Liverpool welcome Wolves to Anfield in this weekend’s concluding Super Sunday match exclusively live on Amazon Prime in Sunday Night Football.
Should Tottenham slip up against Arsenal earlier in day, Liverpool could go top with a win whilst Wolves could go fourth if Leicester fail to beat Sheffield United.
Team News
Alisson is ruled out for Liverpool with a hamstring injury which forced him to sit out Tuesday’s win over Ajax in the Champions League.
Naby Keita (hamstring), Trent Alexander-Arnold (calf), Andrew Robertson (ankle) and Jordan Henderson (back) are expected to be fit for selection unlike Xherdan Shaqiri (muscle), James Milner (hamstring), Thiago Alcantara, Joe Gomez, Virgil Van Dijk and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (all knee) who remain absent indefinitely.
Wolves will be without Raul Jimenez after the striker suffered a fractured skull during their win at Arsenal last Sunday evening.
Jonny (knee) is also absent but Romain Saiss is available after recovering from Coronavirus.
Stat Attack
- Liverpool are unbeaten in their last seven league meetings against Wolves (W7).
- Wolves have won one of their last five league trips to Anfield (W1, L4).
- In 12 previous Premier League meetings, neither team has been awarded a penalty.
- Coming into this matchweek, Liverpool have scored 22 league goals which is one less goal than they managed at this stage last season.
- No Wolves player has lost more aerial battles this season than Leander Dendoncker, who has lost 21 aerial battles in nine appearances.
Prediction
Liverpool put in an uncharacteristic performance at Brighton last weekend before needing to dig deep in midweek to beat Ajax, which is a worry in this cramped season because any slight slips could potentially turn into lulls if not careful.
Wolves on the other hand were absolutely solid with two clinical goals and proper dangerous in aerial battles at Arsenal after soaking up early pressure, which could stand them in good stead here on top of the better fitness recovery period despite losing Jimenez to a serious injury.
It is therefore easy to go for a Liverpool win here given their recent league record in this fixture but the Reds have produced two contrasting Sunday evening performances this season, plus have a serious injury crisis which might well play nicely into Wolves’ hands if can replicate last weekend’s effort.
Prediction: Liverpool 1-2 Wolves
Result: Liverpool 4-0 Wolves
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