please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur host Liverpool at White Hart Lane on Sunday 16th December 2013 (KO 16:00) in the 16th round of matches in the 2013-14 Premier League season. Tottenham come into the match in 6th place on 27 points, while Liverpool are in 2nd place on 30 points. This will be the 165th time the two clubs have met. The first meeting came on Boxing Day in 1894 when Liverpool, who had been established just two years earlier after a dispute with Everton, played a friendly at Tottenham Marshes in a game won 3-0 by Spurs. A further visit from Liverpool was even less successful in Easter 1895 with Spurs winning 6-0. The first Football League meeting between the two clubs took place at White Hart Lane in November 1909 with Spurs winning 1-0 thanks to a Bert Middlemiss goal. He became the first Spurs player to score against both Merseyside clubs. The reverse fixture that season was won by Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield, which had previously been the home of Everton before their move to Goodison Park. All 139 League meetings played to date between Spurs & Liverpool have taken place in the Top Flight of English football. Tottenham's 2-1 First Division win at Anfield in March 1912 would be their last at the ground for 73 years with the jinx finally being broken by a Garth Crooks goal in 1-0 win in March 1985. The first FA Cup meeting came in the 5th Round in March 1968 and resulted in a 1-1 draw at the Lane. Liverpool won the replay 2-1. To date, the clubs have met 7 times in the competition with Tottenham's only win coming at Anfield in the 6th Round in March 1995 when goals from Teddy Sheringham and Jurgen Klinsmann earned a 2-1 victory. The teams first met in the Football League Cup in 1972 and have played 7 times in the competition with Spurs winning four games with two draws. Liverpool's only win came in the 1982 Final at Wembley which was won 3-1 after extra time. Steve Archibald put Spurs ahead but Ronnie Whelan's brace and a goal from Ian Rush ensured that the Reds lifted the silverware. The teams contested the Charity Shield in August that year with League Champions Liverpool beating FA Cup Winners Spurs 1-0. Liverpool are one of three English clubs Spurs have played in European Competitions to date - the other being Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Spurs beat Liverpool in the 1973 UEFA Cup Semi-Final 2-1 with a brace of goals from Martin Peters but a 1-0 win to Liverpool in the second leg at Anfield meant that the Reds progressed to the Final on the away goals rule. Two matches were played in Swaziland in June 1984 reulting in a 5-2 win for Liverpool and a 1-1 draw. In December 1985 and January 1986 the clubs met in the Screen Sport Super Cup - a competition played due to English club's being barred from European competition - with Liverpool winning both matches 2-0. Both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur were founder-members of the Premier League in season 1992-93 and are two of the seven clubs who have been ever-present in the competition for the past 22 seasons (Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton and Manchester United are the other five). The home fixture at White Hart Lane in November 2010 resulted in a 2-1 win for Spurs. Liverpool went ahead just before halftime with a goal from Martin Skrtel but Spurs came back in the second half with an own goal from Skrtel after 65 minutes and an injury-time winner from Aaron Lennon. The reverse fixture at Anfield in May 2011 proved to be the UEFA Europa League decider with Spurs winning 2-0 with goals from Rafael van der Vaart and a Luka Modric penalty. The game at White Hart Lane in September 2011 was won 4-0 by Spurs with goals from Luka Modric, Jermain Defoe and a brace from new loan signing Emmanuel Adebayor. Liverpool had both Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel sent-off. The match at Anfield in February 2012 finished in a goalless draw, as did a tour match played in Baltimore, USA in July 2012. Tottenham beat Liverpool in November 2012 at White Hart Lane 2-1. Aaron Lennon put Spurs ahead after 7 minutes and Gareth Bale added a second 9 minutes later from a free kick. In the second half, Bale deflected into his own net after 72 minutes. Luis Suarez put Liverpool ahead at Anfield in March 2013 after 21 minutes but Jan Vertonghen equalised just before half-time. The Belgian defender put Spurs ahead eight minutes into the second half before Stuart Downing leveled things in the 66th minute. An 82nd minute Steven Gerrard penalty ensured that all three points went to Liverpool Tottenham have won 13 of the 42 Premier League matches played so far with Liverpool on 18 wins and 11 games drawn. Overall, Liverpool have the upper hand over Spurs with 74 wins to 49 with 41 of the 164 matches played so far drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool Matches 1894-2014 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Liverpool.... Nick Barmby Keith Burkinshaw (Liverpool player, Spurs manager) Harry Bradshaw Joe Brough Ray Clemence Peter Crouch Brad Friedel Charlie Hewitt Robbie Keane Oyvind Leonhardsen Doug Livermore (Liverpool player, Spurs official) Danny Murphy Paul Konchesky Jamie Redknapp Ronnie "The Rocket" Rosenthal Neil "Razor" Ruddock John Scales Tom Soulsby Graeme Souness (also Liverpool manager) John Stephenson Paul Stewart Paul Walsh Christian Ziege please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14 Liverpool Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Gerrard and Sturridge out, I know we can do it Henderson out as well now, Loserpool are rapidly becoming a one man team.
Liverpool don't seem to travel well to North London. Isn't that six wins for us at home in the league? Although I remember us being lucky on a few occasions. Gerrard is missing for them and without him their midfield looks unbalanced and short on leadership so I fully expect us to boss the midfield but Liverpool to exploit spaces with their quick counter attacks. Expecting a good game.
Even if we do boss midfield, the ball will never get within ten yards of our forwards. Maybe twenty if Soldado is playing.
It'll be interesting to see who they have available at left-back. If they're forced to use Flanagan again, then Lennon should be able to take full advantage of it. Defoe got plenty of service against Sunderland, so I'm hoping that he'll remember where the goal is in this one.
Surely hitting those wooden bits that keep the net up is much harder than hitting the inside of the goal as they are much smaller. Am I missing something here?
We can live in hope! This should be a good game to bring Soldado back and let him link up with Paulinho, plus I've predicted both to score so Avb will listen!
Big big game for AVB..... A win and we are back in the mix, and it makes up for one of our bad defeats A lose... and the papers will have a hard time trying to work out who to slag off more, AVB or Moyes.
Nah, Moyes Any Utd manager who is steering his side below Spurs deserves all he gets. Similarly any Spurs manager who gets them above Utd is clearly a genius
We practice hitting the woodwork playing the cross bar game. All that practice pays off during games, when we're able to do it under pressure with awesome skill. It's very simple.
Both sides have a chance to show how serious they are about grabbing a CL spot. A draw would be a good sign of intent for the Scousers, while we need a win, I think, to accomplish the same thing. Suarez and Coutinho on the counter is an obvious concern. I wonder if our newfound ability to hit on the counter ourselves could come in handy here, against what may be a second string left back. We would have to try to do so, of course, which is not a sure thing.
So one point at the weekend and AVB will have reached 100 points (providing he isn't sacked between now and then). Would that be the quickest any Spurs manager has ever managed that THFC6061?
Even without Gerrard 'Pool will still be a very tough game. Suarez is scoring for fun at the moment and our defensive record went out the window weeks ago. Hard to call a line up for this. Sunderland was a brilliant performance but I reckon Sandro will be needed in the middle to try and help out the defence with Suarez, problem is who gets replaced? Every midfielder on Saturday was fantastic including Boss' favourite player Chadli and so none deserve to be dropped.
