PREDICTED STARTING LINE UP: Liverpool vs Manchester United – 05-01-2025 Premier League – England

Great for fans and soccer fantasy: the possible starting line ups with the players that will play the match between Liverpool and Manchester United on Sunday the 5th of January.

PREDICTED STARTING LINE UP: Liverpool vs Manchester United - 05-01-2025 Premier League - England

Liverpool and Manchester United are going to face on Sunday the 5th of January at 4:30 pm in the 20th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Liverpool at the Anfield. The referee will be Michael Oliver.

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Liverpool​

Liverpool has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (17 times or 94.44%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (17 times) and 4-3-3 (once).

Arne Slot is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: Alisson, Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk , Jarell Quansah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah, Luis Díaz and Darwin Núñez.

Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Liverpool would be 28.09.

Arne Slot will probably not be able to employ Conor Bradley  and Ibrahima Konaté  because of injury.

Joe Gomez will definitely miss the match.

Manchester United​

Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (11 times or 57.89%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 3-4-2-1 (7 times) and 3-4-3 (once).

Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim is expected to play against Liverpool with the following players: André Onana, M. de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui , Lisandro Martínez, Diogo Dalot, Manuel Ugarte, Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo, Alejandro Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes and R. Højlund.

If the line up is confirmed, the average age of Manchester United would be 25.18.

V. Lindelöf, Luke Shaw , Mason Mount and Marcus Rashford will definitely miss the match.