Liverpool are going away to relegation threatened Huddersfield as they look to snap their winless run that sent them into the international break. Despite the loss of form, Liverpool are still tied at the top with City and Chelsea so they are still well into the title race. Liverpool have had great success against small teams this season and they will hope that they can continue that by defeating sloppy Huddersfield this weekend.
Key Facts
Huddersfield are yet to win a league game this season. 0W 3D 5L and they sit 18th.
Huddersfield have the tied worst goal scoring record in the premier league with just 4 goals in 8 games
Huddersfield also have the 2nd worst defensive record having conceded 17 goals in 8 game and only keeping one clean sheet.
Huddersfield have lost all 3 of their matches against big 6 this season on average by 3.3 goals (0-3 vs Chelsea, 6-1 @ City and 0-2 vs Tottenham)
Huddersfield are yet to score at home this season. 4 games 0 goals.
Last season Liverpool defeated Huddersfield 3-0 in both meetings.
Liverpool have the tied best defensive record in the league this season having just conceded 3 goals. 5 clean sheets in 8 games
Liverpool have failed to win their previous 4 games in all competitions however they faced a brutal schedule of Chelsea x2 Napoli and Man City
Salah Mane and Firmino have all failed to score in their previous 4 apps for Liverpool.
Liverpool have faced 4 teams from bottom 10 and beat them all while keeping a clean sheet against all of them this season. (4-0 vs West Ham, 0-2 @ Palace, 1-0 vs Brighton, 3-0 vs Southampton)
Team News
Huddersfield Town: Huddersfield will be without Tommy Smith, Terrence Kongolo and Danny Williams who are all out with injuries meanwhile Billing and Mbenza could both be available for Huddersfield depending how their injury assessment goes. Otherwise, Huddersfield have all of their remaining main players healthy. Expect Huddersfield to play very deep in their own half and try to frustrate Liverpool for the most part of the game.
Liverpool: Liverpool could be very depleted coming into this game. Salah, Mane, Milner and Van Dijk could all be out as they have picked up injuries and will have to be assessed before the game whether they can go or not. Furthermore Naby Keira will definitely miss out too. Liverpool could pretty much be without half of their first team for this match and we could see then likes of Shaqiri, Sturridge start while at the back it’d be Gomez and Lovren if van Dijk can’t go. It would still on paper be a good side and Liverpool are expected to win.
Betting Tips and Predictions
We’ve still got Liverpool winning this game despite the potential absentees. Huddersfield are simply awful and that’s why the reds should win. We expect Liverpool to keep a clean sheet despite van Dijk being out due to the fact that Huddersfield are top 2 worst goal scoring sides and they haven’t even bagged a goal at home against worse oppositions. Lovren and Gomez are good enough to stop them. Liverpool to win to nil at 1.85 is a good bet and so is under 2.5 goals. Liverpool are not showing good goal scoring form this season, highly doubt they’ll score more than 2 especially if Mane and Salah are out. We’re looking at a 0-1/0-2 grind out win for Liverpool. Firmino to score anytime at 2.35 is worth the look considering that Salah and Mane May be out.
Match Odds (TonyBet)
Huddersfield Town Win – 11.25
Draw – 5.35
Liverpool Win – 1.32
KICK OFF – 20th October 2018 – 5:30pm UK Time
