Liverpool-Burnley is a match on the 24th day of the Premier League and is played Saturday at 4 p.m.: live TV, likely lineups, predictions.
Liverpool’s unbeaten streak in the league, which had been going on since last September, was broken last Sunday in the direct clash with Arsenal (3-1). This time, the absence of Salah, still injured, weighed heavily: Jurgen Klopp’s team appeared unrecognizable, and the numbers also explain it, as it only managed on one occasion to engage Gunners goalkeeper Raya.
A defeat puts Liverpool’s top spot in question: the Reds are still at the top of the table but behind them is Manchester City, which has one game less-they will make it up at the end of the month against Brentford-and could potentially be ahead. The Cityzens currently have two points less and are paired with Arsenal itself, another team that can continue to dream of the title. Expected, then, is an immediate reaction from Klopp’s men, who will take the field a few hours after the match between City and Everton (for once they will have to hope for a feat from their cousins) and will already know whether or not Guardiola’s battleship has carried out the feared overtaking.
Liverpool to forget the Emirates Stadium rout will leverage the home factor: it is the only one, along with Manchester City, that has not yet lost at home.
The match with Vincent Kompany’s Burnley, pinned for months now to second-to-last place in the standings, should hold no surprises. The Clarets continue to struggle and according to bookmakers have very little chance of keeping their category. Despite the adjustments made by the Belgian coach, victories are struggling to come: since October, Burnley has gotten the better of only Sheffield United and Fulham. Kompany, having to do without Koleosho and Redmond, will give confidence in attack to Fofana, author of a double last Saturday. On the other side Klopp does not recover Salah and probably neither Szoboszlai. In defense, Konaté, who was sent off in the final of the match with the Gunners, will be missing.
The prediction
Liverpool wants to react after the defeat to Arsenal and against the dangerous Burnley a full victory should come. At least three goals total
Liverpool-Burnley
likely lineups.
LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, van Dijk, Gomez; Jones, Mac Allister, Elliott; Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz.
BURNLEY (4-4-2): Trafford; Assignon, O’Shea, Esteve, Vitinho; Gudmundsson, Berge, Brownhill, Odobert; Fofana, Foster.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-0
