📏 Form Guide

Liverpool

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Liverpool are hoping to win again following a 4-1 FA Cup triumph versus Barnsley.

In that game, Liverpool managed 75% possession and 21 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Liverpool, the goalscorers were Dominik Szoboszlai (9'), Jeremie Frimpong (36'), Florian Wirtz (84') and Hugo Ekitiké (94'). At the other end, Barnsley got 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Adam Phillips (40') was the scorer for Barnsley.

Over their preceding six games, Arne Slot's Liverpool have hit the back of the net a combined total of 10 times, an average number of goals per match of 1.67.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Liverpool:

• have not been beaten in the league by Burnley in their last 6 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Burnley

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Burnley will come into the meeting following on from a 5-1 FA Cup win to defeat Millwall in their previous match.

In that match, Burnley managed 67% possession and 16 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Burnley, the goalscorers were Ashley Barnes (11', 65'), Loum Tchaouna (35'), Jaidon Anthony (44') and Jaydon Banel (89'). On the other side, Millwall got 12 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Josh Coburn (94') scored for Millwall.

The numbers tell their own story, and Burnley have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in total. Defensively, Burnley seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. Putting that to one side, we will just have to wait and see if the trend might persist in this next game.

Analysis of their past results shows that Burnley:

• haven't beaten Liverpool in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• are without an away win for the past 5 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Delving into their past head to head meetings going back to 19/05/2021 shows that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Burnley. They’ve not been able to register any wins at all while Liverpool have dominated them, finishing as winners in 100 per cent of those ties.

A total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 12 of them from The Reds and 1 being from The Clarets. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 4 on 14/09/2025 when it ended Burnley 0-1 Liverpool.

On that occasion, Burnley had 19% possession and 3 shots at goal with 0 on target.

Liverpool got 27 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Mohamed Salah (95') was the scorer.

The referee was Michael Oliver.

ℹ️ Team News: Liverpool

We think that The Reds may well use the 4-2-3-1 formation for the game with Alisson Becker, Joseph Gomez, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Jeremie Frimpong, Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Florian Wirtz.

🗞️ Team News: Burnley

We’re of the thinking that The Clarets seem most likely to play in a 3-4-2-1 lineup, settling for Martin Dubravka, Josh Laurent, Maxime Esteve, Bashir Humphreys, Kyle Walker, Lesley Ugochukwu, Florentino, Lucas Pires, Marcus Edwards, Hannibal Mejbri and Armando Broja.

💡 Prediction

It’s likely that Burnley will have a tough assignment to be getting goals against a Liverpool team who seem set to score a lot of goals.

We think that it’s going to be a 3-0 winning margin for Liverpool when the referee blows the final whistle.

Victor Martins, 17:00 15/01/2026