football | Sreda, Oktobar 12, 2022 1:56 PM

Liverpool vs Man City Bet Builder: 2.90 Builder for Sunday’s Crucial Premier League Clash

Sam Ingram

Liverpool vs Man City Bet Builder: Sunday, October 16th

Expect a response from Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool, though don’t assume the Liverpool vs Man City bet builder tips will lean towards a home win. Nevertheless, they’ll be fired up and intent on proving critics wrong against a side currently swatting teams to the curb most weekends.

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Liverpool vs Man City Preview
Liverpool vs Man City Stats & Facts
Liverpool vs Man City Bet Builder

Liverpool vs Man City Preview

Sunday, October 16th, 16:30 (UK)

Unfortunately for the Reds, this may be a task too tall for a disjointed eleven. Liverpool’s 10 Premier League points after eight matches is their worst return for 20 years and it doesn’t get any easier this Sunday.

Luis Diaz, one of the only bright lights in a bleak campaign, Joel Matip, the glue seemingly keeping the defensive unit hanging by a thread, and Trent Alexander-Arnold, are ruled out of the crunch encounter. The aforementioned absences prop up depleted form levels from those available for what will be Erling Haaland’s second visit to Merseyside. The Norwegian he came off the bench to score for Salzburg in a 4-3 Reds win back in 2019.

The four points taken back to Manchester from City’s last two trips to Anfield is just one fewer than their return in the previous 17 outings. Furthermore, with Pep’s squad acclimatising to a Premier League test on the road at Anfield, alongside the frailties coming to the fore in Liverpool red, it’s challenging even to contemplate anything other than the visitors claiming a share of the spoils.

Thirty-three goals from 20.8xG is what Liverpool will need to contend with. City’s ruthless nature sees the differential between their goals and expected goals (12.2) as the largest in the division. It may be something for the rest to take some solace. That kind of output shouldn’t be sustainable. Yet, rarely has football seen a striker so deadly as the one Manchester City have in their ranks.

Liverpool vs Man City Stats & Facts

Phil Foden travels to Anfield having scored in his two Premier League away games against Liverpool. Only Christian Benteke and Andrew Cole can boast three consecutive Premier League goals there.
City are unbeaten in 22 away games in the league, winning 16. That is the fourth-longest such run in Premier League history.
Manchester City have opened the scoring on eight occasions this season. No other side can brag such a total.
Only The Saints (7) have conceded the first goal more often than Liverpool (6) in 2022/23.

Liverpool vs Man City Bet Builder

Ibrahima Konaté will likely be tasked to come in and fill the Joel Matip-sized void at centre-back. The young Frenchman has cut a commanding figure at the heart of the defence since his arrival in England. Manchester City at home is not an ideal fixture to ease him into the team following injury. Yet to start in the Premier League, Konaté will have his work cut out. As will Joe Gomez who will likely deputise for Trent Alexander-Arnold on the right.

The sheer weight of high-quality goalscoring chances has forced my hand with the price on offer for the first pick. Manchester City to score in both halves at 2.20 is a position that many will find tempting. And no wonder. City have scored in both halves for punters in 7/9 matches this season. That’s a 78% success rate for a market with the likes of an in-form Phil Foden and Erling Haaland sniffing around a weary defensive unit.

Liverpool’s 11.3xGA ranks them tenth-worst for expected goals-against in the Premier League. As a result, the Reds find themselves sandwiched between Brentford and Wolves in an area of the table usually alien to this set of players. If their opponents’ 27.5% shot-to-goal percentage is anything to go by, the hosts simply cannot afford City the opportunities that other sides have been serving on a silver platter.

Moving onto the final selection to cap off a goal-centred bet builder, Liverpool will now need to pull their weight. Two seasons ago was the last time Liverpool failed to score at Anfield in the Premier League. Fulham’s 0-1 victory in March 2021 ensured there were no bums off seats in the home end, something that has happened in every game since.

With Both Teams to Score, we get to just shy of 2/1. It’s an angle that has landed in 9/10 head-to-heads, including the most-recent six on the spin. Yes, we have an underperforming Liverpool squad but this is their domain. They’ll be confident of causing City problems. Just as Crystal Palace, Newcastle United and Aston Villa have done in the opening stages. For how great they are going forward, this Manchester City defence is certainly not Liverpool-proof. Strap yourselves in for some game on Sunday.