M. Salah Ghaly 9 goals |  R. Firmino 7 goals |
Liverpool missing players
Manchester United missing players
| Liverpool | Manchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 40 | 27 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 41 |
| 28 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 28 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 79% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 17% | 8% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 54% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 25% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.8 | 17.4 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.8 | 14.5 |
| 5.6 | 6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 30% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 28% | 31% |
| 9.7 | 7.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 13.2 | 12.5 |
| 4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 4.8 | 4 |
- Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Liverpool have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier League
- Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Manchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 60 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 39 | 55 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 45 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | Fulham | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | Brentford | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 35 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 31 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 27 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 29 | -24 | 25 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -17 | 24 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 22 |
| 18 | Everton | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 21 |
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 32 | -26 | 21 |
| 20 | Southampton | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -22 | 18 |
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