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Liverpool and Manchester City meet at Anfield in a match of the 19th round of the Barclays Premier League. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the home team, who in the last five matches won 3 and drew 2. Indeed, in the last showdown at this stadium, for the Barclays Premier League on 02-03-2016, Liverpool won by (3-0). Liverpool goals were scored by A. Lallana (34 ‘), J. Milner (41’) and Roberto Firmino (57 ‘).
Liverpool
The home team is currently in 2nd place with 40 points earned after 12 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, he won away to Everton by (0-1). In the last match, won at home to Stoke by (4-1).
In this competition, you have not lost in your stadium for 8 matches. His attack has marked regularly, since he has managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his games at home there is a tendency to goals, since 6 of his last 8 games by the competition finished with More of 2.5 goals. In 18 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 4 times but managed to turn the score in 3.
Liverpool have an excellent time in the English league, not only for three consecutive victories, but for remaining in second place in the competition. In this game against the direct adversary, coach Jürgen Klopp should keep the team in 4-3-3 with Origi being the most offensive reference. However, Senegalese Sadio Mané is Liverpool’s top scorer with 8 goals scored. It is worth mentioning that the home team has great quality playing in their field, averaging 3.13 goals and suffered on average 0.88 goals per game. For this round the German coach can not count on Coutinho, Ings, Grujic and Joel Matip, players who recover from injury.
Manchester City
After 12 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, the visiting team is in 3rd place, having won 39 points. In the last match, he beat Hull City by 0-3, having won 2-1 at home against Arsenal FC in their last match. In the league, Manchester City had 21 points in 27 chances, after 7 wins and 2 losses in the last 9 games they played as a visitor. The team has conceded goals in 7 of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has been marked with great regularity, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 10 games in this competition. In his games as a visitor there is a tendency to score goals, since 8 of his last 9 games in the competition finished with More than 2.5 goals. In 18 games in this competition, he managed to get back on the scoring in 2 of the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 20 away games for all competitions there has been 1 period that stands out: scored 13 of his 35 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Similar to his opponent, Manchester City come to this game with a victory over Hull City, by 0-3, in game that goals were scored in the last 20 minutes of the second half. In this difficult match, the Spanish coach Pep Guardiola must maintain the usual tactical system of the last games, namely the 4-2-3-1, Agüero being the most advanced man of the team: this player is the highest scorer with 10 goals scored . It is important to note that Manchester City have a very positive performance as a visitor, having won 7 victories in 9 games played. For this coaching game you can not count on Zabaleta, Kompany, Deph, Gundogan and Stones, all injured.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.70