Liverpool vs Tottenham predictions: Reds can secure title in style
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- Liverpool can secure the Premier League title with a point
- Tottenham lost 4-0 at Anfield in the Carabao Cup in February
- Recommended bet: Liverpool -1 on handicap
Anfield has long looked the obvious destination for the Premier League trophy this season and, following Arsenal's 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on Wednesday, Liverpool are within touching distance of the title.
The Reds have five matches left to play in this season's Premier League and require just a point to establish an unassailable lead.
Crucially, Arne Slot's side have the chance to secure the title in front of their own fans on Sunday and it seems unlikely they will slip up.
Standing in their way are a Tottenham side who have endured an abject Premier League campaign and could part ways with Ange Postecoglou at the end of the season, even if he is able to deliver silverware in the form of the Europa League.
Team news
Joe Gomez remains sidelined but Liverpool otherwise have a fully-fit squad.
Kevin Danso returned to action for Tottenham against Nottingham Forest on Monday, but Radu Dragusin will definitely miss out with a knee injury while Heung-Min Son is a doubt with a foot issue.
The stats
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Liverpool have won nine of their last 17 home games by at least two goals.
As for Tottenham, they have sustained four defeats in their last seven games in all competitions.
Liverpool have also excelled defensively this term and have kept the most clean sheets (14) in this season's Premier League.
In Mohamed Salah, they have the division's standout player this season as he has scored 27 goals as well as providing 18 assists.
Prediction
Few would disagree that Liverpool will be deserved winners of this season's Premier League.
In their first season under Slot, the Reds have lost just twice in the top flight and they have averaged 2.56 points per game at Anfield in the league.
Even when performances have not been wholly convincing, they have often still dug deep to get results and there is surely only one way Sunday's match will go.
Liverpool only need to avoid defeat to win the Premier League but they can go several steps further and should be motivated to win this match by two goals or more.
They are averaging more than two goals per game at home in the league (34 goals in 16 matches) and can draw confidence from the fact they hammered Spurs 4-0 at Anfield in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final tie as recently as February.
Tottenham had reason to show up in that game but the same cannot be said for Sunday.
The Europa League is the sole focus of Tottenham in the remaining weeks of the season with a crucial semi-final first leg against Bodo/Glimt taking place on Thursday.
They underwhelmed in a 2-1 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest in the league on Monday — their 18th league loss of the campaign — and they are unlikely to cause the Reds many problems this weekend.
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