They were impressive against Chelsea, Arsenal and Leicester, but defeated by newly promoted Burnley. Although you have to respect Leicester for how they won the league, but if we had a top quality striker we could have won the league.
Advertisement
What’s your prediction for the Liverpool vs Hull City clash? They have been odds on favourites to be relegated all summer.
Joe Gomez won’t be available, while Daniel Sturridge and Georginio Wijnaldum are doubts.
If Hull are to score, there’s no question who the value candidate is, with Robert Snodgrass somehow available to back at enormous odds of [8.0] despite firing seven times already in 2016/17: three for Scotland and four for his club, including two in two since the global break.
Liverpool’s manager needs to decide with keeper to go with and which forward, from four, he’ll leave out.
They still have several players sidelined, yet the majority of those are long-term absentees that they are becoming accustomed to coping without like Allan McGregor, Michael Dawson and Alex Bruce.
Whereas most clubs consider the extra assignments a nuisance, Hull’s trip to Stoke enabled them to obtain a first triumph in four, while it also yielded first goals for end-of-window arrivals Ryan Mason and Marcus Henriksen, affording the play-off winners a timely jolt after sliding from third to 12th.
Robert Snodgrass has scored in his last two league games for Hull City – he’s never scored in three consecutive Premier League appearances before.
The Gunners are winless in their last nine Premier League meetings with Chelsea since a 5-3 win at Stamford Bridge in October 2011 – only against Liverpool have they had a longer such run in the competition (12 between 1994 and 2000). He already has two league goals this season and has scored or assisted 0.73 goals per 90 minutes in his first two seasons at Anfield. It has been very good, detailed.
Liverpool have been sensational to watch and will be looking to turn on the style in-front of their expanded home crowd.
Hull have had a surprising number of positives so far this season, but the biggest has no doubt been Sam Clucas. Considering Hull will likely be on the back foot in this match, they’ll need Clucas to help patrol the midfield and keep Liverpool out of unsafe areas in front of the back four. When you concede as many shots as they have this season, you’re going to concede a lot of goals.
Advertisement
“Last year we played well against the top teams and had good results against the top teams, but we were not as consistent against the teams where we should normally get the three points”.
