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2021-01-17 13:08
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On Sunday, at 6:30 p.m. Lithuanian, awaits a duel between the eternal rivals Liverpool and Manchester United at the Anfield stadium.
These matches have caused quite a stir around the world, even when the teams are not going through the best times, and this season the duel will be special, as both teams take the title of “Premier League”.
The portal “Eurofootball.lt” invites you to know the next matches and the most important aspects that can determine the outcome of the duel.
Ranking position
Man Utd finished on the high note last season and returned to the UEFA Champions League, but probably no one expected that the “red devils” could start with the champions Liverpool or Manchester City.
Although Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team started the season stagnant, best illustrated by a painful 1: 6 loss to Tottenham, Man Utd has been building up steadily of late and has risen to number one in the standings with Burnley midway through the season. week after playing a postponed game. .
Liverpool have not been the dominant force this season, sweeping one opponent after another. Not only the complicated calendar of the season contributes to this, but also the injuries that hit the team.
Jurgen Klopp’s students haven’t won in the Premier League for the last three games in a row and if they run out of a win tonight, they can start the week in fourth place in the standings.
Traumatized players
This season, all teams must accept a greater number of injuries and players can lose at any time due to a positive coronavirus test.
Still, Man Utd is in a much better position in this place. The lone more serious defeat of the “red devils” in this match may be Anthony Martialis, but there is a good chance that the Frenchman is ready for this deadly battle.
OG Solskjaer confirmed at a press conference that the team will definitely not be helped in this match by Brandon Williams, who has barely competed this season and has already been forgotten by Phil Jones.
Jurgen Klopp’s situation is much worse. The German has long practiced without his main defender Virgil van Dijk, and Joe Gómez, Diogo Jota, Naby Keita and Kostas Tsimikas have also suffered injuries. Not only that, it is still unclear if another defender, Joel Matipas, will be able to help his team.
Leaders
As for the leaders, Mohamed Salah is once again the brightest in Liverpool this season. The Egyptian has already scored 13 Premier League goals this season and has provided three assists.
Andrew Robertson, who has helped teammates five times, shines on the successful passing schedule this season. This season, the Scotsman far outstrips his teammate on the other defensive edge of Trent-Alexander Arnold.
With the loss of two key defenders, Brazilian Fabinho’s role on the field became crucial. The shooting guard sometimes even repairs gaps in the middle of defense and leads in statistical categories such as intercepted balls or aerial duels won.
It’s probably not surprising to say that the Man Utd game continues to revolve around Bruno Fernandes. Portugal has already won the League Player of the Month award twice this season, and has received such recognition four times in a calendar year. No player has been able to do that so far.
The offensive defender has already scored 11 Premier League goals and given up to seven assists. It should be noted that Fernandes started the season a bit slow, which was strongly reflected in Man Utd’s results. It is clear that Portugal is the axis that turns the whole mechanism of the “red devils”.
Captain Harry Maguire, who has received much criticism, has recently seemed like a pillar of the defense to trust. Many football experts think this has to do with the return of Eric Bailly, whose team with the captain looks really solid.
Betting prediction
Betting companies consider Liverpool footballers playing at home as little favorites, with a profit of around 50%. probability. Bettors estimate the odds of United winning to be around 26%.
It is also interesting that bettors expect a fairly productive duel in which at least three goals will be scored.
Eurofootball.lt guessing
It should definitely be a hot duel with no shortage of emotions and a tough duel. Still, a draw in this match probably wouldn’t be the worst result for both teams, so we can’t rule out the possibility that the image on the pitch is reminiscent of a Manchester derby that ended goalless.
„Eurofootball.lt“ spėjimas: „Liverpool“ 1: 1 „Manchester United“
