By Alex Easley
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| Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is likely to make several changes ahead of Sunday's game with Watford. |
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is
set to make several changes for the visit of Watford as his side recover from
their Europa League semi-final win over Villarreal on Thursday night.
The German has given a number of
his fringe players run outs in the Premier League recently, and is likely to do
so once again at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
Klopp said: "We will need
the help of the crowd because I don't know how many more games we've had than
Watford.
"We will have a few changes
for sure and we will try do everything to win this game. We respect this
league, we want to have the best position we can get at the end of the
season."
Meanwhile, their visitors Watford
are safe from the threat of relegation and know a positive end to the campaign
could very well see them finish in the top-half of the table after promotion to
the division last year.
Hornets head coach Quique Sanchez
Flores on his side’s ambition in the remaining two fixtures: "When you
reach a target it's easy to lose focus. We need to try to be competitive
because the competition's not finished.
"How is our ambition, how is
our idea to try to add points in every single match we have to play? It is
necessary to show everyone that we are still fighting in this
competition."
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| Quique Sanchez Flores says his side's aim is accumulate as many points as possible. |
Liverpool boss Klopp is likely to
hand starts to the likes of goalkeeper Danny Ward, centre-back Martin Skrtel,
midfielders Joe Allen and Lucas Leiva and possibly striker Christian Benteke.
Left-back Brad Smith is suspended
after being sent off at Swansea last weekend.
Watford manager Quique Sanchez
Flores has reported no fresh injury concerns. Switzerland midfielder Valon
Behrami missed the win at Aston Villa because of a rib injury and is not expected
to be involved at Anfield.
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
continues to recover from a knee problem.
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| Martin Skrtel is expected to start the game at Anfield. |
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Watford's 3-0 win in the reverse
fixture is their biggest margin of victory over Liverpool.
However, Watford's only
competitive win in 11 attempts against Liverpool at Anfield came in August 1999
when Tommy Mooney scored the only goal in a Premier League meeting.
Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp's side are on a
10-match unbeaten run at Anfield, including four Europa League wins (W7, D3).
However, they have only won three
of their seven most recent league games (W3, D2, L2).
The Reds have dropped an
unrivalled 19 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season.
There have been an unrivalled 63
goals in Premier League matches involving Liverpool in 2016; Watford's fixtures
have produced the fewest goals this year (34).
Liverpool fielded their youngest
ever starting line-up in the Premier League against Swansea last weekend, with
an average age of 23 years and 218 days.
Daniel Sturridge has scored in
six of his last eight league appearances for Liverpool.
Watford
Watford have won two of their
last three games, taking as many points as they had from their previous nine
league fixtures.
This was only Watford's second
win in nine league games.
The Hornets have scored just 12
Premier League goals in 2016, a joint-league-low with Villa.
They have only managed four goals
in their last eight away matches in the league.
Sixteen-goal leading scorer Idion
Ighalo has gone 11 league matches without scoring.
K.O. 4PM – 08/05/2016
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