This Sunday, 17th January, Liverpool and Manchester United will play their twenty-second game of the Premier League season at Anfield.
The teams last played in September last year and Manchester United won the game 3 – 1. Before that they played in March and Manchester United won the game 1 – 2. Manchester United has won four out of the last five encounters while the last time that Liverpool beat Manchester United was in March 2014.
However, it looks as if Liverpool are set to even the score a bit as they are favourites to win the match; the bookmakers at Winner Sports have given the team odds of 5/4 to win while the odds on Manchester United are 47/20 and a draw has been set at 23/10. In the correct score market the shortest odds of 5/1 are on a 1 – 1 draw followed by 11/2 on a 1 – 0 victory for Liverpool.
Liverpool is currently ninth in the Premier League with 31 points having won 8 games, drawn 7 and lost 6. They are tied for points with Crystal Palace.
Manchester United is sixth in the league with 34 points having won 9 games, drawn 7 and lost 5. They are one point below West Ham.
