Week 17 – Tottenham vs Liverpool – Sport Grill

Tottenham entertain title-chasing Liverpool in a blockbuster Premier League clash. 

Depending on results elsewhere, victory could see Tottenham go as high as seventh in the table.

If Chelsea win at Everton in the mid-afternoon kick-offs, Liverpool will return to the summit with a win.

Team News

Tottenham could welcome Timo Werner back into contention after he missed their Carabao Cup win over Manchester United, due to illness.

Destiny Udogie (quad) faces a late fitness check.

Guglielmo Vicario (ankle), Mickey van de Ven (leg), Cristian Romero (quad), Rodrigo Bentancur (suspension), Ben Davies, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison (all hamstring) are sidelined.

Liverpool will welcome Andrew Robertson back from his one-match ban, which saw him miss their Carabao Cup victory at Southampton.

Conor Bradley (hamstring) and Ibrahima Konate (knee) remain sidelined.

When is Kick-Off?

Spurs host Liverpool at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday 22 December at 4:30pm GMT, live on Sky Sports in the UK.

Stat Attack

• Tottenham have won one of their last 13 league meetings against Liverpool (W1, D3, L9).
• Liverpool have lost one of their last six league trips to Tottenham (W4, D1, L1).
• Tottenham’s Son Heung-min and Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo both scored in both meetings last season.
• Spurs have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last seven league games at home (W3, D1, L3).
• Liverpool are looking to avoid recording three consecutive top-flight draws for the first time since October 2015.

Prediction

Having produced a superb attacking display in the first hour of their win against Man Utd, Tottenham just switched off defensively at the back and especially Fraser Forster who must refocus quickly for this big game.

Liverpool will relish this trip after resting several regulars at Southampton in midweek but having not been at their best in their last two league games, they will need to show more energy but be more defensively solid if want to win.

Either way both teams aren’t defensively in form but do have the attacking quality to get at each other, so I do expect a competitive battle but Liverpool’s freshness might be the difference.

Prediction: Tottenham 1-2 Liverpool