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Sheff. Utd. travel to take on Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 41 out of 63 times.
The last time the two teams met at Liverpool was just over four years ago, in January 2003, with Liverpool running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in an League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 21 Jan | Liverpool | 2 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | LGEC |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 08 Jan | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 1 | Liverpool | LGEC |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 02 Apr | Liverpool | 1 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | PREM |
| 1993/1994 | Sun 26 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 0 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 1992/1993 | Wed 11 Nov | Liverpool | 3 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | LGEC |
| 1992/1993 | Wed 28 Oct | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 0 | Liverpool | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Liverpool have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.
Sheff. Utd. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the The Blades have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Liverpool sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 50 points from their 27 games. Sheff. Utd. find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 30 points from their 27 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 13 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Reds, as the The Blades have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Liverpool | No sequences of note |
| Sheff. Utd. | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |