Before the start of the season, Liverpool was on a 13 game unbeaten streak against the top 6, dating back to January 2016. In our first match against a direct rival, we dismantled Arsenal at Anfield, winning 4-0. In the eight top 6 meetings that followed the Reds only managed to win once, a...
Liverpool are into the last eight of the Champions League following a tepid 0-0 draw with Porto, seeing them through 5-0 on aggregate. But what were the key stats that emerged from the game?
Pass, Pass, Pass. Don’t Shoot, Shoot, Shoot
This was a game that Liverpool dominated, dictated, and played at their own tempo. The...
Liverpool cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League, following up their 5-0 away win at Porto with a comfy 0-0 draw in the return leg. So what were the observations from a rather un-exciting game?
Boring, Boring Liverpool Do The Job
On paper, it wasn’t billed as a hugely exciting game, and perhaps Liverpool deserve...
Liverpool: Karius; Gomez, Matip, Lovren, Moreno; Henderson, Can, Milner; Lallana, Mane, Firmino.
Porto: Casillas; Pereira, Felipe, Reyes, Dalot; Costa, Torres, Andre, Corona; Waris, Aboubakar
Match Review
It's not often Liverpool are involved in games that fail to get the pulses racing.
Scoring 28 goals in seven Champions League matches prior to kick-off, The Reds boasted an average of...
Job done, professional work, blah blah blah. That was a little boring, wasn't it?
Liverpool (5) 0-0 (0) Porto. Onto Old Trafford and into the quarter-finals.
Another clean sheet for Big Loris
Loris Karius (7):Â Keeps clean sheets, looks cool. And now he's done the simple stuff in a simple manner! Lively off his line in the first...
The Details
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Venue -Â Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Felix Zwayer (GER)
Date & Time -Â Tuesday, March 6th 2018 @ 19:45 BST
Current Odds -Â Liverpool 4/9, Draw 10/3, FC Porto 6/1
Form
Liverpool Form
The Reds are on a four-game winning streak and have kept clean sheets in three of those games. Make no mistake, this team is the strongest it has been...
The Details
Venue -Â Anfield, Liverpool
Referee -Â Graham Scott
Date & Time -Â Saturday, March 3rd @ 17:30 GMT
Current Odds -Â Liverpool 1/5, Draw 6/1, West Ham 10/1
Form
Liverpool Form
Liverpool have been flying again as of late. The last three games have been a nice mix of professional performances (at Southampton, in particular) and the heavy metal attacking football we've been...
The Details
Venue -Â Anfield, Liverpool
Referee -Â Stuart Attwell
Date & Time -Â Saturday, February 24th @ 15:00 GMT
Current Odds -Â Liverpool 1/5, Draw 11/2, West Ham 12/1
Form
Liverpool Form
Liverpool have kept three clean sheets in their last four games but they were all away from Anfield. At home, the Reds haven't managed a clean sheet for five games, since the...
The Details
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Venue -Â Estadio do Dragao, Porto
Referee - Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Date & Time -Â Wednesday, February 14th 2018 @ 19:45 BST
Current Odds -Â FC Porto 21/20, Draw 13/5, Liverpool 11/8
Form
FC Porto Form
Sergio Conceicao has been doing a splending job with Porto, this season. Only two competitive defeats all season (not including Sporting knocking them out of the...
The Details
Venue -Â St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Referee -Â Martin Atkinson
Date & Time -Â Sunday, February 11th @ 16:30 GMT
Current Odds -Â Southampton 16/5, Draw 14/5, Liverpool 4/5
Form
Southampton Form
Southampton seem to have turned the corner, of late. Pellegrino has seen his men go undefeated in their last six games with an impressive win on the road at West Brom...