Coming up this Saturday is the ever-exciting premier league showdown with lots of exciting fixtures taking place. Sheff United vs Liverpool is one of the many fixtures kicking off this weekend, as the Reds look forward to continuing their 100% success rate this season.
Sheff United who are newly promoted this season have been very impressive in most of their games so far. They have managed to earn positive points at Stanford Bridge already and their last fixture saw them beat Everton at Goodison Park. They will host Liverpool this Saturday, a huge mountain for them to climb as they will be going up against a team who is yet to drop points in the league for so many games.
In terms of expected formation and tactics, Sheff will most likely setup in their preferred 3-5-2 formation. They have a somewhat unique style of play in their 3-5-2 and for them, they will be hoping to cause Liverpool a lot of tactical problems at home. They are very good at using the wide areas especially crossing the ball into the box. Knowing that Liverpool will most likely have more of the ball, so for Sheff United, it will be a matter of staying as compact as possible and also capitalizing on counter-attacking to hurt Liverpool.
Liverpool are still buzzing from their crucial win against Chelsea at the bridge. They are still the only team in the premier league yet to drop a point, and for them, they will be aiming to continue their 100% success rate against Sheff United this Saturday. While Liverpool are clear favourites to win in this fixture, it is also a very tricky one as Sheff United could upset the Reds at home.
In terms of expected formation and tactics, Liverpool will most likely setup in their usual 4-3-3 formation. They will be going into this game fully confident to get the 3 points but at the same time, wary of what Sheff United are capable of doing especially at home. Even though Liverpool are the clear favourites on paper, Klopp will want his team to remain focused in the game. Their gameplan will be to dominate possession and utilize the qualities of their front 3 to cause a lot of damage to Sheff United.
An exciting game this is as we look forward to another amazing premier league matchday. For Sheff United, getting a draw in this game could be a great achievement for them especially against a team who are in flying form at the moment. For Liverpool, this is a must-win game and they will be disappointed if they get any result other than 3 points. This post can also be found on my scorum blog
What do you think will be the outcome of this fixture?
