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Liverpool vs Manchester City 0:3: result and odds
Liverpool vs Manchester City finished 0:3. The AI models' pick was Manchester City to win at 2.51, and it won.
- Referee: Chris Kavanagh · 4.1 yellow cards per match
- Premier League, matchday 6 of 38
- +14°, cloudy
- Anfield, Liverpool
published · updated UTC


AI models' pick: Manchester City to win
2.51AI models' pick · 8 of 15 on this bet · 1 more in the same direction
Our football predictions so far: 56 won · 34 lost · 3 void · +10.13 units All results
what these numbers mean
- won / lost
- The result of the bet once the round is settled: profit or loss at a stake of one unit at the odds shown.
- closing odds
- The odds on our bet at kick-off — the last price the market put up.
- CLV
- How much higher our published odds were than the closing price. A plus means we took the bet at a better price than the market gave it by kick-off; a minus means the market moved the other way. The number does not depend on the match result.
likely score
1:2 9%2:1 8%0:0 7%
The likely score lists the four most likely results. This is not the bet: the AI consensus chooses the bet.
What the odds were
Over 21 days a Manchester City win shortened from 2.22 to 2.18 — money is coming in on the away side.
abbreviations
- 1/X/2 — home win / draw / away win
- O/U — over/under total goals
- H1/H2 — home/away handicap
- 1X/12/X2 — home or draw / no draw / away or draw
Line movementOur bet — Manchester City: 2.51 → 2.18 since we publishedView
Since we published, our bet (a Manchester City win) has shortened from 2.51 to 2.18: the market now rates it as more likely.
Price changes
| When | Liverpool | Draw | Manchester City · our bet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.14+0.09 | 3.72+0.04 | 2.18−0.05 | |
| 3.05+0.10 | 3.68+0.01 | 2.23−0.04 | |
| 2.95+0.01 | 3.67−0.01 | 2.27 | |
| 2.94+0.04 | 3.68+0.01 | 2.27−0.03 | |
| 2.90+0.01 | 3.67−0.02 | 2.30+0.01 | |
| 2.89+0.33 | 3.69+0.02 | 2.29−0.22 | |
| 7 Oct – 10 Oct · no snapshots for 3 days | |||
| We published a Manchester City win at 2.51 | |||
| 2.56−0.39 | 3.67+0.02 | 2.51+0.29 | |
| 27 Sep – 7 Oct · no snapshots for 10 days | |||
| 2.95opened | 3.65opened | 2.22opened | |
How the match went
- 8'
Ronald Araujo YC - 47'
Ryan Gravenberch YC - 56'
on Jeremy Doku, off Iliman Ndiaye - 58'
Nico O'Reilly YC - 62'
Ryan Gravenberch RC - 65'
Erling Haaland0:1 - 66'
on Treymaurice Nyoni, off Florian Wirtz - 66'
on Josko Gvardiol, off Nico O'Reilly - 68'
Jeremy Doku (Elliot Anderson)0:2 - 75'
on Jeremie Frimpong, off Ronald Araujo - 75'
on Rio Ngumoha, off Lewis Koumas - 78'
Rayan Cherki (Josko Gvardiol)0:3 - 80'
on Allan Andrade Elias, off Erling Haaland - 80'
on Ayyoub Bouaddi, off Enzo Fernández - 86'
Ayyoub Bouaddi YC - 88'
on Joe Gomez, off Jérémy Jacquet - 88'
on Federico Chiesa, off Bradley Barcola - 90+1'
Virgil van Dijk YC
| Liverpool | stat | Manchester City |
|---|---|---|
| 0.94 | expected goals (xG) | 1.36 |
| 13 | shots | 15 |
| 6 | on target | 4 |
| 35% | possession | 65% |
| 5 | corners | 6 |
| 19 | fouls | 14 |
| 1 | saves | 6 |
| 2 | yellow cards | 2 |
| 1 | red cards | 0 |
what these numbers mean
- expected goals (xG)
- How many goals shots of this quality and from these positions produce on average. It shows how well the score reflects the game: 0.6 xG with two goals scored means clinical finishing, not domination.
- feed rating
- The player's match rating from our statistics provider — not ours. It is based on actions on and off the ball; we do not recalculate it and show it as it is.
Starting line-ups
- 1Alisson Becker5.5
- 6M. Kerkez6.0
- 4V. van Dijk5.7
- 5J. Jacquet6.5
- 33R. Araújo5.8
- 10A. Mac Allister6.7
- 38R. Gravenberch6.0
- 29B. Barcola6.3
- 7F. Wirtz6.2
- 23Víctor Muñoz6.2
- 67L. Koumas6.3
- 73R. Ngumohaon 75'6.4
- 14F. Chiesaon 88'6.6
- 42T. Nyonion 66'5.9
- 3W. Endo
- 30J. Frimpongon 75'6.1
- 21K. Tsimikas
- 2J. Gomezon 88'6.1
- 25G. Mamardashvili
- 53J. McConnell
- 1G. Donnarumma8.1
- 33N. O'Reilly6.5
- 6M. Guéhi7.4
- 3Rúben Dias7.7
- 27Matheus Nunes7.0
- 17E. Fernández7.0
- 5E. Anderson7.7
- 42A. Semenyo7.2
- 10R. Cherki — highest feed rating in the match8.2
- 7I. Ndiaye6.7
- 9E. Haaland7.5
- 37Allanon 80'6.5
- 32A. Bouaddion 80'6.9
- 11J. Dokuon 56'7.9
- 8M. Kovačić
- 82R. Lewis
- 45A. Khusanov
- 24J. Gvardiolon 66'7.4
- 22Vitor Nunes
- 28G. Rulli
AI prediction and analysis
The largest group of AI models bet on a Manchester City win — the bet won. One more chose a close bet in the same direction: Manchester City not losing. 2 more bet on Liverpool not losing — the bet lost. The other 4 chose a bet each: a Liverpool handicap, both teams to score and total-goals bets.
- 8 of 152our betodds 2.51DeepSeek
Gemini
GrokKimiQwenDeepSeek FlashNemotron SuperNemotron Ultrawon - 2 of 151Xodds 1.50
GLMMiniMaxlost - 1 of 15H1 (+1)odds 1.27
Dots3-Notelost - 1 of 15BTTSodds 1.48Mistrallost
- 1 of 15X2same directionodds 1.48
Sonarwon - 1 of 15O 2.5odds 1.56Claudewon
- 1 of 15U 3.5odds 1.58ChatGPTwon
Odds — the bookmaker average at the moment the AI model answered.
Odds quoted in this analysis are as of 09.10 at 11:17 UTC
Manchester City come into this one top of the Premier League on 15 points, with five straight wins behind them, 13 goals scored and five conceded in that run. Liverpool sit sixth on 9 points after two wins and three draws in their last five. The six points between them in the table understate how far the two have drifted apart, and the recent meetings belong to the visitors too: a 3-0 win in November 2025, a 2-1 win at Anfield in February 2026 and 4-0 in the FA Cup in April. At 2.51 a City win is rated at 37%, exactly what the market gives the hosts, even though the results of the past year point firmly one way. Our pick is Manchester City to win at 2.51.
Where we could be wrong
The risk is the shape of Liverpool's home games, which are tight and short on goals — roughly a goal scored and a goal conceded per match, two in total. In that sort of contest one moment would be enough to deny City the three points, and the hosts went a long time without losing to them at Anfield: 2-0 in December 2024 and a 1-1 draw in March of the same year. Even so, the form and the head-to-heads leave the edge with the away side.
The bet comes from the largest group of AI models pointing the same way (a home win and a home handicap count as one view), and within that group it is the bet named most often; if two groups are level, the one priced closer to the bookmakers' line is taken — how we calculate
Stats and form
Recent matches
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.09 | Bournemouth | A | 1:0 | W |
| 15.09 | Tottenham HotspurEFL Cup | H | 3:1 | W |
| 12.09 | Fulham | H | 0:0 | D |
| 09.09 | Atlético MadridChampions League | H | 2:1 | W |
| 04.09 | Ipswich Town | A | 2:0 | W |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.09 | Sunderland | H | 5:3 | W |
| 17.09 | Norwich CityEFL Cup | H | 5:0 | W |
| 13.09 | Manchester United | A | 1:0 | W |
| 08.09 | PortoChampions League | A | 2:0 | W |
| 05.09 | Coventry City | H | 1:0 | W |
H — home, A — away · score and xG from the team's side · league matches carry no competition tag
Season averages
| for / against | EPL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| goals | 1.4 / 0.8 | 2.6 / 1 | 1.4 |
| xG | 1.7 / 1.2 | 2.1 / 1.4 | 1.5 |
| shots | 15.2 / 11.6 | 13.6 / 11.8 | 13.9 |
| shots on target | 4.8 / 3.6 | 5.4 / 4 | 4.4 |
| corners | 4 / 4.4 | 6.2 / 4.2 | 4.7 |
| fouls | 13 / 10.2 | 10.6 / 13.4 | 11.4 |
| yellow cards | 2.4 / 2 | 1.2 / 1.4 | 1.9 |
| matches over 2.5 | 40% | 60% | |
| both scored | 40% | 60% | |
| clean sheets | 60% | 40% | |
| failed to score | 20% | 0% | |
| home / away | |||
| goals | 1 / 1 | 2.5 / 0.5 | |
| average total | 2 | 3 | |
| matches over 2.5 | 50% | 50% | |
| both scored | 50% | 50% | |
- Manchester City score more than the league average: 2.6 vs 1.4
- Liverpool unbeaten in the last 5 league games
- Manchester City: 5 league wins in a row
- "home / away" is split by the role in this match: home games only for Liverpool, away games only for Manchester City
Head to head
3–2–5Liverpool wins · draws · Manchester City wins
| Match | Score | Date | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City vs Liverpool | 4:0 | 04.04.26 | FA Cup |
| Liverpool vs Manchester City | 1:2 | 08.02.26 | |
| Manchester City vs Liverpool | 3:0 | 09.11.25 | |
| Manchester City vs Liverpool | 0:2 | 23.02.25 | |
| Liverpool vs Manchester City | 2:0 | 01.12.24 | |
| Liverpool vs Manchester City | 1:1 | 10.03.24 | |
| Manchester City vs Liverpool | 1:1 | 25.11.23 | |
| Manchester City vs Liverpool | 4:1 | 01.04.23 | |
| Manchester City vs Liverpool | 3:2 | 22.12.22 | EFL Cup |
| Liverpool vs Manchester City | 1:0 | 16.10.22 |
- both scored in 5 of the last 10 meetings
- over 2.5 goals — in 5 of 10