Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool
An important two weeks are coming for the Premier League before sitting down and enjoying the Qatar World Cup.
For football fans around the world, this means there will be constant performances, but players in Europe’s top leagues have to focus fully on the domestic league as important points are at stake over the next two weeks. Even more so for England’s first division.
In his choice for this weekend’s game, manager Jürgen Klopp will take Liverpool to London, which is struggling to face Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur this weekend. With Tottenham on the rise to third place in the Premier League, Liverpool is falling to ninth place and is 15 points apart from the leading Liverpool.
With Manchester United currently enjoying some signs of revival, the recent Premier League 2022 dividend sees Tottenham and Liverpool as fourth and fifth in the favorites. And more importantly, one of them will not make it to the Champions League, with Chelsea continuing this competition together.
The two teams will play in this match after their Champions League victory. However, while Tottenham came from behind to win their last Premier League match against Bournemouth, Liverpool suffered a series of league defeats against struggling Nottingham Forest and Leeds United.
And of course, this game features two of the world’s most popular strikers.
Issues
Kane vs Salah
Erling Haaland is likely to win the Premier League Golden Boot this year. But Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah, who are in second and third place, show SBOTOP dividends of 13.00 and 51.00.
Kane has already scored 10 goals and Liverpool’s top scorer is Roberto Firmino, who has scored six. But Salah is gaining some momentum and has scored four goals and four assists in the Premier League. And in the Champions League, he scored the most goals with seven goals in the group stage.
Liverpool’s injuries are hampered in the attack area because Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz will be absent until the end of the World Cup. So they rely heavily on their national team players who never remain silent for long.
Looking at London, Kane has been enjoying the best start of the season for a while and is expected to lead England in Qatar. Harry’s honorary citizenship in London is not surprising, as he scored 193 goals in 292 appearances for Tottenham and 51 goals in 75 appearances for England.
A good week in Europe
Tottenham advanced to the Champions League round of 16 with a late turnaround at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome.
Leeds were overwhelmed for most of the first half and did not play much in the attack, with Olympique Marseille leading the way with defender Chansel Mbemba.
However, Conte’s team was not easy to beat and Clement Lengle scored the equalizer in a never-deterred manner, and Pierre-Emile Hoivier scored the winning goal in extra time.
Kane said, “In terms of physical strength, we’re a really strong team, so we can always hit hard in the second half. Just being in that situation doesn’t cause much confusion.”
Liverpool’s Premier League 2022 performance has been particularly disappointing this season, and the Champions League home game against Napoli has been an opportunity to console Liverpool fans. They beat the Italian team with strong momentum thanks to second-half goals from Salah and Darwin Nunez.
It was a perfect way for Anfield fans to shake off memories of a 2-1 loss to Leeds and move on to the top of the Golden Boot competition.
Liverpool and Napoli advanced to the round of 16.
Last matches
With 31 wins and 14 wins, Liverpool are ahead of Tottenham. But last season’s two games ended in a draw, 1-1 at Anfield and 2-2 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
In terms of recent performance, Tottenham has three wins, one draw and two losses in the last six games of all competitions, and Liverpool has four wins and two losses.
The last time Tottenham beat Liverpool at home was in 2017, but Klopp Gamdogee’s players were not good in league away games. They had two draws and three losses in the away game.