Liverpool FC, at this point, are basically “champions-elect.” It’s not officially official yet, but they will win the Premier League, and it’s “when,” not “if.” Leicester City, likewise, have their destination set. They will be relegated. It hasn’t happened mathematically yet, but it is coming.
So Sunday’s match is between two sides where the outcome is already determined.
Liverpool FC at Leicester City FYIs
Kick: Sun. April. 20, 4:30pm, King Power Stadium, Manchester, UK
Liverpool Preview Material: Team News Starting Lineup Prediction
Google Result Probability: Liverpool FC 79% Leicester City 8% Draw 13%
Premier League Standing, Form: Liverpool FC 1st, 76 pts, WWWLW Leicester City 19th, 18 pts, LLLLD
It evokes one of the worst/most overdone cliches in sports “control their own destiny.” Well, if it’s “destiny,” then it was controlled by some sort of higher power, right? You can’t “control” it.
It should be “control their own end result/outcome/destination.” That would make more sense.
Liverpool FC Starting Lineup Prediction at Leicester City
Alisson Becker; Curtis Jones, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Federico Chiesa; Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister; Mo Salah, Harvey Elliott, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota
Paul M. Banks is the Founding Editor of The Sports Bank. He’s also the author of “Transatlantic Passage: How the English Premier League Redefined Soccer in America,” and “No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry.”
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