English Premier
2025-12-20 - Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: English Premier League
Saturday 20th December 2025 - Kick Off 5:30pm
This game is live on TV
Tottenham Hotspur
Denials have been made about recent reports that have Thomas Frank under the Tottenham Hotspur pump, but the situation has to be increasingly concerning for the manager. He may only have been in charge since the summer, but fans are not happy with the football style being produced and that only increases the pressure on a group who have been underachieving as far as the results go.
Last season was very disappointing as far as the Premier League results were concerned, but Ange Postecoglou did take Tottenham Hotspur to silverware and a return to the Champions League. After sixteen League games, Tottenham Hotspur are 11th in the Premier League table, while the side have a really poor 2-2-4 record at home.
Tottenham Hotspur looked to be coming out of another slump when winning back to back fixtures in all competitions, but they were incredibly disappointing in the 3-0 loss at Nottingham Forest last Sunday. They are back at home this Saturday where Spurs have lost 1 of the last 5 games in all competitions and where they have beaten Brentford and Slavia Prague in consecutive games without conceding a goal.
Pape Sarr is away at the African Cup of Nations, while there are still a number of players missing through injury.
Liverpool
The drama created by Mo Salah's comments following the 3-3 draw with Leeds United may have put Arne Slot and the Liverpool squad under some pressure, but they have produced two very important wins since then. Things seem to have settled down between manager and the star player, although Salah is now away with Egypt and Arne Slot is looking to guide his team to a positive run without him.
Defending the Premier League title looks increasingly unlikely, but Liverpool picked up three points last weekend and have moved up to 7th in the standings and just 2 points behind the Champions League places. The Reds have a 3-1-4 record away from home in the Premier League where they have scored 13 goals and conceded 15.
Liverpool had lost 3 games in all competitions either side of the November international break, but they head to North London unbeaten in 5 in all competitions and having won 3 of those matches. Consecutive wins over Inter Milan and Brighton and both with clean sheets has to have given the players a real boost in confidence. Liverpool are unbeaten in 3 away games in all competitions since losing at the Etihad Stadium and have won twice in that time.
Mo Salah is away at the African Cup of Nations, but Conor Bradley is back from a suspension. Another concern for the manager is the injury picked up by Dominik Szoboszlai, which leaves him doubtful, while Jeremie Frimpong is edging closer to a return.
Head to Head
Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur met four times in the 2024/25 season and it was The Reds who won 3 of those matches.
They won the Premier League game on this ground in an incredible 3-6 scoreline, but Tottenham Hotspur beat Liverpool 1-0 here in the League Cup Semi Final First Leg.
Spurs have lost 5 of the last 7 home League games against Liverpool.
Prediction
This is a really interesting Premier League game on Saturday afternoon between two clubs being led by managers that have been under some pressure.
Thomas Frank and Arne Slot may feel they deserve more time, but results dictate that and Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have not been producing enough positive results to keep fans happy.
In reality Arne Slot was always going to be given time after helping Liverpool win the Premier League title last season and his team look to be coming out of a poor period. They are unbeaten in 5, although Slot is going to be without a number of important players in this one which means he will be relying on some of the improved defensive numbers of the last couple of weeks.
Arne Slot has to be confident his team have enough to contain a Tottenham Hotspur team that have struggled for balance under a new manager.
Some of the performances have not been very eye-pleasing and the Tottenham Hotspur fans have made their feelings clear about that- last weekend Spurs were beaten 3-0 at Nottingham Forest to shift the pressure back onto Thomas Frank.
This season Tottenham Hotspur have been really poor in home matches against Chelsea and Manchester United, while they were second best at Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest. Thomas Frank may feel he can employ the counter attack in this fixture against a Liverpool team that will want to dominate the ball, but Spurs will be under some pressure to give the fans something to hold onto.
It is this balance that may put the home team in a tough spot, although the potential absences in the Liverpool squad have to be encouraging for the home team.
With Liverpool going back to basics in recent games and looking to be a bit harder to beat, and Tottenham Hotspur likely to be relying on the counter attack, the layers may be underestimating the chance of seeing fewer than three goals here.
The Premier League game between the clubs ended with nine goals last season, but Ange Postecoglou is gone.
Games between these clubs have notoriously been high-scoring, but the absence of key attackers for the away team may mean Liverpool try and earn a narrow win. This should help Tottenham Hotspur be able to build into the fixture and it looks like a game that may end up relatively low-scoring, despite the Premier League trending towards another high-scoring season.
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The Pick :
Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool
