Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2018

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool: match report

Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Liverpool 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 September 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Georginio Wijnaldum opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Erik Lamela (90+3'). Liverpool scored through Georginio Wijnaldum (39') and Roberto Firmino (54').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 9 points from 4 and Liverpool 1st on 12 points from 4. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 97.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Michel Vorm of Tottenham Hotspur (8.1), level with Sadio Mané (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tottenham Hotspur win, 4 draws and 5 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read L-W-W-W and Liverpool's W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Georginio WijnaldumLiverpool · 0-1
  • 54'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 0-2
  • 90+3'Goal · Erik LamelaTottenham Hotspur · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 4, Liverpool 5.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-3-1-2)

Michel Vorm, Kieran Trippier, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Eric Dier, Mousa Dembélé, Harry Winks, Christian Eriksen, Harry Kane, Lucas Moura

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Naby Keïta, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané