Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool are set to pick up their 20th top-flight title on Sunday if they can avoid defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.
Arne Slot’s team have been the best throughout the season, and while the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea scrap it out for a top five place, the Reds have been marching towards the Premier League title for months, with only Arsenal offering any resistance. But when the Gunners drew with Crystal Palace on Wednesday, the celebrations began slightly prematurely on Merseyside in the knowledge that Liverpool just need one more point from their final five games.
Slot’s men have lost two league matches all season, so they ain’t about to lose their last five. In fact, I reckon this game between Liverpool and Tottenham is pretty much a home banker. Last week, the Reds inched closer to the league title with a 1-0 win away to Leicester City, while Tottenham’s slide continued with a 2-1 loss at home to Nottingham Forest.
Ange Postecoglou is under mounting pressure, and he is pinning his hopes on the Europa League to divert the attention away from the Whites’ 16th place league position. So, it’s difficult to see how Tottenham can spoil the celebrations at Anfield on Sunday. And this is a big one for Liverpool fans as their impending tally of 20 titles draws them level with Manchester United.
The Red Devils went two ahead of the Merseysiders when Sir Alex Ferguson led them to the 2013 Premier League title, but the momentum in the Northwest has shifted dramatically, and Liverpool are about to end Manchester City’s four-year dominance at the top.
Talking Points
Fully fit Liverpool are ready to go
The Reds are as strong as they have been all season in terms of numbers, and when Trent Alexander-Arnold climbed off the bench to score against Leicester City last week, that gave Slot’s team a clean bill of health. The one exception is centre-back Joe Gomez, who is unlikely to make the squad for Sunday but may reappear before the season ends.
Fans at Anfield are delighted that their Egyptian king, Mohamed Salah, has resisted the lure of Saudi Arabia and signed a new contract with the club, and his huge tally of 27 goals and 18 assists this season eclipses any other forward in the land.
And it’s not like Liverpool are short in that department. Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo are likely to line up alongside Salah against Spurs, with Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez set to start again on the bench.
How low can Tottenham go?
All the attention will be on Liverpool on Sunday, and that will be no bad thing for the North Londoners who can’t wait for the 2024/25 campaign to finish. After leading the league table for much of the first half of the 2023/24 season at the beginning of this campaign, Postecoglou suggested he’s a second season silverware winner. And he might be right.
Tottenham are in the Europa League semi-finals with a plum draw against outsiders Bodo/Glimt, and Manchester United facing Athletic Bilbao in the other semi-final. But in the bread-and-butter world of league football, Spurs have been simply dreadful, and they are aiming to avoid a 19th league defeat on Sunday. Good luck with that.
Tottenham’s clash with Forest last week was every bit as disappointing as expected, and only a late Richarlison goal gave the home fans a little cheer after the visitors had gone into an early two-goal lead. That 2-1 loss left Spurs in 16th, a single point above West Ham United, who are away to Brighton this weekend. I wouldn’t bet against Tottenham finishing in the final safe place and Postecoglou’s priorities are now clearly in Europe.
With an upcoming tie against Bodo/Glimt in view, the Spurs boss will protect his squad, and I suspect key defenders Pedro Porro and Micky van de Ven will be rested, and that can only be more good news for Liverpool.
History
The Reds have had much the better of the head-to-heads with 36 wins to 16 in all competitions since 1993, and they won 6-3 when the two teams met at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in December as both Salah and Diaz helped themselves to a brace.
Recent form is less impressive for the hosts who have won three and lost three of the last six, though Spurs have worse Premier League 2025 results, with just two wins, one draw, and three defeats.
Liverpool have only been beaten once at home in the league this season, winning 13 and drawing two, and Spurs have been winless on their last 15 visits to Anfield.
Betting Tip
The champions-elect are priced at 1.23 to win this game, and that’s good enough for me, but I’m looking for a better return from the Premier League 2025 betting odds.
The SBOTOP odds on the Double Chance: Spurs or Draw are out at 3.67 and a Tottenham win is priced at 7.64, and that’s the only chance that there won’t be a huge celebration in the red half of Liverpool on Sunday. I can see Slot’s team putting this game to bed before the halftime break.
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