Closing out the pre-Christmas Premier League action, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool scrap for supremacy in Sunday's tantalising tie at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The two giants of the English game collide just after being drawn to face one another in the EFL Cup semi-finals, which Spurs reached thanks to an astonishing 4-3 win over Manchester United after Arne Slot's side eked out a 2-1 success over managerless Southampton.
Nine places separate Liverpool and Spurs in the Premier League rankings at the time of writing, though, as the Reds sit two points clear of Chelsea in first place while Ange Postecoglou's team languish in 10th position.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.
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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 183
Spurs wins: 49
Draws: 44
Liverpool wins: 90
Five of the first six meetings between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool in the early 20th century may have been won by the Lilywhites, but the mammoths from Merseyside have since built up a dominant streak over their capital counterparts in this battle.
Indeed, the Reds have prevailed in 90 of the 183 competitive meetings between the two clubs down the years while only suffering 49 defeats, and another 44 scraps have ended in a share of the spoils.
However, one of those 49 losses for Liverpool came at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the 2023-24 season, albeit in highly infuriating circumstances, as Luis Diaz's goal was incorrectly disallowed by virtue of a "significant human error" before Joel Matip turned into his own net in added time.
Jurgen Klopp's crop avenged that cruel defeat with a 4-2 triumph at Anfield towards the end of the season, though, which marked Liverpool's 10th win from their last 13 matches against Tottenham; the only other aberrations for the Reds in that sequence were a pair of draws in the 2021-22 Premier League season.
Liverpool and Spurs have met exclusively in the Premier League since Klopp's crop also conquered Mauricio Pochettino's team in the 2018-19 Champions League final, where Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi broke Lilywhites hearts, and there have only been two wins for Spurs in the last 23 top-flight head-to-heads.
Furthermore, Liverpool are on a 17-game scoring streak against the North London outfit in the Premier League since last being shut out in a goalless draw in October 2015, which was Klopp's inaugural match in the Reds hotseat.
That drab affair also marks the last time that Tottenham and Liverpool played out a 0-0 stalemate, and entertainment at both ends is usually a guarantee between these two sides, as the last eight meetings have seen both teams score.
Speaking of goals, Spurs legend Jimmy Greaves and Liverpool icon Ian Rush lead the way in terms of individual goals in this head-to-head with 11 apiece, but current Reds hotshot Salah is on the cusp of matching that record, having struck 10 times against the Lilywhites in the past.
Last 20 meetings
May 05, 2024: Liverpool 4-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Sep 30, 2023: Spurs 2-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Apr 30, 2023: Liverpool 4-3 Spurs (Premier League)
Nov 06, 2022: Spurs 1-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
May 07, 2022: Liverpool 1-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Dec 19, 2021: Spurs 2-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
Jan 28, 2021: Spurs 1-3 Liverpool (Premier League)
Dec 16, 2020: Liverpool 2-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Jan 11, 2020: Spurs 0-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Oct 27, 2019: Liverpool 2-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Jun 01, 2019: Spurs 0-2 Liverpool (Champions League Final)
Mar 31, 2019: Liverpool 2-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Sep 15, 2018: Spurs 1-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
Feb 04, 2018: Liverpool 2-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Oct 22, 2017: Spurs 4-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Feb 11, 2017: Liverpool 2-0 Spurs (Premier League)
Oct 25, 2016: Liverpool 2-1 Spurs (EFL Cup Round Four)
Aug 27, 2016: Spurs 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Apr 02, 2016: Liverpool 1-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Oct 17, 2015: Spurs 0-0 Liverpool (Premier League)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
May 05, 2024: Liverpool 4-2 Spurs (Premier League)
Sep 30, 2023: Spurs 2-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Apr 30, 2023: Liverpool 4-3 Spurs (Premier League)
Nov 06, 2022: Spurs 1-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
May 07, 2022: Liverpool 1-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Dec 19, 2021: Spurs 2-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
Jan 28, 2021: Spurs 1-3 Liverpool (Premier League)
Dec 16, 2020: Liverpool 2-1 Spurs (Premier League)
Jan 11, 2020: Spurs 0-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Oct 27, 2019: Liverpool 2-1 Spurs (Premier League)
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