Liverpool know that three more points at Anfield will secure Champions League football for next season, while Middlesbrough have little other than pride to play for following their relegation to the Championship.

Match Preview

Ahead of our Liverpool vs Middlesbrough preview, Jürgen Klopp will know that any slip ups on the final day of the Premier League season could see Arsenal nip in the back door to claim the fourth Champions League qualification spot. Liverpool have only lost once in their last eleven league games during their quest for a top-four finish.

• Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace
• Watford 0-1 Liverpool
• Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
• West Ham 0-4 Liverpool

Middlesbrough have won just once in the league since the turn of the year, a run that has seen them fall out of the Premier League without much of a fight. They are the division’s lowest scorers having found the net just twenty-seven times. Our Liverpool vs Middlesbrough prediction must take into account Boro’s players' state of mind as well as their poor form. Their players will want to get Sunday’s game over with and will more than likely provide little resistance against the home side.

An Adam Lallana brace helped Liverpool to a routine 3-0 away win at the Riverside when the sides last met in the reverse Premier League fixture earlier in the season. It’s worth nothing that Middlesbrough’s only league win this year came against the only team lower than them in the Premiership table – Sunderland.

• Middlesbrough 1-0 Sunderland
• Middlesbrough 2-2 Man City
• Chelsea 3-0 Middlesbrough
• Middlesbrough 1-2 Southampton

Liverpool vs Middlesbrough Prediction and Betting Advice

Our Liverpool vs Middlesbrough tips are understandably going to be heavily weighted in favour of the home side for Sunday’s match. And although Liverpool sometimes struggle to break down the so-called lesser teams in the Premier League, they should have no trouble putting Middlesbrough to the sword in front of the home fans.

Liverpool should record a resounding win, and in the process confirm their place in next season’s Champions League pre-qualifiers.

Our Tip

Tip: Liverpool win/over 2.5 goals: Bet365 4/5