Tottenham Hotspur VS Liverpool Preview

This fixture demonstrated the gulf between Tottenham Hotspur, under André Villas-Boas and Tim Sherwood, and those in the top four last season. Liverpool ran riot at White Hart Lane with Luis Suárez irrepressible, and then blitzed them in the return to the tune of a 9-0 aggregate scoreline. Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs, with a perfect record to date under the Argentinian, will provide a sterner test and, if they click into their upbeat rhythm, could leave Liverpool’s start to the campaign feeling stodgy. The visitors, with Mario Balotelli in their ranks, will seek to reimpose their quality after losing at Manchester City on Monday. Dominic Fifield

Kick-off Sunday 1.30pm

Venue White Hart Lane

Last season Tottenham 0 Liverpool 5

Live Sky Sports 1

Referee P Dowd

This season G0

Odds H 6-4 A 7-4 D 12-5

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool: probable starters in bold, contenders in light.

Tottenham Hotspur

Subs from Friedel, Naughton, Holtby, Chiriches, Lennon, Paulinho, Kane, Townsend, Dembélé, Sandro, Davies, Soldado, Assou-Ekotto, Fryers, Fazio

Doubtful Soldado (back/neck)

Injured Vorm (match fitness, 13 Sep), Walker (groin, 13 Sep)

Suspended None

Form WW

Discipline Y0 R0

Leading scorers Chadli, Dier 2

Liverpool

Subs from Jones, José Enrique, Touré, Lambert, Coutinho, Coates, Sakho, Lucas, Can, Suso, Lallana, Ibe, Markovic

Doubtful Moreno (ankle), Skrtel (ankle)

Injured Johnson (thigh, 13 Sep), Flanagan (knee, 20 Sep), Agger (27 Sep), Assaidi (knee, unknown), Borini (shoulder, unknown)

Suspended None

Form WL

Discipline Y2 R0

Leading scorers Sterling, Sturridge 1