Fulham may have made some eye-catching acquisitions this summer, but Silva's side are still prone to the odd lacklustre defensive showing, and a full-strength Liverpool need no second invitation to take advantage. Klopp has far more injuries to contend with than he would have liked at this point of the season, but we cannot see past a routine win for the title hopefuls on the opening day. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Liverpool win with a probability of 51.32%. A win for Fulham had a probability of 26.76% and a draw had a probability of 21.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Liverpool win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.42%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (7.02%) and 0-2 (6.89%). The likeliest Fulham win was 2-1 (6.58%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.61%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 6.4% likelihood.

Result
Fulham	Draw	Liverpool
26.76% ( 2.51)	21.92% ( 0.73)	51.32% ( -3.24)

Both teams to score 64.06% (

0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

64.64% (

-1.1)

35.35% (

1.1)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

42.61% (

-1.23)

57.38% (

1.23)

Fulham Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.54% (

1.21)

25.45% (

-1.22)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.72% (

1.63)

60.28% (

-1.64)

Liverpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

85.93% (

-1.38)

14.07% (

1.37)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

58.34% (

-2.77)

41.66% (

2.76)

Score Analysis

Fulham 26.76%

Liverpool 51.32%

Draw 21.92%

Fulham	Draw	Liverpool
2-1 @ 6.58% ( 0.47) 1-0 @ 4.9% ( 0.43) 2-0 @ 3.35% ( 0.4) 3-1 @ 3% ( 0.31) 3-2 @ 2.94% ( 0.17) 3-0 @ 1.53% ( 0.23) 4-1 @ 1.03% ( 0.14) 4-2 @ 1.01% ( 0.09) Other @ 2.43% Total : 26.76%	1-1 @ 9.61% ( 0.37) 2-2 @ 6.45% ( 0.15) 0-0 @ 3.58% ( 0.2) 3-3 @ 1.92% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.36% Total : 21.92%	1-2 @ 9.42% ( -0.11) 0-1 @ 7.02% ( 0.03) 0-2 @ 6.89% ( -0.33) 1-3 @ 6.16% ( -0.4) 0-3 @ 4.5% ( -0.46) 2-3 @ 4.22% ( -0.12) 1-4 @ 3.02% ( -0.36) 0-4 @ 2.21% ( -0.35) 2-4 @ 2.07% ( -0.17) 1-5 @ 1.19% ( -0.21) 3-4 @ 0.94% ( -0.04) Other @ 3.69% Total : 51.32%