Premier League

Boxing Day’s Premier League action concludes at the Anfield where Liverpool take on bottom-of-the-table Swansea City.

The hosts go into the game on the back of Friday evening’s thrilling 3-3 draw with Arsenal – a result which kept them in fourth place.

A return to winning ways here will keep them in the Champions League qualification places regardless of other results while defeat would leave the door open for Tottenham Hotspur, the Gunners and even Burnley though their goal difference is far inferior.

The Reds will be without captain Jordan Henderson, who injured his hamstring at the Emirates though Joel Matip could feature after being out for a month with a thigh problem.

Top scorer Mo Salah is favourite to open the scoring at 3.75 (11/4) with most firms ahead of 5.5 (9/2) chance Philippe Coutinho.

The home win is 1.17 (1/6) with Paddy Power with the visitors as highly priced as the 23.0 (22/1) on offer from a number of bookmakers. The draw can be backed at 9.5 (17/2) with Betfred.

After back-to-back defeats that marked the end of Paul Clement’s time in charge of the South Wales side they drew with Crystal Palace last time out under the stewardship of caretaker boss Leon Britton.

While a win here would not be enough to take them out of the bottom three, they could move off the bottom of the table if they better the result of West Bromwich Albion, who host Everton.

Angel Rangel is set to come in for the injured Kyle Naughton, while Leroy Fer could also miss out with a back problem.

Jordan Ayew is 21.0 (20/1) to get the first goal of the game with William Hill while Ki Sung-Yeung can be backed at 41.0 (40/1) with Unibet.

Both of last season’s meetings between the sides ended in away wins not to nil with Swansea winning at Anfield in January three months after the Reds triumphed at the Liberty Stadium.

Each of the last three clashes between the pair have seen over 2.5 goals scored and you can back that outcome this time around at the widely available price of 1.44 (4/9).