Liverpool vs Manchester City Predictions

• Manchester City have scored 20 goals in their last seven games.
• The Citizens won all three meetings with Liverpool last season, scoring nine goals in the process.

City to put off-field issues to one side

Manchester City return to action for the first time since their controversial guilty verdict, but Enzo Maresca’s side should be able to put their future doubts to one side and claim victory at Anfield.

The Citizens have won all seven games since their curtain-raising defeat to Arsenal in the Community Shield, scoring 20 goals in the process and establishing a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League.

Iraola’s unbeaten run may come to an end

Liverpool have recovered from a slow start under Andoni Iraola to win four of their last five games, but none of these came against opposition of Manchester City’s quality and the Spaniard could be in line for his first defeat with the Reds.

They conceded twice to both Nottingham Forest and Newcastle in the first two games of the season and lost all three meetings with Manchester City last season, shipping nine goals across those three encounters.

Haaland can contribute to goal-fest

City scored at least two goals in all of them and have done so in five of their last six games, so back them to bag a couple at Liverpool.

But they did concede three to Sunderland before the international break and Liverpool have scored exactly twice in four games this term, so a high-scoring 3-2 win for the visitors has a chance in the correct score market.

Erling Haaland is worth backing to find the net, too, with the Norway international expected to recover from a minor injury. He has scored in each of his last five games for City, racking up seven goals in this period, and he has scored seven goals in nine meetings with Liverpool since moving to Manchester.