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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (62000 seats)

Both participants are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Liverpool having a 15 point edge on Tottenham Hotspur in the standings. Let's start!

Insights:
  • Tottenham Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (48) in Premier League

Liverpool could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only three sleeps ago.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

Tottenham Hotspur have performed here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this season with 6 wins from 8 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Tottenham Hotspur are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 226 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

A nice win for Spurs last time playing, versus Norwich City. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Sánchez, Son and Moura scoring for the victors. The attacker Son was declared "man of the match" for Tottenham Hotspur with a rating of 8.32/10. Son scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).

Before that, Spurs had a home game versus Brentford which ended with a victory 2-0.

Spurs has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Liverpool form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premier League. Liverpool have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.

Liverpool won their last game, 3-1 versus Newcastle United played at home. Alexander-Arnold, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.3. Alexander-Arnold scored one goal, hit three key passes and won 2 of 5 duels.

Before that, Liverpool secured a home win against Aston Villa with the score 1-0.

A new game in only three days for Liverpool, the Carabao Cup home match versus Leicester City. Busy days.

The Liverpool manager Klopp has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 26 goals in 8 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Liverpool as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Spurs won one game, one match ended with a tie and Liverpool got eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
15 goals
LiverpoolD. Teixeira da Silva
D. Teixeira da Silva
9 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
7 goals

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Liverpool missing players

Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
8 6 1 Won W 1 6 12
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 4
5 2 2 Lost L 0 1 1
16 11 1 Scored S 4 26 48
17 8 6 Conceded C 3 7 13
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 88%
57% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 88% 76%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 62% 59%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 62% 29%
29% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 41%
43% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 62% 59%
36% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.6 6.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 9.5 8.2 8.1
5.4 6.4 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.8 3.1
1.8 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 13.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 17 19.1 19.6
4.1 4.8 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 7.1 7.1
28% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 46% 40%
 
13.6 13 16 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.6 8.2
3.9 4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.9 2.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Liverpool have scored more than double the goals of Tottenham Hotspur.
  • Liverpool have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (26) away in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (48) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the the best goal difference (+19) away in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the the best goal difference (+35) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tottenham Hotspur haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 17 13 2 2 40 9 9 7 1 1 25 3 8 6 1 1 15 6 31 41
2 Liverpool 17 12 4 1 48 13 9 6 3 0 22 6 8 6 1 1 26 7 35 40
3 Chelsea 17 11 4 2 39 12 9 5 3 1 22 7 8 6 1 1 17 5 27 37
4 Arsenal 17 9 2 6 23 22 9 7 1 1 17 6 8 2 1 5 6 16 1 29
5 West Ham United 17 8 4 5 28 21 8 4 2 2 16 12 9 4 2 3 12 9 7 28
6 Manchester United 16 8 3 5 26 24 8 4 1 3 14 13 8 4 2 2 12 11 2 27
7 Tottenham Hotspur 14 8 1 5 16 17 8 6 0 2 11 8 6 2 1 3 5 9 -1 25
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 7 3 7 13 14 8 3 1 4 5 7 9 4 2 3 8 7 -1 24
9 Leicester City 16 6 4 6 27 27 8 4 1 3 15 12 8 2 3 3 12 15 0 22
10 Aston Villa 17 7 1 9 23 25 8 4 1 3 14 11 9 3 0 6 9 14 -2 22
11 Crystal Palace 17 4 8 5 24 24 9 3 5 1 15 9 8 1 3 4 9 15 0 20
12 Brentford 16 5 5 6 21 22 8 3 1 4 10 10 8 2 4 2 11 12 -1 20
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 4 8 4 14 17 8 2 3 3 6 9 8 2 5 1 8 8 -3 20
14 Everton 17 5 4 8 21 29 8 4 1 3 13 13 9 1 3 5 8 16 -8 19
15 Southampton 17 3 8 6 16 26 8 2 5 1 8 7 9 1 3 5 8 19 -10 17
16 Leeds United 17 3 7 7 17 32 8 2 4 2 9 11 9 1 3 5 8 21 -15 16
17 Watford 16 4 1 11 21 31 8 2 1 5 10 17 8 2 0 6 11 14 -10 13
18 Burnley 15 1 8 6 14 21 7 1 4 2 8 8 8 0 4 4 6 13 -7 11
19 Newcastle United 17 1 7 9 18 37 8 1 4 3 12 17 9 0 3 6 6 20 -19 10
20 Norwich City 17 2 4 11 8 34 9 1 2 6 5 14 8 1 2 5 3 20 -26 10

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.