Liverpool vs Tottenham Bet Builder Predictions

Anfield stages the Premier League’s late-Sunday kick-off and the numbers point to another profitable afternoon for Arne Slot’s Liverpool against a Tottenham side in free-fall. The Reds, beaten 1-0 by Galatasaray in mid-week, remain heavy favourites to see off relegation-haunted Spurs, who were thumped 5-2 at Atlético Madrid on Tuesday and have lost five league games on the spin.

Recent history is emphatically on Liverpool’s side: five of the last six meetings have ended 4-2, 6-3, 4-0, 5-1 and 2-1 to the Merseysiders. With Micky van de Ven suspended and Cristian Romero injured, Hugo Ekitike will eye another goal against a makeshift centre-back pairing of Kevin Danso and Radu Dragusin. Seven of the French striker’s 11 Premier League goals this season have come at Anfield, where he also scored in January’s 4-1 FA Cup win over Barnsley and the 6-0 Champions League rout of Qarabag.

A slow start is unlikely to hurt the hosts: four of their last five league fixtures, plus last week’s 3-1 FA Cup win at Wolves, were goalless at half-time. Overall, 68 per cent of Liverpool’s league goals this term have arrived after the interval, suggesting patience could be rewarded in-play.

For Tottenham, discipline is a growing concern. Richarlison, cautioned ten times already this campaign, has been carded in each of his last two appearances against Liverpool and averages 1.1 fouls per 90 minutes in the league and 1.9 in Europe. With interim boss Igor Tudor desperate to keep the contest tight, the Brazilian’s combative streak could again land him in the book.

Racing Post tipster James Milton has combined those strands into a 4-1 Bet Builder: Ekitike to score anytime, Liverpool to win, both teams to score in the second half and Richarlison to be shown a card.