- Recent form: Liverpool are unbeaten in five games (W4, D1). Manchester City have won all five of their last games, including a 5-0 win over Norwich last time out. Each of the last five H2H clashes across all competitions have been very evenly matched (W2, D1, L2).
High-flying Cityzens take flight
Form
Liverpool are in good form and come into Sunday's encounter with the Premier League 2026/2027 leaders winning in their last five games (W5), and winning two in a row. Andoni Iraola has the Reds pressing aggressively high and fast with a front-loaded press before zipping into their vertical attacking game after a turnover.
Key players
Alexander Isak has been Liverpool's talisman in the Premier League 2026/2027, leading the scoring with four goals in five, while fellow countryman Cody Gakpo has pulled the strings, providing three assists in his five league games and has created three of the Reds' last eight goals.
City coming in hot
Form
Manchester City are even hotter than their hosts and come into this game on the back of a five-game winning streak. The visitors have been equally ruthless on the road in the Premier League 2026/2027 this season, going unbeaten in two games with two wins, scoring 2.50 goals per-match and conceding just 0.50 in return.
Style and key player
Enzo Maresca's side are built around controlling the ball and the tempo of the game and they overload teams in build-up before hitting with rapid tempo changes and bursts of energy. Erling Haaland has been their danger man in the league so far, scoring five goals.
A chess match
Manchester City had the better of the pair in their clash in the Premier League 2025/2026, beating Liverpool 2-1 away from home seven months ago. Each of the five previous games between these sides have been finely balanced and this should be another close encounter between two of the best teams in the country.
Liverpool are a solid sixth in the table with nine points from five while Manchester City are the runaway league leaders with 15 from five, yet this game looks incredibly tough to call with both sides priced at 2.52.
- Manchester City have more of an edge on the counterattack and Haaland is simply lethal in front of goal, so I'm siding with the visitors to continue their strong away record in the league.
- The clash of these two differing styles should make this a chess battle with both teams looking to dictate where the game is played with pressing traps and positional dominance, so I think over 2.5 goals at 1.57 is the best pick in the exact score market.
