Relegation-battling Leeds United meet top-four chasing Liverpool in a massive Premier League encounter.
Victory could lift 17th-placed Leeds up to 16th if Nottingham Forest fail to win at Everton, whilst Liverpool can climb to fourth if Chelsea and Sunderland both lose elsewhere.
Team News
Leeds could be without Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Lukas Nmecha due to respective calf and hamstring injuries, although the pair did start in their 3-1 midweek win over Chelsea.
Dan James (hamstring) and Sean Longstaff (calf) remain ruled out.
Liverpool could be without Joe Gomez after the defender struggled with a knock in their 1-1 draw against Sunderland.
Conor Bradley (muscle) could return but Jeremie Frimpong (hamstring) and Giovanni Leoni (ACL) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Leeds meet Liverpool at Elland Road on Saturday 6 December at 5:30pm GMT, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Leeds have won just one of their last 11 Premier League meetings against Liverpool (W1, D2, L8).
- Liverpool are unbeaten in their last six league visits to Leeds (W4, D2).
- Mohamed Salah has scored three goals in Liverpool’s last two visits to Leeds (W2).
- Leeds are looking to claim consecutive home victories in the Premier League for the first time since August 2022.
- No Liverpool player this season has been involved in more league goals than Cody Gakpo, with the Dutchman having produced four goals and three assists in 14 matches.
Prediction
After their late defeat at Manchester City, Leeds could of let their heads drop against Chelsea yet they came out and picked up their intensity which absolutely battered the Blues, and they now need to bring that same quality because Liverpool’s shaky defence is there to be beaten.
Arne Slot’s Reds though will be thankful that Alisson is back because they just struggled to deal with Sunderland’s direct play and could of easily lost if not for Alisson’s saves, whilst their midfield and attacking play lacked strong leadership to take the game by the scruff of the neck when got forward.
Liverpool will also likely have one eye on their tricky Champions League trip to Inter Milan on Tuesday evening which could give Leeds more attacking motivation, but I do think that this could well end in a draw if Liverpool can continue to slowly rediscover their spark.
Prediction: Leeds 1-1 Liverpool
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