Playing at home at Anfield and only having to welcome bottom team Sheffield United, Liverpool is expected to win 3 points which could not be easier. This is also an opportunity for The Kop to win big and improve their goal difference.

Comment on the match Liverpool vs Sheffield

Last weekend, Liverpool once again showed their stubbornness when they came from behind to beat Brighton at home at Anfield. The Kop was conceded by Danny Welbeck in the 2nd minute. But Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah scored to help the port city team come back to win 2-1 in the end.

Another favorable result also came to Liverpool on Sunday when Man City and Arsenal drew at the Etihad. Thanks to that, Klopp’s army reclaimed the number 1 position lost to Arsenal in the previous round. Temporarily, Liverpool is in the best position in the Premier League championship race this season. The gap with second-place team Arsenal is 2 points while The Kop is 3 points ahead of Man City.

Liverpool came from behind to win against Brighton with bravery

This midweek match is an opportunity for Liverpool to frustrate Man City in the chase. While Liverpool only has to welcome Sheffield United at Anfield, Man City has to face Aston Villa, a team capable of taking points from the big guys. In case Man City loses points and Liverpool wins against Sheffield, the gap will increase to 5 to 6 points when there are only 8 rounds left in the season.

Of course, before paying attention to the rankings of their opponents, Liverpool needs to complete their own work well first. The port city team needs to deal with Sheffield United and this is a match where they are not allowed to stumble.

This season, Liverpool is the team with the best home record in the Premier League. After 15 matches, The Kop has won 12 victories and 3 draws. Liverpool and Man City are the only two teams still unbeaten at home this season. More broadly, Liverpool have been unbeaten in their last 27 home matches in the Premier League.

The brightest stars in Liverpool’s attack are back and ready to shine. Mohamed Salah has recovered from injury and stood side by side with Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz over the weekend. These names ensure that goals will come to Liverpool and that is what is needed in the sprint phase of this season.

Currently, Liverpool is the second best scoring team in the Premier League, only behind Arsenal. That’s why Liverpool is inferior to Arsenal in terms of goal difference. And the upcoming match with Sheffield United will open up an opportunity for Liverpool to narrow the difference a bit compared to Arsenal, thereby further improving their ability to compete for the throne this season.

The away team Sheffield United is really just waiting for the official relegation date to take place. The distance to a safe position is 7 points, but another painful problem is that The Blades are 34 points behind. There is no way this team can bridge that unbelievable gap in a short time.

Sheffield United unfortunately lost points to Fulham

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Last weekend, Sheffield United showed great effort when leading Fulham with a score of 3-1. But two goals lost in the 86th and 93rd minutes caused Sheffield to only win 1 point. Weakness is easy to see in Sheffield and this draw-like result has an even greater impact on the players’ morale. There really won’t be any miracles that will happen to Sheffield’s exhausted army this season. It is even difficult for them to improve their current bottom position.

Sheffield United is the team scoring the worst goals and also the team conceding the most goals in the Premier League this season. The difference of -50 is a shock and shows that Chris Wilder’s team does not have the class of a Premier League team. It is very difficult for Sheffield to make it difficult for Liverpool in the upcoming match at Anfield.

The last time Sheffield United won against Liverpool was in 1994. However, this team has lost in the last 6 confrontations with Liverpool. In the first leg, Liverpool handled Sheffield without much difficulty with a score of 2-0 and an overwhelming position. And perhaps Sheffield cannot even hold the ball 24% like in the first leg when having to play in a stadium with huge pressure like Anfield.

Special commentary Liverpool vs Sheffield United

Liverpool won without conceding: Liverpool is highly rated in this match and has a win rate of up to 91%. In addition to winning, Liverpool is also expected to keep a clean sheet when facing an opponent with the worst attack in the Premier League this season like Sheffield.

Liverpool wins by 3 goals or more: In the context that the best attacking players have returned, Liverpool will easily defeat Sheffield United. The away team is struggling at the bottom of the table and is unlikely to bring any threat in the next match.

Less than 10 corners: With Liverpool winning easily and Sheffield having trouble getting on the ball, this match is also likely to have few corners. Liverpool collected an average of 7.3 corners in the last 10 matches. But if there is an early goal, the number of corners that Liverpool takes will probably decrease.

Predicted result Liverpool vs Sheffield United: 3-0

Information surrounding the match Liverpool vs Sheffield United

• Liverpool: Joel Matip, Diogo Jota, Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, Stefan Bajcetic and Thiago Alcantara are the players definitely absent. Curtis Jones and Andy Robertson are close to returning.
• Sheffield United: Max Lowe, Norrington-Davies, Chris Basham, John Egan, George Baldock, Rhian Brewster and Tom Davies are injured. Cameron Archer has a slight pain.

– Liverpool won their last 6 matches against Sheffield United.

– 4/5 recent confrontations had less than 2 goals.

– Liverpool opened the scoring in 4/5 recent matches.

– The last 9 confrontations had less than 5 penalty cards.

– Liverpool conceded in 5 recent matches in a row.

– 4/5 of Liverpool’s last matches had more than 2 goals.

– 4/5 of Liverpool’s last matches had less than 5 penalty cards.

– 5/7 of Liverpool’s last 7 matches had more than 10 corner kicks.

– Sheffield United is on a 5-match winless streak.

– 9/10 of Sheffield’s most recent matches had more than 2 goals.

– 5/6 of Sheffield’s last matches had more than 10 corner kicks.

– Liverpool’s win rate in this match is 91%.

– Referee Stuart Attwell gives out an average of 0.15 red cards and 3.66 yellow cards per match.