A fierce duel will occur when Liverpool host Tottenham Hotspur on the 10th week of the English League at Anfield Stadium on Sunday (27/10) evening local time.
Liverpool benefited when serving Tottenham because it will play in front of the public itself. In addition, the confidence of Jurgen Klopp’s squad is also high because of the status of the top standings.
Whereas Tottenham in the ninth week ago only drew 1-1 at home to Watford. Although, the visitors’ mentality is rising because of the 5-0 win over Crvena Zvezda in the Champions League group stage.
Here are eight interesting facts ahead of the Liverpool vs Tottenham duel reported by Opta:
- Liverpool have only lost one of their last 13 meetings against Tottenham (eight wins and four draws). The only defeat occurred at Wembley Stadium with a score of 1-4 in 2017.
- Tottenham failed to win in the last eight trips to Liverpool headquarters (three draws and five defeats). The last win at Anfield occurred in 2011 with a score of 2-0 thanks to goals from Rafael van der Vaart and Luka Modric.
- Liverpool won in two meetings with Tottenham last season. In addition, the Reds beat the same opponent 2-0 in the Champions League final.
- Liverpool have only lost one of their last 48 league matches (39 wins, eight draws, one loss), which happened when they lost 1-2 to Man City. At Anfield, the Reds are unbeaten in 44 matches (34 wins and 10 draws).
- Liverpool have always won in the last 11 Premier League matches at Anfield. The longest winning streak of home wins was made in 13 consecutive wins between April and November 1985.
- Tottenham are without a win in the last 10 away games (two draws and one loss), including the 1-2 defeat to Liverpool in March. The longest winless record of Tottenham is 14 matches when coached by George Graham (May 2000-January 2001).
- Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, and Roberto Firmino scored 69 percent of Liverpool’s 52 goals at home last season.
- Salah scored six goals from the last eight matches when revealed as a starter against Tottenham in all competitions.