Another chapter of one of English football’s most heated rivalries will be written when Liverpool host Manchester United, with the visitors surprisingly carrying the better form going into the clash.
The international break couldn’t have come at a better time for Liverpool, whose dominant start to the campaign has since experienced a catastrophic reversal with three successive defeats.
Each of those losses were away from home, with two being in the Premier League and resulting in them losing their place at the top of the table, but the Anfield faithful should have full trust in their team’s ability to get back on track here since Liverpool have lost just two of their last 53 home league matches, winning 41 and drawing 10.
United make the short trip down the M62 in tenth place prior to the weekend, five points behind their hosts after winning two of their last three Premier League matches following a 2-0 victory over Sunderland before the break.
The Red Devils went throughout the entirety of last season without winning back-to-back league games, and the odds of them doing so here are against them considering they’re winless in their last eight away top-flight fixtures (two draws and six losses) – their longest such streak since going 11 without victory in 1989.
