Liverpool vs Tottenham

Anfield hosts the pick of the Carabao Cup third round with both sides under early-season pressure. Andoni Iraola’s Liverpool are unbeaten in five (Newcastle 2-2, Forest 2-2, Ipswich 0-2, Atlético 2-1, Fulham 0-0) yet sit eighth after four Premier League games with six scored and four conceded.

Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham are 17th on two points, still waiting on a first league goal after blanks against Brentford, Newcastle, Forest and Everton.

Spurs did put five past Charlton in round two. Liverpool enter the competition tonight, and Andy Robertson returns to the ground he called home for nine years.

 

Liverpool vs Tottenham Best Bets

Best bet: Liverpool to win at 4/5

Tottenham have scored zero times in four Premier League matches and sit on 3.45 xG for the season, 18th in the division. Away from home they are yet to find the net at all (0-3 Brentford, 0-0 Forest). Liverpool have lost one of their last 30 Anfield meetings with Spurs. Tottenham have kept a clean sheet on none of their last 16 visits here and have won once in their last 18 trips to this ground. Across the last 20 meetings in all competitions, Spurs have managed only two wins.

Iraola will rotate after a busy week and a wekend result of 0-0 in which he claimed his side looked short of freshness. Liverpool still carry 6.72 xG from four league games, remain unbeaten under Iraola, and face a Spurs side missing Tonali and Porro, with Kulusevski, Simons, Odobert and Mudryk already long-term casualties. De Zerbi needs a result without European football to lean on. Manufacturing one at Anfield is another matter.

Who is the favourite to win Liverpool vs Tottenham?

Outcome Price
Liverpool 4/5
Draw 3/1
Tottenham 16/5

 

Bookmakers are pricing Liverpool to control the tie despite cup changes and despite Anfield’s early-season stutter. Fulham left with a point and Forest took one here too. Spurs at 16/5 need a statement night and a first meaningful away goal of the campaign. The draw at 3/1 is the escape hatch if a rotated midfield goes flat again. Tipster consensus leans the same way, with roughly four in five win tips landing on Liverpool for this fixture. The price is short because the thesis is straightforward.

Liverpool vs Tottenham Bet Builder Tips

 

1. Liverpool to win
Home advantage, H2H dominance, Spurs’ scoring crisis. Cup rotation is priced in and the market still will not go past even-money territory on the Reds.

2. Both teams to score Yes
Spurs have 0 Premier League goals and only 3.45 xG, so treat this carefully but they have too much attackign quality not to score soon and with the Premier League spotlight off them against a shaky Liverpool defence, this is a good chance.

Tottenham have not kept a clean sheet in 16 straight Anfield visits, Liverpool’s back line is expected to change after Iraola’s freshness complaints, and Spurs already showed they can score when the competition changes (5-1 vs Charlton). Iraola’s side leave space when they press. This is a bet on Anfield’s recent openness and Spurs’ historical inability to shut the door here, not on Spurs’ league form.

3. Víctor Muñoz anytime goalscorer at around
He is already on eight shots this season at roughly 2.6 per 90, with around 0.5 xG (0.21 per 90, fourth best in the squad) and shots on target across multiple games, and he has scored once (the equaliser in the 2-2 with Forest). He looks set to start on the right and arrives with a point to prove to the manager with the arrival of Barcola.

Liverpool vs Tottenham Score Prediction

Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham

Liverpool should have enough chance quality to break Spurs. They already sit on 6.72 xG this season and have scored ten goals in their last three home meetings with this opponent. Iraola’s defence has already shipped in draws with Newcastle and Forest, though, and looked open in patches. Spurs’ league finishing has been wretched (14 shots for 0.69 xG in the Everton stalemate), yet one transition or set piece against a rotated Reds back four is enough to spoil a clean sheet. Home win, both teams on the scoresheet, no thrashing.

Liverpool vs Tottenham Predicted Lineups

Mamardashvili is confirmed to start in goal for Liverpool, his first appearance of 2026-27. Joe Gomez is available again after a pre-season muscle problem. Bradley, Leoni, Ekitiké and Chiesa remain out. For Spurs, Tonali and Porro are out, Kulusevski is still unavailable, Richarlison will not be involved, and Udogie is back. Simons, Odobert and Mudryk are longer-term absentees.

Liverpool: Mamardashvili; Frimpong, Jacquet, van Dijk, Kerkez; Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Muñoz, Wirtz, Ngumoha; Gakpo

Tottenham: Kinsky; Gray, Senesi, Adarabioyo, Robertson; Bergvall, Bentancur; Sávio, Kudus, Marmoush; Tel