Liverpool and Leicester City will take on on Friday the 30th of December at 8:00 pm in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Liverpool at the Anfield. The encounter will be officiated by Craig Pawson.
Liverpool is in the 6th place in the standings with 25 points. It comes from a 1-3 win against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 7 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Liverpool won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 29th of October against Leeds United and the score was 1-2.
Leicester City sits in the 13th position in the table with 17 points. It comes from a 0-3 loss against Newcastle United in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 5 times, drawn twice, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Liverpool
Liverpool has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 60.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (9 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times) and 4-2-3-1 (2 times).
Jürgen Klopp is expected to play against Leicester City with the following players: A. Becker, A. Robertson, V. van Dijk, J. Matip, T. Alexander-Arnold, F. Tavares, J. Henderson, T. Alcântara do Nascimento, H. Elliot, M. Salah Ghaly and D. Núñez Ribeiro.
If the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Liverpool would be 28.00.
J. Gomez, J. Milner, C. Jones, A. Ramos de Oliveira Melo, L. Díaz Marulanda, R. Firmino and D. Teixeira da Silva will definitely miss the match.
Leicester City
Leicester City has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 68.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (11 times), 3-5-1-1 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
Brendan Rodgers is expected to play against Liverpool with the following players: D. Ward, L. Thomas, W. Faes, D. Amartey, T. Castagne, B. Soumaré, Y. Tielemans, H. Barnes, K. Dewsbury-Hall, A. Pérez and P. Daka.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Leicester City would be 25.80.
R. Bertrand, J. Evans, J. Justin, R. Pereira, J. Maddison and D. Praet will definitely miss the match.
