Anfield plays host to a pivotal Sunday afternoon clash as Liverpool look to rediscover their domestic spark against a Tottenham Hotspur side currently enduring one of the darkest chapters in their modern history.
While the hosts look to shake off a midweek Champions League stumble and solidify their top-four credentials, the visitors arrive on Merseyside in the midst of a historic crisis.
Depending on what happens in other fixtures this weekend, too, in the top-flight, Liverpool could also be cut adrift further from the ongoing drama of the top-four race in the wildly entertaining division.
Arne Slot’s men will take some comfort from the fact that they are back on home soil on Sunday afternoon, as Anfield is a happy hunting ground for the Reds, away from intimidating trips out to Turkey.
Liverpool’s Last 5 Games at Anfield (2025/26 Season):
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Result |
| Feb 28 2026 | Premier League | West Ham United | 5-2 W |
| Feb 14 2026 | FA Cup | Brighton | 3-0 W |
| Feb 8 2026 | Premier League | Man City | 2-1 L |
| Jan 31 2026 | Premier League | Newcastle United | 4-1 W |
| Jan 28 2026 | Champions League | Qarabag | 3-0 W |
Indeed, the Manchester City loss in the Premier League in mid-February is the only occasion, across their last five home games, where they haven’t picked up maximum points.
Facing a crisis-hit Tottenham provides the perfect springboard for Liverpool to rediscover their clinical edge and silence the midweek skeptics
However, football is never that straightforward.
Here is everything you need to know ahead of Liverpool’s clash with Spurs on Sunday afternoon.
How to watch
In the UK, the game will be available to watch live on Sky Sports.
The build-up to the game will start at 4pm GMT time on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event, with the clash officially kicking off at 4:30pm GMT time.
Recent form
Liverpool
Liverpool head into the weekend desperate for a domestic reset after a bruising midweek trip to Istanbul, where a 1-0 defeat to Galatasaray delivered a significant blow to their European ego.
While the continental setback lingers, Arne Slot can find solace in the Reds recent Premier League trajectory.
In a characteristically unpredictable top-flight campaign, Liverpool have managed to navigate a tricky run by collecting nine points from their last five matches a steadying run of form they’ll be eager to translate into a dominant display at Anfield.
Still, it hasn’t been all smooth sailing, with a 2-1 defeat away at Wolverhampton Wanderers suffered at the start of March likely weighing heavy on their minds, as they face off against another relegation candidate in the form of Spurs.
The Reds will just need to be more switched on than they were during that dire defeat, as Wolves scored deep into added-on time, right at the end of the close contest, to break the away side’s hearts.
Spurs
Liverpool cannot afford to slip-up to Igor Tudor’s visitors on Sunday if they want to seriously finish insid those coveted Champions League positions.
Not only would it dent those chances, but it also be very detrimental to their confidence levels, considering the mess the North Londoners are currently deep in.
Six straight defeats in all competitions has plunged Spurs further into relegation doom in the Premier League, with Tudor already facing shouts of the chop at the toxic Premier League side, only four games into his stint as manager.
He didn’t help himself when steering Spurs to a shambolic 5-2 defeat at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, which makes Liverpool’s own defeat on the road in the competition look far less catastrophic.
Hanging Antonín Kinský out to dry during that shocking loss in Madrid, Tudor is on extremely thin ice in the Spurs dug-out, heading into the clash at Anfield on Sunday.
He won’t be boosted by an anxiety-inducing list of injury concerns, either.
Team news
Liverpool: Alisson (doubt), Alexander Isak (out), Conor Bradley (out), Giovanni Leoni (out) and Wataru Endo (out)
Spurs: Micky Van De Ven (suspended), Wilson Odobert (out), James Maddison (out), Dejan Kulusevski (out), Rodrigo Bentancur (out), Ben Davies (out), Lucas Bergvall (out), Cristian Romero (out) and Joao Palhinha (out)
Predicted lineups
Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Mamardashvili; Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Ekitike
Spurs (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Porro, Danso, Drăgușin, Spence; Gray, Matar Sarr; Tel, Simons, Richarlison; Solanke.
What has been said
Arne Slot (Liverpool)
Ahead of the clash against one of the Premier League’s most out-of-form sides, Slot won’t be focussing in on the struggles in North London, as Liverpool try to pick up an amazing 1500th home league win in their history, at Anfield on Sunday.
He said: “I think if Tottenham would be No.1 in the league at the moment, every fan would expect us at home to win. And that is if we play against Man City, that’s when we play against Arsenal, that’s every game this club plays at home: we’re expected to win.
That has nothing to do with the form of the other team or where they are in the league or the quality they have. We can win our 1,500th [league] game at home, so expectations come from history and history has shown that this club has been able to win a lot of games, let alone home games.
So, it doesn’t matter who we play, who we face, expectations are always sky-high at this club, and that’s what we are embracing because that also means, as I said before, that this club is able to win things. That’s what we’ve done in the past few years and in history as well.”
Igor Tudor (Spurs)
With his job on the line, the Croat has unsurprisingly come out in a defiant manner, when talking to the media about the huge importance of the clash on Merseyside.
He passionately said: “Like everything in life, you can choose how to see the situation.
You can stay and cry or you can fight. You can be the victim or you can say: ‘I can change something.’ This is what I told the players.”
