Liverpool will look to potentially climb into the Champions League places on Saturday night as they travel to North London to take on inconsistent Tottenham.
Liverpool bounced back from back-to-back draws at home to Sunderland and away at Leeds United last time out, as they won 2-0 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.
That victory extends the Reds’ unbeaten run in the Premier League to four matches (W2-D2-L0), moving them up to seventh in the Premier League table, just two points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.
Tottenham failed to build on their 2-0 victory at home to Brentford, as they suffered a disappointing 3-0 defeat away at relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest – on an afternoon I landed an even-money winner.
That win over the Bees is Thomas Frank’s only win across their past seven Premier League encounters (W1-D2-L4), leaving them in 11th position, four points behind their visitors.
How the bookies view it: Liverpool favourites
Liverpool are favourites to make it three consecutive victories in all competitions, with bet365 pricing an away success at 1/1.
Bet365 have Spurs at 5/2 to record back-to-back home wins in the Premier League, whilst the draw is 11/4.
Head to head: Reds dominance
Liverpool tend to dominate this fixture, with the Reds winning 13 and losing just two of their previous 18 meeting with Spurs (W13-D3-L2).
However, Tottenham will take confidence from the fact that two of those wins have come in their last three meetings in North London.
Players to watch: Hugo to bag again?
Hugo Ekiteke has made a decent start to his Liverpool career, as he has scored 10 goals across his opening 23 appearances for the Reds.
The ex-Eintracht Frankfurt attacker has scored a brace in each of his previous two Premier League appearances, and the 7/5 on offer at bet365 for him to find the target again on Saturday appeals to me here.
Predicted line-ups:
Spurs will once again be without Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Dominic Solanke, Destiny Udogie, Radu Dragusin and Koto Takai through injury, whilst Yves Bissouma and Pape Sarr are away to AFCON.
Liverpool will be missing Joe Gomez, Giovanni Leoni, Wataru Endo and Cody Gakpo through injury and Mo Salah who is away to AFCON, whilst Dominik Szoboszlai is a doubt.
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence, Gray, Bentancur, Kudus, Simons, Odobert, Richarlison
Liverpool: Alisson, Bradley, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Jones, Wirtz, MacAllister, Ekiteke, Isak
Anything else catch the eye?
This fixture has been full of goals in recent seasons, with the last 10 Premier League meetings averaging a whopping 4.70 goals per game.
Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals has landed in nine (90%) of those meetings, and a repeat pays an appealing 10/11 at William Hill.
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The Reds have scored eight goals across their past four Premier League outings, and I also like the 5/6 on offer at William Hill for them bagging a double against a Spurs backline that has shipped 2+ goals in five of their previous six league outings.
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