Week 18 brings us a match on Jan 21st where Liverpool will play host to Burnley in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. 4th placed Liverpool is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Manchester United. Neither Liverpool nor Manchester United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 18 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Liverpool should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while burnley is fresh off their 0-1 loss against West Ham United. Michail Antonio scored the first goal for West Ham United in the 9th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Burnley couldn’t muster any offence and West Ham United ran away with the shutout win. Burnley is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Liverpool won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Burnley hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Ben Mee and Matěj Vydra, and they each have 1 goal. Sadio Mané has been the most prolific scorer on Liverpool in his last five matches with three goals
Virgil van Dijk, Naby Keïta, Joël Matip, Joe Gomez, Konstantinos Tsimikas and Diogo Jota are unavailable to play for Jürgen Klopp’s team, while Sean Dyche’s squad will be without Jóhann Guðmundsson, Charlie Taylor, Jimmy Dunne and Peacock-Farrell.