Manchester City and Liverpool are going to take on on Saturday the 1st of April at 12:30 pm in the 29th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium. The chosen referee is Simon Hooper.
Manchester City sits in the 2nd position in the league with 61 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 19 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Manchester City won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 5th of February against Tottenham Hotspur and the score was 1-0.
Liverpool occupies the 6th place in the standings with 42 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against AFC Bournemouth in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 12 times, draw 6 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 40.74%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (11 times), 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 3-2-4-1 (5 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Liverpool with the following players: Ederson Moraes, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Jack Grealish, Rodri Hernández, Kevin De Bruyne, İlkay Gündoğan and Bernardo Silva.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Manchester City would be 29.00.
There are doubts about the presence of Erling Haaland.
Phil Foden will definitely miss the match.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of Benjamin Mendy who is suspended.
Liverpool
Liverpool has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 76.92%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (20 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 Manchester City with the following players: Alisson, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konaté, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andrew Robertson, Harvey Elliott, Fabinho, James Milner, Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo.
If the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Liverpool would be 28.30.
There are doubts about the presence of Darwin Nuñez.
Jürgen Klopp will probably not be able to employ Joe Gomez, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Thiago Alcântara, Jordan Henderson and Luis Díaz because of injury.
Calvin Ramsey and Stefan Bajcetic Maquieira will definitely miss the match.
