Liverpool vs Man City Match Previews and Predictions, 14 Jan 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 4-3

In the central game of round 23 when leaders Man City travel to Merseyside club Liverpool, there is expected to be an epic clash between two teams currently hitting the best two forms in the league, and both come into Sunday's fixture having progressed to the next phase of domestic cups in midweek.

Match status: 2017/18 FA Premier League - Matchweek 23
Kick-off: Sunday 14 Jan 2018, 04:00pm GMT
Venue: Andfied (Liverpool, England)

Liverpool v Man City Team News

With the two clubs having broken records recently on and off the pitch, as Liverpool have already bought the most expensive defender in Virgil van Dijk and sold a player worth ?142m - Philippe Coutinho - to Barcelona.

Speaking of form, even though Man City's incredible run of straight 18 wins in the Premier League was stopped by Crystal Palace in what was a 0-0 stalemate, they have still been the top points collectors with an impressive 31 out of a possible 33 points from 11 outings. And for the Reds, Klopp's side have now gone 17 matches without a loss, which is just as impressive.

One of the interesting things to observe will be whether Liverpool are able to take revenge after being hammered 5-0 in Manchester back in September when Citizens had looked all but unstoppable.

Now that Reds top goalscorer Mohamed Salah has discovered his amazing form at Liverpool - despite emerging as a slight doubt ahead of the visit of City - scoring 17 goals and being directly involved in other five, and new reinforcer van Dijk is in the side, the Anfield outfit should throw a fight against Guardiola's unbeaten leaders.

Injured or Suspended Players:

Liverpool: Benjamin Mendy, Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus, Vincent Kompany.

Man City: Adam Bogdan, Nathaniel Clyne, Jordan Henderson, Daniel Sturridge, Mohamed Salah (Doubtful), Alberto Moreno (Doubtful).

Head-to-Head PL Record: Liverpool v Man City

2017/18 Premier League
Manchester City 5-0 Liverpool

2016/17 Premier League
Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool

2016/17 Premier League
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City

2015/16 Premier League
Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City

Liverpool v Man City Match Odds:

Liverpool - 2.92
Draw - 3.84
Man City - 2.44
All odds are with 1xBet and are subject to change.

Conclusion and Predictions:

And to make this game even more tempting to watch and our predictions look just reasonable to back, this game will likely see four of the top eight league goalscorers - Salah, Aguero, Sterling and Firmino - feature in a clash where both teams have averaged 3.5 (City) and 3.4 (Liverpool) goals per game this campaign - how not to take advantage of that?