Liverpool vs Man City

SportsLine soccer expert Martin Green has locked in his EPL picks, predictions and best bets for Liverpool vs. Man City on Saturday.

- Manchester City vs. [Visit SportsLine now to see the top Manchester City vs. Now, Green has set his sights on Manchester City vs. He's also revealed his best bets and analysis for this Premier League showdown. Liverpool from every angle and we can tell you he's leaning Over on the goal total. He scored one goal and assisted on another in the win over Manchester United on March 5. Forward Mohamed Salah leads the team in scoring, and has 11 goals and eight assists in 26 starts. Also helping power the offense is forward Julian Alvarez, who has five goals on nine shots on goal in 20 appearances. Striker Erling Haaland leads the club with 28 goals in 26 matches, and is just eight goals away from the single season record held by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer. City won the title with 93 points in 2021-2022, while Liverpool was second with 92. Green is 63-69-1 on his SportsLine soccer picks since the conclusion of the 2022 World Cup, generating a profit during that span thanks to multiple plus-money hits. Manchester City looks to win its seventh match in a row when Pep Guardiola's side takes on Liverpool on Saturday in a key English Premier League showdown.

Manchester City remain in the running for three trophies, but their Premier League pursuit could be dealt a blow this weekend if they fail to get the better ...

As well as their home win against City earlier in the campaign, Liverpool handed Man Utd a 7-0 hammering at Anfield and remain the only team to win away at top four contenders [Newcastle](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/newcastle-united-fc). Mikel Arteta's side also have a game against [Liverpool](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc) on the horizon, and Carragher expects Jurgen Klopp's side to play a huge part in the destination of the trophy. We will see, we will see what happens." [Premier League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/premier-league) challengers [Manchester City](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc), save for the reigning champions' potential title shoot-out against [Arsenal](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/arsenal-fc). "We have the last training session at 4pm today so then we will see how he feels," the Catalan said. Whichever side beats Liverpool will feel like they are a step closer to winning the league. "[It's] fantastic to have him back but he won't train with us today. "We still today and especially the player will decide. If City succeed and Arsenal do not, the Treble talk will get louder." This week was a first step. City have some work to do to catch the league leaders, but can close the gap to five points with victory at home on Saturday lunchtime. [beaten the Gunners in two separate competitions](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/arsenal-man-city-premier-league-29227671) this term.

Manchester City return to Premier League action following the international break with what has historically been one of their most difficult tasks.

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Jurgen Klopp suggests that both Liverpool duo Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz could be fit enough to feature against Manchester City on Saturday.

He came back with a muscle injury from the national team. He will probably be part of next week’s training. However, not all is well on the injury front, with Klopp adding: ‘Naby [Keita] is out. It looks really promising, we’re in the final stages. Next week we will increase that. [Chelsea](https://metro.co.uk/tag/chelsea/?ico=auto_link_sport_P4_LNK1) and Arsenal.

Liverpool finally return to action this weekend with a huge trip to the Etihad to face Man City, but how should Jurgen Klopp approach the fixture?

[Jordan Henderson](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/jordan-henderson/) appears to have made a full recovery from the illness that kept him out of the trip to the Bernabeu and looks extremely likely to be reinstated this weekend. [Alisson](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/alisson/); Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; [Fabinho](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/fabinho/), Henderson; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez; Jota [Fabinho](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/fabinho/)providing the midfield base [Harvey Elliott](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/harvey-elliott/)coming in for [Diogo Jota](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/diogo-jota/) [Alisson](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/alisson/); Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; [Fabinho](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/fabinho/), Henderson, Elliott; Salah, Nunez, Gakpo [Arthur](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/arthur/) to be involved in this fixture in some capacity, particularly given the busy schedule that follows this fixture: [Alisson](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/alisson/)in goal [Diogo Jota](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/diogo-jota/) the chance to score his first goal since this very fixture last April. [Thiago](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/thiago/), [Stefan Bajcetic](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/stefan-bajcetic/) and Keita are likely to force Klopp’s hand somewhat regarding the midfield, but there are still a couple of variations at his disposal. [Man City](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/man-city), but how should [Jurgen Klopp](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/jurgen-klopp/) approach the fixture? [Fabinho](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/fabinho/) and [James Milner](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/james-milner/) started as the two midfielders in a 4-2-3-1 in the last outing against Real Madrid, but the need for at least three goals was the big dictator of that. [Man City](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/man-city) press conference: [Luis Diaz](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/luis-diaz/)returned to first-team training but remains unavailable for selection [Darwin Nunez](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/darwin-nunez/)is “in contention” to start [Thiago](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/thiago/)is still sidelined but is edging closer towards full fitness [Naby Keita](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/naby-keita/)ruled out with a muscle injury