Premier League: Round 25

It did indeed, we could and should have scored at least one goal in the first half.
Both sides were competitive and it was okay as a spectacle despite the nasty weather. A draw would have a fair result but it wasn't to be.

Model men certainly knew between Fulham and Forest

Jota starts, Alexander-Arnold returns
Diogo Jota makes his first Premier League start for Liverpool in four months as the leaders entertain Wolves at Anfield.

With Cody Gakpo struggling with a minor injury, Luis Diaz shuffles over to the left wing position as Jota gets the nod against his former club almost four months exactly since he limped out of a victory over Chelsea, back on October 20.

The Portugal international suffered an upper body problem when Chelsea defender Tosin Adaraiboiyo landed awkwardly on him inside the opening half hour of that 2-1 win and Jota has yet to start a game since in the league for Arne Slot's men.

Trent Alexander-Arnold returns to the side after returning as a second-half substitute in Wednesday's Merseyside derby draw with Everton. The right-back is in the back four alongside Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Andy Robertson

Alexander-Arnold hadn't started the last two games having picked up a thigh injury in the victory at Bournemouth but was used off the bench in the final Merseyside derby at Goodison earlier this week.

Slot picks an unchanged midfield three from the 2-2 result at Goodison Park, with Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister patrolling and Dominik Szoboszlai further forward.

Federico Chiesa is named on the bench alongside Darwin Nunez while Harvey Elliott, Wataru Endo and James McConnell are the midfielders who could be called upon.

Three points for the hosts will take them back seven clear of second-place Arsenal, who beat Leicester City 2-0 in the Saturday lunchtime kick-off thanks to two goals from Mikel Merino.

Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Jota.

Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Elliott, Tsimikas, McConnell, Quansah, Bradley.

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Liverpool XI confirmed
Arne Slot has made two changes to the Liverpool XI that drew at Goodison Park on Wednesday night, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Diogo Jota replacing Conor Bradley and Cody Gakpo.

Liverpool XI to face Wolves: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Jota.

Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Elliott, Tsimikas, McConnell, Quansah, Bradley.

#EPLSTATS : Ruben Amorim has more interviews on Sky Sports (AKA Man Utd/Liverpool TV) than wins since he took over

Watching Sky Sports you would think that there are only 3 teams playing in the 2 matches today

I've gone for the bets I outlined further up this page.

More of an experiment and out of curiosity to see if my thinking is flawed

I could back £100 on liverpool at 1.26 and see a £26 return if and only if they win

These 2 bets totalling £100 have a return of £20.44 (odds have changed since yesterday)
and will only lose if there are 4 or more goals AND  Wolves win or draw.


Back (Bet For)
Odds
Stake
Profit
Any Other Home Win
3.6
£33.46
£87.00

Back (Bet For)
Odds
Stake
Profit
Under 3.5 Goals
1.81
£66.54
£53.90

What if Liverpool win 3-1

ah ha

thankyou YHTL

I thought my thinking must be flawed, but I couldn't see it

hey ho, Fill your boots on 3-1, an almost certainty now

Seen worse 14/1 shots
... come on Wolves!!!

3-1 is available at 12.0 (8.33% probability) but an absolute cert in the light of my bets and the £100 I willing paid for my education.

G'luck

3-2 is also another losing score I failed to take into account, that's another 3% probability

Can anyone understand Janie Carragher?

We are off... Liverpool 1-0

pen pool

2-0 gtfi

I genuinely dont know why anyone pays for Sky anymore. Neville and Carragher basically make it unwatchable. All about Utd and Liverpool. Any other matches are basically filler and given no proper respect.

Carragher was going on the other day about how Van Dijk was too good for football and there needed to be another level above EPL for him to play. LOL
He called Van Dijk, TAA and Salah generational talents. Any team with 3 generational talents should be winning loads of trophies ffs.
Why would a West Ham or Brighton fan pay for that trash coverage.

mute button RQ

they have been winning loads of trophies and in an era where city have dominated

city biggest spenders in transfer market again

Tough enough to go to Anfield without every decision going against you... or we need to learn how to dive properly

Anyway at the end of the day.... it's one stuffy goal... and one penalty that could have been overturned... so I've layed liverpool at 1/33

brave man mecca or very foolish

VAR should overturn that pen

pen pool

defo pen

wow maybe not

looked a defo but this will be overturned

Yellow card?

Why no card for Jota’s dive?

Jota should be booked for initiating the contact and diving and therefore trying to cheat a penalty and potentially getting the defender into trouble...stonewall yellow

A rare case of VAR working as it should. Penalty looked nailed on in real time.

agreed kenbo

2-1 ffs

Get in.... Matthaus

United starting with Hojlund & Zirkzee

Tottenham XI: Vicario; Porro, Danso, Davies, Spence; Bentancur, Bergvall, Maddison; Son, Tel, Kulusevski.

Subs: Kinsky, Bissouma, Udogie, Gray, Johnson, Odobert, Sarr, Scarlett, Moore.

Man Utd XI: Onana, Dalot, Mazraoui, Maguire, De Ligt, Dorgu; Casemiro, Fernandes; Zirkzee, Garnacho; Hojlund.

Subs: Harrison, Lindelof, Heaven, Amass, Kone, Fredricson, Obi, Fletcher, Moorhouse.

I'll be 3-1, nailed on (Still available at 4.0)
as per YHTL's insight at 15:55

my son wemt 2-1 so happy fot it to stay as it is

cmon u reds ffs

so spurs playing with 3 full backs instead of Duncan Edwards , I mean  ARCHIE GRAY at centre back

Feb 16, 2025 -- 3:37PM, 1st time poster wrote:

so spurs playing with 3 full backs instead of Duncan Edwards , I mean

Seek help, 1tp.

squeaky bum time at anfield cmon get over the line

no way that was a foul

sincere apologies to Phil Jones if he feels offended

Tottenham Hotspur; Vicario; Pedro Porro, Danso, Davies, Spence; Bentancur; Kulusevski, Bergvall, Maddison, Son; Tel.
Substitutes: Kinsky, Udogie, Gray, Bissouma, Sarr, Moore, Odobert, Johnson, Scarlett.

Manchester United; Onana; De Ligt, Maguire, Mazraoui; Dorgu, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dalot; Zirkzee, Garnacho; Hojlund.
Substitutes: Harrison, Amass, Fredricsson, Heaven, Lindelof, J Fletcher, Kone, Moorhouse, Obi.

A very inexperienced bench for United

Wolves turning the screw. Pool can't wait for the FT whistle to blow..

Slots got a name badge on ?

Wolves stats are looking really much better than would be expected against pool.
2-2 would be more representative of the data

Wolves are a decent team, remarkable that they are so low in league, but can
happen when you get such a tough start off fixture computer.

Surely it needs to be randomised to stop such injustice

gtfi  good win for the reds

made that hard work ffs wins a win

Pool feeling the pressure. Bournemouth ready to pounce at any slip-up. Better not bottle this now.

BORO and 6,7 others fighting for 5th,6th places in championship hoping to fluke a play off win but but in the grand scheme we,re 50 odd points behind the likes of wolves,LEC, I can see a time when EPL /championship return to 2 up and 2 down

Deserved a point... but had to play the officials as well

Liverpool didn't attempt a single shot in the second half against Wolves - the first time on record (from 2003-04) that the Reds failed to register a shot in a single half of Premier League football at Anfield.

Opta

Feb 15, 2025 -- 8:21PM, Escapee wrote:

It's got to be one of the hardest games to guess the outcome this season.Tot 2.46 Draw 3.85 Man U 2.96Expected goals looks to be about 3.1 based on a quick look at U/O marketsI'm tempted to bet 0-0 4-0 and 0-4 because both teams have so many recent games where they didn't bother to turn up and play like should for the £500,000 per week they're all on.I'll probably sit on my hands for the first 20-30 minutes and see if I can find some value based on how they appear to be playing.G'luck

ha ha I like your thinking. Seems always on the cards that one of these teams will be humiliated. So I've backed both of them -2.

7 points clear

Time for an entertaining
GAME
Expect Spurs to steam roller Manu
Their bench full of juniors

Both sides are poor, one way or another and at 4.0 the draw would seem to be the bet here and is value at 4.0 or 3/1

0-3 man utd to defy the injuries, spurs fold, ange sacked

away win for me maybe 0-1 or 1-2

1-0 Spurs

they cannot defend lol

Madison is an all-round ****.

united are so ****

Incredible scenes.

play as many at the back as you like but there's still unmarked players in amongst them, midfield are useless, casemiro might be ok in 5-aside or saudi but in the prem he's a total liability, and then there's a goalkeeper that flaps when the ball goes near him

Awful miss Garnacho

unreal

Garnacho Gash

Nice haircut though

overbite like an industrial can opener

FFS get Hojlund off the pitch

And STFU Neville

Amorim needs sacking. Not a single player playing for him. Sounds like even Neville has had enough of him.

Raginqueen, your village is missing you

Utd better this half but no bench. Spurs poor

Spurs goal and 2-0 incoming. BRACE for IMPACT.

2 ?.s
where the fook did spuds dig up that TEL from and whose FOOKING feet his he wearing,
HO REN DUS

two bobbins teams

,more injuries to come going to run their regulars into the ground

Get Hojlund off and Obi on

Casemiro & dalot b4 hojland, bruno is poor so far as well, spurs should have killed this utd might get a draw

spurs so easy to play against its frightening even with a statue like  casimerio to face,utd pouring  through them,2 or 3 men over on back post on every cross

Zirkzee is knackered

Being played off the park by Spuds is a new low for Manchester United

Utd are in a world of trouble with this owner set up

HELL TEL

I don't think WILLIAM will be losing any sleep over this TEL there isn't a big enough Arris or banjo to help him

Imagine losing three times in one season to this Spurs side.

Id be more worried as a spurs fan than utd theyve been dire here against a garbage side with no subs

RA and the players need to apologise for that display.

utd have stolen pts in last few months playing far worse than that

A win's a win. Keep relegation at arm's length. Wish they could play the Manchester sides EVERY week.

We probably still won't beat a decent side though, but a nice 3 points there.

Sofa. Spurs are better than that

Utd 15th,Spurs looked tired even against a poor team,both teams in trouble..

both are garbage but safe a soton ipswich wolves and leicester are a lot worse

Well done Spurs on winning the Spursy Derby.