Manchester United vs Liverpool Soccer Prediction Today
There are reasons to wake up earlier this Saturday, March 10. Manchester United and Liverpool will play a new edition of the greatest classic of English football. At Old Tradfford, they open the thirtieth round of the 2017/2018 Premier League season. It’s a direct fight for the runner-up. The kickoff is scheduled for 9:30 am (Brasília time).
Manchester United
United will enter the field packed by a spectacular turnaround. On Monday, March 5, he was 2-0 behind Crystal Palace in the opponent’s field, but managed to reach the 3-2 with the last goal being scored in extra time.
With this, managed to keep the second position. They reached 62 points (19 wins, five draws and five losses) beating Liverpool, who took the post by beating Newcastle 2-0 on Saturday, March 3, and reaching 60 points (17 wins, nine draws and three defeats).
The Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho has already disdained to win the runner-up. For him to be second or fourth does not make much difference, since all these positions are in the zone of classification for the Champions League.
However, the positioning does make a difference. The fourth-placed player needs to go through the knockout stage of the continental tournament and is therefore threatened with being out. Between the second and third places the difference is purely financial. So as both Liverpool and United are rich clubs, there really is no big advantage in staying with the runner-up.
It remains to be seen if the opinion expressed by Mourinho will have practical implications in the team’s formation for the match this Saturday. As it has on Wednesday, March 13, a decisive meeting with Sevilla, for the round of 16 of the Champions League 2017/2018, the Portuguese coach could give some of his main athletes a break to preserve them for the duel.
However, this is not the usual style of the competitive coach. This should cause the lining to suffer limitations only by contusions. Defensive players Phil Jones (21 games in the 2017/2018 English Championship without a goal) and Marcos Rojo (seven games without a goal) are under treatment for injury recovery; Daley Blind (five games, no goal), Marouane Fellaini (12 games, three goals) and Ander Herrera (19 matches, no goal); and attackers Zlatan Ibrahimovic (five games, no goal) and Anthony Martial (26 games, no goal).
Liverpool
Liverpool have already secured their place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. On Tuesday, March 6, he fulfilled the obligation to enter the field to draw with Porto, without goals, at Anfield Field. It was a merely protocolar match since the English had defined the confrontation when they thrashed 5-0 in Portugal.
Coach Jurgen Klopp has given himself the luxury of giving his main player a break from the season. Egyptian midfielder and striker Mohamed Salah (28 matches in the 2017/2018 English Premier League, 24 goals) was listed for the reserve bench and entered only the second half. Brazilian Roberto Firmino (28 matches, 13 goals) and Senegalese Sadio Mané (21 matches, eight goals) started the game but left early to avoid excessive wear. For the classic, the trio must be re-formed.
The doubt is due only to the use of the Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum (24 games, one goal). An injury took him from the last three games. You must be retested and even if you receive the green light, you will most likely be on the reservation bench.
Soccer Prediction of the Day Manchester United vs Liverpool
With the title in the hands of Manchester City, the permanence in the zone of classification of Champions League has become objective for both United and Liverpool. In this mission, the draw is good for both. This makes the guess at equality a good option for the classic.
Prediction Today: A tie
Odds: 3.30
