Liverpool - Tottenham Hotspur predictions and free betting tips [05/05/2024]

On Sunday, 5 May, as part of the 36th tour of the Premier League, Liverpool will host Tottenham. This weekend, Jurgen Klopp's team could lose all hope for the title, while the Spurs are fighting to finish in the Champions League top four and simply cannot afford to stumble.

Predicted Line-ups

Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Konate, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Endo, Mac Allister; Salah, Nunez, Diaz.
Tottenham: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Emerson; Bentancur, Bissouma; Kulusevski, Maddison, Johnson; Son.

Stadium

The match will take place in Liverpool at Anfield Stadium.

Liverpool

Having spent the whole season fighting with Arsenal and Manchester City for the Premier League title, Liverpool unfortunately stumbled at the most inopportune moment. With 3 tours left to go in the national campaign, the Reds are in the 3rd place in the tournament table, trailing the top spot by 5 points. In the last five matches, the Reds have won only once, drawing twice and losing twice. After a sensational loss to Everton (2:0), the hosts once again dropped precious points in a duel with West Ham last weekend (2:2).

In addition, Jurgen Klopp's spat with Mohamed Salah on the brow of the field made all the newspaper headlines, and the unsavoury argument basically symbolizes the team's collapse this spring. Thus, the German coach's final season at the helm of the Reds may end in disappointment, given exits from the quarterfinals of the Europa League and the Cup of the country. Liverpool also risks losing three home matches in a row for the first time since the covid era in 2021. 

Tottenham

In 5th place in the Premier League table with one game in hand and falling 7 points behind the top four, Tottenham finds itself in a very slim spot in the fight to finish in the Champions League zone. Their hope was alive not long ago, but lately, the Spurs have lost their way: in the last three tours, Ange Postecoglou's charges lost to Newcastle (4:0), Arsenal last weekend (2:3), and Chelsea this week in a postponed match (2:0). Trevoh Chalobah put the blues ahead, and Nicolas Jackson doubled the advantage of the aristocrats from the rebound after Cole Palmer's free kick.

Tottenham's twenty-two conceded goals from set pieces in the Premier League is the third worst after Nottingham Forest (26) and Sheffield United (23); moreover, the guests have to their credit only one clean sheet in the last 17 tours. As a result, if Spurs suffer a fourth defeat in a row on Sunday and Aston Villa beats Brighton, the Londoners' chances for the Champions League would officially evaporate. 

Face-to-face meetings

In the first round of the current championship in September, Tottenham dealt with Liverpool in London with a score of 2:1, although they hadn't been able to defeat the Reds in the previous 12 matches.

Match forecast for Liverpool – Tottenham

Despite Klopp's team being in crisis, the hosts simply have to take all three points this Sunday. The fact is that Tottenham is in an even deeper crisis, and the abundance of personnel losses is compounded by three losses in a row. Taking into account the short amount of time to recover before the upcoming match, the guests will definitely experience physical difficulties, and so I bet on the triumphant victory of the Reds with a handicap of -1.

Total forecast

Liverpool failed to score even once in the last two home matches, and this is a real anomaly. Obviously, the team has to break through sooner or later, therefore I bet on the total goals over 3.5.

Corner kick forecast

With the support of their home tribunes, Liverpool will play the first number and will besiege the Londoners' goal from the start, so we confidently bet on Reds' individual total over (ITO) 5.5 corners.

Yellow cards forecast

Tottenham will have to defend a lot, and consequently, the Spurs will get more yellow cards.

Score forecast

I'll bet on the exact score of 3:1 in favour of Liverpool.