Liverpool vs Sheffield United
England – Premier League
Date: Thursday, 2 January 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
Venue: Anfield.
Liverpool take on Sheffield United this evening as they bid to extend their winning record into the new year.
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Liverpool restored their 13-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Wolves on Sunday.
But the Reds squad continues to be plagued by injuries so Klopp will be keen to protect his prized assets as they navigate through a hectic fixture schedule.
Predicted line-ups
Liverpool vs Sheffield United Head-to-head (h2h)
Teams Liverpool Sheffield United played so far 5 matches.
Liverpool won 3 direct matches. Sheffield United won 1 matches. 1 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.40 goals per Match.
Liverpool vs Sheffield United Prediction
Liverpool in actual season average scored 2.35 goals per match. In 15 (88.24%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 13 (76.47%) matches in season 2020 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Sheffield United average scored 1.45 goals per match in season 2020. In 13 (81.25%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 6 (37.50%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
Liverpool's Xherdan Shaqiri has been ruled out with a hamstring injury but Jurgen Klopp has reported no new injury concerns.
Fabinho, Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all remain sidelined for the Reds.
Match officials
Referee: Paul Tierney. Assistants: Daniel Cook, Harry Lennard. Fourth official: Anthony Taylor. VAR: Kevin Friend. Assistant VAR: Matthew Wilkes.