Pre Match report for the Liverpool game - Saturday, 13th December 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Liverpool V Brighton - 13/12/25 P16
Liverpool manager: Arne Slot (2024) . P56 W = 67.8% @ July 25
AS did fantastic last term; winning the title and gaining another go at Champions League soccer.
However he saw Reds beaten on penalties in the Community Shield during August pre-season.
Then at end of September things suddenly went a tad pear shaped.
Liverpool 25/26: W7 D2 L6 . F24 A24 GD0 . Pt23 Po10 = 1.53pt/gm . W = 46.6% L = 40.0%
last six: wll wdd
EFL Cup: Palace 0-3 (H) R4, Soton 2-1 (H) R3 . . . FA Cup: Barnsley (H) R3
Ch Lg: R Madrid 1-0 (H), I Milan 0-1 (A), A Madrid 3-2 (H), E Frankfurt 1-5 (A),
PSV 1-4 (H), Marseille (A), Qarabag (H), Galatasaray 1-0 (A)
start: Bmouth 4-2 (H), Newcastle 2-3 (A), Arsenal 1-0 (H), Burnley 0-1 (A), Everton 2-1 (H),
Palace 2-1 (A), Chelsea 2-1 (A), Man U 1-2 (H), Brentford 3-2 (A), Villa 2-0 (H)
mid-season: Man C 3-0 (A), Forest 0-3 (H), W Ham 0-2 (A), Sunderland 1-1 (H),
Leeds 3-3 (A), Brighton (H), Spurs (A), Wolves (H), Leeds (H)
Liverpool fans expectations: back to back titles and other silverware to boot.
odds at start: top 2/1 fav . top four 1-8 . sack AS 66/1
prospects: a whole lot of extra effort required to put in a bid for even a top six place.
INS: F Wirtz (Leverkusen 100m), J Frimpong (Leverkusen 29m), M Kerkez (Bmouth 40m),
G Mamardashvili (Valencia 25m), A Pecsi (Puskas A 2m), F Woodman (PNE), G Leoni (Parma 26m),
H Ekitike (Frankfurt 69m), W Wright (Salford), A Izak (Newcastle 125m).
friendlies: PNE 1-3 (A), Stoke 5-0 (H)
HK: AC Milan l 2-4 . Japan: Yokohama w 1-3 . . A Bllbao 4-1 (H), 3-2 (H)
Community Shield: Palace L 3pen2 2-2
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Liverpool home: versus Albion 4-0 1-0 2-1 0-1 2-2 3-3 2-1 2-1 . W5 D2 L1 . F16 A9 . W = 62.5%
Liverpool 25/26 home: W4 D1 L2 . F11 A9 GD2 = 1.85pt/gm or 56.5% of total points.
next six: Wolves Leeds Burnley Newcastle Man C W Ham
reverse sequence: d lwl www - points gained = 61.9% lost = 38.0%
Sland 1-1: (0-0) 81-67 68%-32% on 4-6, off 19-3, c 7-3, f 10-5, y 1-1, s 5-3 4231-442
Forest 0-3: (0-1) 3378 74%-26% on 4-7, off 17-8, c 8-6, f 11-8, y 2-0, s 4-3 433-4231
Villa 2-0: (1-0) 45,58 53%-47% on 4-3, off 12-7, c 1-4, f 13-11, y 2-3, s 1-5 4231-4231
Man U 1-2: (0-1) 78-2,84 63%-37% on 6-4, off 13-8, c 9-4, f 8-14, y 0-2, s 5-5 4231-3421
Evton 2-1: (2-0) 10,29-58 57%-43% on 3-2, off 8-7, c 5-4, f 11-10, y 2-3, s 3-3 4231-4231
Arnal 1-0: (0-0) 83 53%-47% on 3-1, off 6-10, c 3-8, f 7-10, y 2-2, s 4-4 4231-433
Bmoth 4-2: (1-0) 3794 61%-39% on 10-3, off 9-7, c 6-7, f 7-10, y 1-2, s 5-4 4231-4141
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Liverpool from 11/12: 8 7 2 6 8 4 4 2 1 3 2 5 3 1 10 @ 12/12/25
title: 20 25 . top four: 14 17 18 19 21 22 24 . top six: 15 23 . top ten: 12 13 16
points: 52 61 84 62 60 76 75 97 99 69 97 67 82 84 23
recent managers: Jurgen Klopp (15-24), Brendan Rodgers (12-15), Kenny Dalglish (11-12).
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