Man City
3 - 2
Liverpool

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reveals Roberto Firmino injury

Roberto Firmino celebrates scoring for Liverpool on October 12, 2022

Jurgen Klopp confirms that Roberto Firmino missed Liverpool's 3-2 EFL Cup defeat to Manchester City after picking up an injury in training.

The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Manchester City

All competitions

EFL Cup

Last Game: Man City 2-0 Girona
Saturday, December 17 at 1pm in Club Friendlies 1

Goals
for

Top scorers

Liverpool

All competitions

EFL Cup

Last Game: Liverpool 4-1 AC Milan
Friday, December 16 at 3.30pm in Club Friendlies 1

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Manchester City win with a probability of 46.78%. A win for Liverpool had a probability of 32.27% and a draw had a probability of 20.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Manchester City win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.33%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-1 (5.79%) and 3-2 (4.98%). The likeliest Liverpool win was 1-2 (6.85%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (7.98%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Manchester City would win this match.

Result
Manchester City	Draw	Liverpool
46.78% ( 1.75)	20.95% ( 0.16)	32.27% ( -1.92)

Both teams to score 71.89% (

-1.52)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

73.2% (

-1.62)

26.79% (

1.62)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

52.77% (

-2.08)

47.22% (

2.08)

Manchester City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

87.6% (

-0.08)

12.4% (

0.08)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

61.71% (

-0.17)

38.28% (

0.17)

Liverpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.06% (

-1.66)

17.93% (

1.65)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.24% (

-2.92)

48.75% (

2.92)

Score Analysis

Manchester City 46.78%

Liverpool 32.27%

Draw 20.95%

Manchester City	Draw	Liverpool
2-1 @ 8.33% ( 0.34) 3-1 @ 5.79% ( 0.22) 3-2 @ 4.98% ( -0.08) 2-0 @ 4.85% ( 0.45) 1-0 @ 4.64% ( 0.44) 3-0 @ 3.37% ( 0.3) 4-1 @ 3.02% ( 0.11) 4-2 @ 2.6% ( -0.05) 4-0 @ 1.76% ( 0.15) 4-3 @ 1.49% ( -0.11) 5-1 @ 1.26% ( 0.04) 5-2 @ 1.09% ( -0.02) Other @ 3.6% Total : 46.78%	1-1 @ 7.98% ( 0.35) 2-2 @ 7.15% ( -0.09) 3-3 @ 2.85% ( -0.21) 0-0 @ 2.22% ( 0.22) Other @ 0.74% Total : 20.95%	1-2 @ 6.85% ( -0.06) 2-3 @ 4.1% ( -0.29) 1-3 @ 3.93% ( -0.26) 0-1 @ 3.82% ( 0.18) 0-2 @ 3.28% ( -0.02) 0-3 @ 1.88% ( -0.12) 2-4 @ 1.76% ( -0.23) 1-4 @ 1.69% ( -0.21) 3-4 @ 1.23% ( -0.16) Other @ 3.74% Total : 32.27%

How you voted: Man City vs Liverpool

Manchester City

54.1%

Liverpool

45.9%

Head to Head

Oct 16, 2022 4.30pm

1-0

Salah (76')
Fabinho (63')

Jul 30, 2022 5pm

Final

3-1

Alexander-Arnold (21'), Salah (83' pen.), Nunez (90+4')
Nunez (90+5')

Alvarez (70')
Dias (83')

Apr 16, 2022 3.30pm

Semi-Finals

2-3

Grealish (47'), Silva (90+1')
Jesus (27'), Fernandinho (57')

Konate (9'), Mane (17', 45')
Fabinho (37'), Keita (48'), Mane (61')

Apr 10, 2022 4.30pm

2-2

De Bruyne (5'), Jesus (36')
Silva (40')

Jota (13'), Mane (46')
Robertson (28'), Alcantara (61'), Fabinho (83'), van Dijk (89')

Oct 3, 2021 4.30pm

2-2

Liverpool 3-1 Southampton

Mane (59'), Salah (76')
Milner (42'), Jota (65'), Fabinho (83')

Foden (69'), De Bruyne (81')
Dias (26'), Cancelo (56'), Silva (78')

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Form Guide

Man City 2-0 Girona

Man City 1-2 Brentford

Man City 2-0 Chelsea

Man City 2-1 Fulham

Man City 3-1 Sevilla

Leicester 0-1 Man City

Liverpool 4-1 AC Milan

Liverpool 1-3 Lyon

Liverpool 0-0 Derby (2-2 pen.)

Spurs 1-2 Liverpool

Liverpool 2-0 Napoli

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