What Liverpool need against Tottenham to be crowned Premier League champions | OneFootball

Liverpool have been destined to claim their second Premier League title for some time but their fate can finally be mathematically confirmed this weekend.

Over eight months of hard work can be rewarded with the ultimate prize when Tottenham Hotspur arrive at Anfield on Sunday afternoon, with the home crowd desperate to seal silverware in style against struggling Spurs.

Liverpool supporters were unable to properly celebrate their previous Premier League triumph in 2019/20, the result of the Covid-19 pandemic putting a limitation on gatherings, but will more than make amends when honouring their title-winners this time around.

Here's how the Reds can wrap things up on Sunday.

How Liverpool can win Premier League against Tottenham

A fourth season meeting between Liverpool and Spurs is staged this weekend / Carl Recine/GettyImages

Having witnessed Arsenal stumble again in midweek, as they drew with Crystal Palace, Liverpool's assignment against Spurs is straightforward. The Reds need just one point to secure the crown, meaning even a draw at Anfield this Sunday will guarantee them the title.

Given Spurs are in desperate Premier League form and have a crucial Europa League semi-final first leg to prepare for this coming Thursday, Liverpool will be strong, strong favourites to win on Sunday. Avoiding defeat, which is all they must do as a bare minimum, seems inevitable.

However, if Spurs were to stun the Anfield crowd, Liverpool would be forced to wait until next weekend to win the title. They face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in a weeks' time but would be crowned champions the day before should Arsenal fail to beat Bournemouth.

How many points can Liverpool manage this season?

Arne Slot will be hungry to accumulate as many points as possible / Justin Setterfield/GettyImages

Liverpool currently lead the division with 79 points and have five games remaining, meaning they can accumulate a total of 94 points should they win the rest of their 2024/25 clashes.

If they achieve maximum points during the remainder of the term, Arne Slot's side would achieve the sixth-highest points tally in Premier League history and the fifth-highest for a winning team - Liverpool cruelly managed 97 points without actually finishing first in 2018/19.

It will only be Liverpool's third-highest total, however, due to the aforementioned 97 points followed by their 99-point return in the 2019/20 season when they finally won a first Premier League-era title.

When will Liverpool lift Premier League trophy?

Blue ribbons will soon become red / Michael Regan/GettyImages

Liverpool can clinch the title in front of the Anfield crowdon Sunday but they will have to wait to get their hands on the trophy. The Reds will be presented with their prize after the final game of the Premier League season at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday 25 May.

The Reds will then enjoy a first Premier League trophy parade having seen the last one cancelled in 2020, with an open-top bus tour of Liverpool expected on Monday 26 May, a UK bank holiday.

How many titles have Liverpool won?

Liverpool last lifted the Premier League trophy five years ago / LAURENCE GRIFFITHS/GettyImages

This season marks just a second title of the Premier League era, since 1992, but it is a 20th overall for Liverpool. That is significant because it equals the all-time English record currently held by fierce north west rivals Manchester United, who overtook Liverpool's previous record with a 19th title in 2011, and then extended it to 20 in 2013. They haven't been close to winning another since.

Liverpool's next title will be their 21st and, assuming it comes before United's - a likely probability, will restore their position as England's most successful league club, having previously held that status for for almost four decades from the early 1970s until 2011.

The club won a first ever English league title at the end of the 1900/01 season, enjoying sporadic success until Bill Shankly's arrival in 1959 sparked the creation of multiple successive dynasties that dominated the domestic football landscape for the next 30 years.