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Spurs are looking to build upon their impressive point in the North London derby when they take on Liverpool at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. This game kicks off at 5:30pm UK time on Saturday 30th September
Spurs
James Maddison claimed that his side ‘deserved their point’ as they battled back to earn an important point in last weekend’s North London derby. Spurs’ free-flowing football has caught the eye this season and Ange Postecoglu has received praise for his pleasing on the eye style. Despite Harry Kane’s departure, Spurs haven’t had any issues scoring goals so far this season and they’ve netted exactly two goals in five of their six Premier League encounters so far.
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With a home xG of 2.56, they’ll be looking to continue creating chances and this should be another open contest.
Son Heung-Min has already netted five times for the North Londoners with both Dejan Kulesevski and the aforementioned James Maddison having also contributed. Despite his haul of five goals, Son is yet to find the back of the net at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and will be looking to open his account this weekend.
With a combined total of 35 shots across their first two home games, the hosts will create plenty of chances and are unlikely to compromise on their favoured style.
Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp made ten changes to his League Cup XI vs Leicester in midweek with the German boss keeping a firm eye on this weekend encounter. Klopp has spoken this week about Liverpool 2.0, which is the latest incarnation of the Reds featuring summer signings Alexis McAllister and Dominic Szoboszlai impressing so far. With the likes of Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota having started last weekend on the bench, Klopp certainly has a rich array of attacking to choose from this season.
Liverpool fans’ main concerns revolve around their defence. The Reds have looked vulnerable at the back across the last couple of seasons and with Virgil Van Dijk looking a shadow of his former self, they rarely keep clean sheets these days.
Despite keeping just a single shutout, Liverpool have won each of their last five matches and have scored exactly three goals in four of those games.
The visitors tend to be stronger at Anfield, however, they picked up all three points at St. James’ Park despite going down to ten men and looking completely comfortable at Molineux.
Head to Head
These two sides regularly entertain and their previous meetings have been highly absorbing affairs. Last season, with Ryan Mason in charge, Spurs lost 4-3 at Anfield. Liverpool completed the double over the North Londoners with a 2-1 victory earlier in the campaign.
There have been 20 goals across their last five matches and this is likely to follow suit.
Spurs haven’t won at home against Liverpool since 2017 when goals from Harry Kane and Son helped them clinch a 4-1 success.
Key Betting Stats
- Spurs matches have averaged 3.67 goals so far this season. Only Man City and Newcastle matches have averaged higher.
- Liverpool games have averaged 3.33 goals so far, although this reduces to 3 for away matches
- Spurs have chalked up the joint-highest xG so far this season (2.18 per game)
- Spurs home games are averaging 14 corners per match
- 33% of Liverpool’s goals have been scored after the 81st minute
- Darwin Nunez has scored twice away from home this season despite featuring for just 71 minutes in total
Match Prediction
This is easily the most anticipated match of the weekend and it should be a cracking watch. Both sides are attack-minded whereas neither have completely convinced defensively. Their previous meetings have been high-scoring and this is unlikely to buck the trend.
Winning Combo
Over 3.5 Goals and BTTS
Odds – 11/10 with Bet365
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