Liverpool’s chase for a quadruple is well on course, ahead of their League Cup semi-final return leg at home to Tottenham Hotspur. The two sides will meet on Thursday at Anfield with hosts Liverpool keen on overturning a 1-0 deficit from the first leg. Read on for our prediction of the match.
The Reds come into the game having topped the Champions League league phase and off a commanding lead in the Premier League. They are two wins away from a first trophy of the season but first is a hurdle they’ve often overcome.
In the last 16 meetings with Spurs, Liverpool lost just twice
Tottenham Hotspur will be fired up for this game as they seek to end their trophy drought. They are doing badly in the league and there aren’t many guarantees in the FA Cup. Their league campaign is already shambolic, with Spurs being 14th with 27 points.
With a slim lead here, they will want to frustrate Liverpool at Anfield. Avoiding defeat here will hand Spurs the ticket to face either Arsenal or Newcastle United in the final.
There’s renewed confidence at the side after bagging back-to-back wins ahead of this game. The latest of them was a 2-1 away victory at Brentford in the Premier League.
The last meeting between these two teams witnessed the first clean sheet in 10 matches pitting them against each other. The deciding goal back then came late in the game. We expect a return to the high-scoring nature this fixture is known for.
Not just that, but with the confidence both teams carry here, we can’t rule out at least a goal on either end. The two sides haven't kept many clean sheets in their individual matches either. Our prediction for Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur is for both teams to score.