It’s a definitive litmus test/measuring stick/make or break (pick you cliche) kind of match when Manchester City visits Liverpool this weekend. It truly has been “The Game” in the Premier League for all of the 2020s, and also the late 2010s. Whenever these two sides get together these days, you really don’t need to say a whole lot in order to explain its magnitude.
The standings and the numbers speak for themselves.
Liverpool FC vs Manchester City FYIs
Kick: Sun. Dec. 1, 2pm, Anfield, Liverpool, UK
Team News: Liverpool FC Manchester City
Starting XI Predictions: Liverpool FC Manchester City
Google Result Probability: Liverpool 46% Man City 28% Draw 26%
Premier League Standing, Form: Liverpool 1st, 31 pts, WDWWWL Manchester City 2nd, 23 pts, WWWLL
Liverpool FC Starting XI Prediction vs Man City
Caomhin Kelleher; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister; Mo Salah, Dominic Szoboszlai, Luis Diaz; Darwin Nunez
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