Tottenham vs Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool are set to face-off in this Sunday afternoon in the Premier League showdown in North London before facing each other in the EFL semifinals.

When Postecoglou went to shake hands with Ruben Amorim on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium touchline on Thursday, the smile gladly suggested that his side had come through more than one enormous escape and that they are now two games away from Wembley.

A brace of howlers from Fraser Forster handed Man United a way back into Thursday’s semi-final after Tottenham had stunned them with an early 3-0 lead, but the visitor’s goalkeeper Altay Bayindir was not exactly excelling himself, and a Son Heung-min corner which ended up nestling in the United net after ricocheting off the base of it proved the difference.

Postecoglou – who was as delightfully charismatic in his post match interview – will end Spurs’ run of 17 years without a trophy win if his claims that he will capture a second season trophy are true and Tottenham’s semi final win came after they thrashed Southampton 5-2 in their last Premier League match.

This time, Spurs delivered the final blow to Russell Martin’s St Mary’s by scoring five goals in the first half of a premiership match for the first time in the three time they have achieved this season, but still sitting right in the middle of premiership table five points away from the coveted champions league positions.

Up next for a revived Spurs team after ending a woeful four-match home game streak without a win in any competition is not to extend a four-match domestic league home match winless streak last achieved in 2013 with Spurs’ playing at White Hart Lane.

The league-leading Reds defeated Southampton 2-1 to maintain their quadruple ambitions, while Ange Postecoglou's club triumphed 4-3 against Manchester United in the middle of the week.
In the Premier League match last weekend, Sunday's hosts may have dominated Southampton in just forty-five minutes, but in midweek cup play, Arne Slot's Liverpool made it more difficult to defeat the division's bottom boys, winning by one goal instead of five.

Cameron Archer's brilliant goal was ultimately meaningless as Liverpool came within 270 minutes of defending their EFL Cup title, one of four titles they are still in the running for, thanks to Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott's first-half strikes.

The Reds are still atop the Premier League standings going into the weekend, having gone undefeated in an incredible 20 games across all competitions. However, Chelsea has cut the advantage to two points after Liverpool drew with Newcastle United and Fulham in quick succession.

However, it was a commendable effort to salvage a 2-2 draw against the Cottagers after Andy Robertson was sent off in the first half. This season, no team has been able to defeat Slot's Liverpool at home; not surprisingly, they are the only Premier League team still undefeated on the road.

Additionally, Liverpool has only lost twice in their last 23 Premier League meetings with Tottenham, however that did happen at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last season when Joel Matip's late own goal and notorious "significant human error" led to their defeat.

However, Destiny Udogie, who was substituted early in the Southampton match, barely missed the EFL Cup victory because she was "a bit sore" and should be well enough to face Mohamed Salah on Sunday. Timo Werner may return from a viral infection.

The visitors' main injury absences this weekend are anticipated to be Ibrahima Konate (knee) and Conor Bradley (hamstring), therefore Liverpool's only selection worries for Sunday's match are likewise at the back, albeit to a far smaller extent.

Robertson can return to action after serving his suspension in the EFL Cup, but it wouldn't be shocking if the Greek was selected because Kostas Tsimikas is returned from an ankle injury and the Scotsman isn't playing at his best this season.

Salah could write another chapter in Premier League history after taking a complete break in the middle of the week. The Egypt international has already scored 13 goals and provided nine assists in the 2024–25 Premier League, making him the first player to reach double figures in both categories before Christmas in a single season.