The upcoming 21st Premier League round brings on Sunday the top game between Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur. The Reds are on table rank 7 and 4 points behind the fourth placed Spurs.
English record champions Liverpool FC remained under their high expectations so far. The Reds are in the Premier League table only on rank 7 and already 12 points behind leader Chelsea FC. In the UEFA Champions League they retired in the group stage but qualified as third for the Europa League knock out stage, where Liverpool faces on FC Unirea Urziceni. Liverpool FC has won the last two Premier League games, at the 1-0 win at Birmingham against Aston Villa forward Fernando Torres scored his 50th Premier League goal in the Liverpool jersey and at the same time his 12th season goal in the running championship.
Tottenham Hotspur belongs to the top teams of the running Premier League season. The Spurs are fourth and therewith ahead Manchester City, Aston Villa and Liverpool FC. Tottenham is since 5 regular games (4x Premier League, 1x FA Cup) unbeaten and also without a goal against. The last defeat received the Spurs on 12 December, 2009 in the home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1). The team of manager Harry Redknapp lost only 2 of their 10 league away games (4 wins, 4 draws, 2 defeats). "Three Lions" forward Jermain Defoe scored 14 season goals so far and leads together with Didier Drogba and Wayne Rooney the Premier League goal scorers list.
FC Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League: Matchday 21
Sunday, 10.01.2010, 5:00 pm CET
Liverpool, Anfield Road
Not in squad:
FC Liverpool: Glen Johnson, Albert Riera (both injured), Javier Mascherano (susp)
Tottenham Hotspur: Carlo Cudicini, Aaron Lennon (both injured), Benoît Assou-Ekotto (Africa Cup)
Head-to-Head (last 5 Premier League meetings)
16.08.2009 - Tottenham vs Liverpool 2:1
24.05.2009 - Liverpool vs Tottenham 3:1
01.11.2008 - Tottenham vs Liverpool 2:1
11.05.2008 - Tottenham vs Liverpool 0:2
07.10.2007 - Liverpool vs Tottenham 2:2
My tip: Liverpool FC wins their home game against Tottenham Hotspur.
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