we also simulated the match to see what could happen.
on sunday afternoon, liverpool will continue their quest for a quadruple when they face fierce rivals manchester united in the fa cup quarterfinals.
Jurgen klopp’s kids performed well when asked to guarantee reds’ spot in the last eight, with goals from lewis koumas and jayden danns securing a 3-0 victory home over southampton in the previous round.
Liverpool is back in form, winning eight of their last nine games and beating sparta prague in the europa league on thursday, with senior players returning.
Sunday’s clash will be the second time this season that the Reds and Man United have gone head to head. Liverpool were held to a frustrating 0-0 Premier League draw by Erik ten Hag’s men at Anfield in December.
So what will the outcome be at Old Trafford? We simulated the tie to find out…
Manchester United vs Liverpool simulated to get a score prediction
To complete this simulation, we used EA FC 24 and updated the squads with the latest injuries and suspensions.
We predict that the hosts could set up in a 4-3-3 formation, with their line-up as follows:Â Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Maguire, Dalot; Casemrio, Mainoo, Fernandes; Garnacho, Hojlund, Rashford.
We predict that Liverpool could line up in a 4-3-3 formation, with their starting XI as follows:Â Kelleher; Bradley, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Endo, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister; Salah,Nunez, Diaz.
The first half was extremely tight, with both sides getting into dangerous positions but lacking that cutting edge in front of goal. Liverpool started to dominate toward the end of the half, but slightly against the run of play, United went into the break ahead when Marcus Rashford’s fizzed cross was turned into his own goal by Joe Gomez.
Now behind, the Reds started to push even harder, managing 21 shots in the opening hour of the game. United were defending with every player behind the ball to try and hold on to their lead, but the pressure proved too much.
Diogo Dalot was dispossessed in his own half, allowing Conor Bradley and Mohamed Salah to advance down the wing. Salah cut inside before firing a pass into the path of Dominik Szoboszlai, and the midfielder beat Andre Onana at his front post to make it 1-1.
