Liverpool’s defence has been fairly disappointing this season – at least as a collective.
Having recorded an impressive 21 clean sheets in 2018/19 (the most in a single Premier League campaign in 11 years), the Reds’ backline was always going to struggle to match last season’s output.
So far there have been just two shut-outs: only Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur have registered fewer in the English top flight in 2019/20.
Even their second string have been getting in on the act, with Liverpool drawing 5-5 with Arsenal in a bonkers EFL Cup tie on Wednesday.
A favourable fixture swing awaits Jurgen Klopp’s side after the November international break, however, with the Reds playing Crystal Palace, Brighton and Hove Albion, Everton, Bournemouth and Watford before their blank Gameweek 18.
Fantasy managers might be tentatively considering a Liverpool defensive double-up during this period, then, but how do the Reds’ underlying statistics stack up? Have they been unlucky so far? And how are they comparing to last season’s numbers?
We attempt to address some of these questions in our Members’ article below.
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4 years, 5 months agoGtg? Correct benchings?
Ryan
TAA, Digne, Lundstram, Chilwell
Sterling (C), David Silva(VC), Pepe, Mount
Aubameyang, Abraham
Bench:
Ings, Rico, Cantwell, Button