Man City, Liverpool battle for fourth

Friday, 19th February 2010 9:01pm
The match between Manchester City and Liverpool in round 27 of the English Premiership is a direct fight for fourth place.

Man City are currently in fourth place and have a game in hand and a win here could help cement fourth place against their direct rivals.

Man City is one of just two teams not have lost at home so far this season and that form will them confidence going into this match.

Of its 12 games at home, Man City has won nine and drawn three.

Liverpool on the other hand lost its last match and that was away to Arsenal. That match is the only match the team has lost in its last six matches.

In the last six matches, Man City has won three, lost two and drawn one and will need to improve on that going to the end of the season.

The match played at Anfield between the two teams ended in a two-all draw and this time a draw may not be a good enough result for either team with matches starting to run out.

Here is some of the stats for the two teams so far this season:

	Liverpool	Man City
Rank	5	4
Played	26	25
Points	44	45
Drawn	5	9
Won	13	12
Lost	8	4
Goal difference	16	15
Clean sheets	11	8
Failed to score	6	3
Goals scored	43	48
Goals conceded	27	33
Ave. goals scored	1.7	1.9
Ave. goals conceded	1.0	1.3
Biggest win	Liverpool 6 - 1 Hull	Wolves 0 - 3 Man City Man City 4 - 1 Blackburn
Biggest loss	Liverpool 1 - 3 Aston Villa Chelsea 2 - 0 Liverpool Fulham 3 - 1 Liverpool Portsmouth 2 - 0 Liverpool	Tottenham 3 - 0 Man City
Score 3 or more	5	8
Concede 3 or more	2	5
Home matches
Played	13	12
Points	29	30
Drawn	2	3
Won	9	9
Lost	2	0
Goal difference	20	16
Goals scored	31	30
Goals conceded	11	14
Ave. goals scored	2.4	2.5
Ave. goals conceded	0.8	1.2
Away matches
Played	13	13
Points	15	15
Drawn	3	6
Won	4	3
Lost	6	4
Goal difference	-4	-1
Goals scored	12	18
Goals conceded	16	19
Ave. goals scored	0.9	1.4
Ave. goals conceded	1.2	1.5