Match Analysis
Liverpool vs Man City: Nepal Time, Form and Preview
Liverpool vs Man City kicks off at 21:15 NST on Sunday 11 October 2026, live in HD on Kantipur Max HD. Form, head-to-head, team news and a preview.
Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday 11 October 2026, and the match kicks off at 21:15 Nepal Standard Time (NST), live in HD on Kantipur Max HD. City arrive top of the table with five wins from five. Liverpool are sixth, unbeaten, and still waiting for their first league win at Anfield this season.
This preview gives the Nepal kickoff time, both teams' form in numbers, the head-to-head record, the fitness doubts and the question that will decide the match: who finishes their chances.
Key takeaways
Kickoff: Sunday 11 October 2026, 21:15 NST (16:30 British Summer Time), at Anfield.
Where to watch in Nepal: Kantipur Max HD, live in HD. Channel 245 on ClearTV, channel 160 on DishHome.
Table: Manchester City first on 15 points; Liverpool sixth on nine points.
Head-to-head: each side has won two of the last four league meetings, and each has scored five goals.
Team news: Alexander Isak (minor thigh injury) is a doubt for Liverpool; Cody Gakpo (ankle injury) is reported to be out for several weeks, as of 2 October.
What time is Liverpool vs Man City in Nepal?
Liverpool vs Man City kicks off at 21:15 NST on Sunday 11 October 2026. That is 16:30 British Summer Time at Anfield, and the match is live in HD on Kantipur Max HD.
Nepal Standard Time is UTC+5:45, which puts Nepal four hours and forty-five minutes ahead of the United Kingdom while British Summer Time lasts. The UK clocks go back on 25 October. From that date a 16:30 UK kickoff falls at 22:15 NST, so the same Sunday slot starts an hour later for viewers in Nepal.
Channel numbers differ by provider. Kantipur Max HD is channel 245 on ClearTV and channel 160 on DishHome, and the full list for every other provider is on where to watch. Every kickoff for the matchweek, already in NST, is on the fixtures page.
How are Liverpool and Man City starting the season?
Manchester City lead the Premier League with five wins from five and 15 points. Liverpool are sixth with two wins and three draws for nine points, and neither team has lost a league match.
Liverpool | Manchester City | |
|---|---|---|
League position | 6th | 1st |
Record (W-D-L) | 2-3-0 | 5-0-0 |
Points | 9 | 15 |
Goals for / against | 7 / 4 | 13 / 5 |
Clean sheets | 3 | 2 |
Shots per match | 15.2 | 13.6 |
Shots on target per match | 4.8 | 5.4 |
Goals per shot | 9.2% | 19.1% |
Possession per match | 59.0% | 63.2% |
Shots on target faced per match | 3.6 | 4.0 |
The row that separates the teams is not shots. Liverpool have taken more of them, 76 against 68, but Manchester City have scored 13 goals from theirs while Liverpool have scored seven. Over five matches that is 19.1 percent of City shots ending in a goal against 9.2 percent for Liverpool. It is a small sample, and finishing runs hot and cold, but it is the clearest difference in the numbers.
Liverpool have the better defensive record by the narrowest of margins: three clean sheets to City's two, and four goals conceded to five. Manchester City's own preview records that Liverpool are seven games unbeaten across all competitions this season. At home, though, Liverpool have drawn 2–2 with Nottingham Forest and 0–0 with Fulham, so Anfield has not yet produced a league win.
City went into the international break with a 5–3 home win over Sunderland, a match that also showed a weakness: three goals conceded and 17 shots faced.
Who are the players to watch?
Erling Haaland has scored five of Manchester City's 13 league goals, and Alexander Isak has scored four of Liverpool's seven. The two strikers are the clearest individual contest in the match.
Haaland scored twice at Crystal Palace, then once each against Coventry City, Manchester United and Sunderland. Rayan Cherki has three goals, including two in five minutes at Selhurst Park, and Antoine Semenyo has two, both against Sunderland. For the full scoring picture across the league, see the golden boot race.
Isak scored twice in the first nine minutes at Ipswich Town, added the 60th-minute goal against Nottingham Forest, and scored the only goal at Bournemouth on 57 minutes. The other three Liverpool goals came from Dominik Szoboszlai, whose penalty in the ninth minute of stoppage time earned a 2–2 draw at Newcastle United, Cody Gakpo, who also scored at Newcastle, and Víctor Muñoz, who scored against Forest.
Both managers are in their first season. Enzo Maresca leads City after the departure of Pep Guardiola, a transition covered in Manchester City after Pep. Andoni Iraola moved to Liverpool this summer from Bournemouth, whom he took to a record sixth-place finish last season, according to Manchester City's preview.
What is the Liverpool vs Man City head-to-head record?
Liverpool and Manchester City have each won two of their last four league meetings, and each side has scored exactly five goals in them. City then won the most recent meeting of any kind, a 4–0 FA Cup quarter-final in April.
The four league meetings, newest first:
8 February 2026, Liverpool 1–2 Manchester City at Anfield. Szoboszlai put Liverpool ahead with a free kick on 74 minutes. Bernardo Silva equalised with a volley on 84, and Haaland scored a penalty in the third minute of stoppage time to win it, according to ESPN.
9 November 2025, Manchester City 3–0 Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium, per ESPN.
23 February 2025, Manchester City 0–2 Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.
1 December 2024, Liverpool 2–0 Manchester City at Anfield, per ESPN.
Manchester City's preview says the club won all three meetings with Liverpool last season, counting the FA Cup tie, where Haaland scored a hat-trick and Semenyo the fourth. At Anfield the last two league meetings produced one win each: Liverpool in December 2024, and City after a late turnaround in February 2026.
What is the Liverpool vs Man City team news?
Liverpool have injury concerns over Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo. Both withdrew from international duty. Isak left the Sweden squad with what Liverpool described in a club statement as a minor injury, a thigh problem according to the Liverpool Echo, which lists 11 October as his possible return date. Gakpo hurt his ankle in a tackle in the Netherlands match against Serbia, and the Echo reports on 2 October that Dutch media say he could be out for several weeks. Liverpool.com also reported on 1 October that Gakpo might miss a longer spell.
Between them Isak and Gakpo account for five of Liverpool's seven league goals, so their availability changes how the match is likely to look. Neither club has announced a team. Manchester City's preview carried no injury list on 29 September, and Enzo Maresca is due to speak to the media at the City Football Academy on Friday 9 October, which is the next scheduled update. Line-ups are normally confirmed shortly before kickoff, so check the team sheets on Sunday.
What else makes this match different?
Three things set this fixture apart from an ordinary matchweek 6 game. It is the first league match for both teams after the international break, it is Manchester City's first Premier League match since the independent commission's findings were published, and it comes three days before City's home Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday 14 October, according to the club's own preview.
On the first point, the Premier League published the commission's decision on 29 September and Manchester City said in its own statement that it lodged an appeal at 7pm on Thursday 1 October. No sanction has been decided, and the League's statement announced no change to Manchester City's standing. The full facts, with every quote attributed, are in the Manchester City verdict report. This preview covers the football only.
Who will win Liverpool vs Man City?
On the numbers, Manchester City are narrow favourites, but the margin is thinner than the table suggests. City have the better record and a finishing rate twice Liverpool's, while Liverpool have the stronger clean-sheet count, a squad unbeaten in seven and a recent head-to-head that is level.
The result is more likely to turn on two things than on a general verdict. The first is whether Isak is fit to start and how Liverpool cope if Gakpo is out, because the two supply five of Liverpool's seven goals. The second is whether City's finishing holds up at Anfield, where a 19 percent conversion rate is unlikely to last a full season. No honest preview can give a scoreline from five matches of data, and this one does not.
Frequently asked questions
What time is Liverpool vs Man City in Nepal? 21:15 NST on Sunday 11 October 2026. That is 16:30 British Summer Time at Anfield.
Which channel shows Liverpool vs Man City in Nepal? Kantipur Max HD broadcasts the match live in HD. Channel numbers differ by provider and are listed on where to watch.
Where is Liverpool vs Man City being played? At Anfield in Liverpool, the home of Liverpool.
Who is top of the Premier League before Liverpool vs Man City? Manchester City, on 15 points from five wins. Liverpool are sixth on nine points. The live positions are on the table.
What is the head-to-head record between Liverpool and Man City? Each team has won two of the last four league meetings, with five goals apiece. Manchester City won the most recent meeting, a 4–0 FA Cup quarter-final in April.
Are Isak and Gakpo fit for Liverpool vs Man City? Isak is a doubt with a minor thigh injury, and the Liverpool Echo lists 11 October as his possible return date. Gakpo has an ankle injury and, according to Dutch reports cited by the Echo on 2 October, could be out for several weeks. Check the team news on matchday.
Final verdict
Manchester City come to Anfield with the best record in the division and the better finishing numbers. Liverpool come with an unbeaten start, three clean sheets and a point to prove at home. The 21:15 NST kickoff on Kantipur Max HD is one to plan around, and the team sheets will answer most of the open questions.
Watch the Premier League live in HD on Kantipur Max HD. Check where to watch for your provider's channel number, and the Liverpool and Manchester City club pages for squads and results.
