Liverpool vs Manchester City: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups

Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday, October 11 (11:30 AM ET / 10:30 AM CT / 8:30 AM PT).

Liverpool go into this one without the injured Hugo Ekitike, Conor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni and Federico Chiesa, while the injured Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo are both doubts. If either forward passes fit, Isak’s four goals and Gakpo’s eleven chances created still make them the two Liverpool attackers City will be wary of, with Dominik Szoboszlai (eleven chances created, five shots on target) and Florian Wirtz (twelve shots, nine chances created) the other creative outlets expected to feature. Manchester City have a clean bill of health, with Erling Haaland (five goals from twenty shots), Mathis Cherki (three goals, twelve chances created) and Antoine Semenyo (two goals, three assists) all set to start.

US viewers can watch Liverpool vs Manchester City on NBC and Peacock.

Season Form & Standings

Liverpool sit on nine points from five games, two wins and three draws without defeat, a goal difference of plus three underlining a tidy but unspectacular start. Manchester City have won all five of their matches, collecting fifteen points and a goal difference of plus eight.

Premier League

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Potential Match-Winners

• Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool): The defensive midfielder has created eleven chances and landed five of his thirteen shots on target, Liverpool’s main source of created opportunities.
• Erling Haaland (Manchester City): Five goals from twenty shots, including ten on target, make the striker City’s most direct route to goal.
• Mathis Cherki (Manchester City): Three goals and twelve chances created show the attacking midfielder’s growing influence going forward.

Recent Form

Liverpool: D D W D W

• 2026-09-20: Bournemouth 0-1 Liverpool (W, away)
• 2026-09-12: Liverpool 0-0 Fulham (D, home)
• 2026-09-04: Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool (W, away)
• 2026-08-29: Liverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest (D, home)
• 2026-08-23: Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool (D, away)

Liverpool’s last five league games read D D W D W: a win at Bournemouth, a goalless draw with Fulham at home, a win at Ipswich Town, a 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest at home, and a 2-2 draw at Newcastle.

Manchester City: W W W W W

• 2026-09-20: Manchester City 5-3 Sunderland (W, home)
• 2026-09-13: Manchester United 0-1 Manchester City (W, away)
• 2026-09-05: Manchester City 1-0 Coventry City (W, home)
• 2026-08-28: Crystal Palace 1-4 Manchester City (W, away)
• 2026-08-23: Manchester City 2-1 Bournemouth (W, home)

Manchester City’s form reads W W W W W: a 5-3 home win over Sunderland, a 1-0 win at Manchester United, a 1-0 home win over Coventry City, a 4-1 win at Crystal Palace, and a 2-1 home win over Bournemouth.

Liverpool vs Manchester City Prediction

Manchester City’s perfect record, five wins from five games and a goal difference of plus eight, should be enough to see off a Liverpool side that remains unbeaten itself but has drawn three of five league matches. Expect goals at both ends through Haaland, Cherki and Semenyo against Isak and Liverpool’s own attacking players, before City’s greater cutting edge tells late on. Signal’s model has this finishing Liverpool 1-2 Manchester City, with Haaland the pick to get on the scoresheet.