MatchThe opposition lowdown: Tottenham Hotspur
Get the lowdown on Tottenham Hotspur ahead of Liverpool's trip to the capital to face them on Saturday evening.
Season so far
Thomas Frank's side have taken 22 points from their 16 games in the top flight this term so far.
Six wins and four draws have been offset by six defeats - with three of those coming in the past five outings.
Spurs were beaten 3-0 away from home at Nottingham Forest last time out in the league.
Key players
Richarlison is the leading scorer for Tottenham in the Premier League in 2025-26 with six goals.
Defender Micky van de Ven is next-best with three strikes.
Mohammed Kudus has been their chief creator in league football, registering five assists.
Guglielmo Vicario has made 47 saves - the joint-third-highest figure across the division at this stage.
Team news
Radu Dragusin, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Dominic Solanke, Kota Takai and Destiny Udogie remain sidelined due to injury.
Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr are away at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Previous meetings
Liverpool enjoyed much the upper hand across four clashes between the clubs last season.
They ran out 6-3 victors in this fixture almost exactly 12 months ago, and then sealed their status as Premier League champions with a 5-1 win in the return at Anfield in April.
In between, the Reds defeated Tottenham 4-1 on aggregate in their two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final.
What they said
Frank, Spurs head coach
"It's a very good team that we're facing but we also know if we hit a high level, we can compete very well, I believe we can do something good and we'll go for the three points.
"We worked very hard on our breakthrough phase, worked very hard on our positions there, and how we do that this week. Then, of course, [we] also worked on the defensive side of the game."
Pre-match stats
This is the top-scoring fixture in Premier League history (206 goals). The last three league matches between the pair have seen 21 goals (seven per game), while there have been at least three goals in 14 of their last 16 Premier League meetings.
Richarlison has been involved in seven Premier League goals against Liverpool (four goals, three assists), more than he has against any other opponent. All four of his goals have come at Anfield.
Following their 2-0 win over Brentford, Spurs will be looking to win back-to-back home Premier League matches for the first time since a run of three ending in November 2024.
Tottenham have won seven of their last nine Premier League games kicking off at 5.30pm on a Saturday, a run which includes a 2-1 win over Liverpool in September 2023.