Man City hold key fixture advantage over Liverpool FC ahead of crunch April Premier League clash

Last weekend could turn out to be a hugely important one in this season’s title race.

Harry Kane’s last-gasp winner at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday condemned Manchester City to just their second home league defeat of the season. Earlier in the day, Liverpool came from behind to beat Norwich 3-1 at Anfield.

The results mean that should Liverpool beat Leeds United this week at Anfield, they’ll be just three points behind the champions as we head towards the business end of the campaign.

This season's title race has all the hallmarks of yet another titanic battle between two of England's grandest clubs.

City and Liverpool still have domestic and European trophies in their sights, but from a Premier League perspective, many are looking ahead to the clash between the two at the Etihad in April as potentially the biggest game of the season.

That fixture could well be a title decider, though key for both teams will be keeping the pressure on one another between now and then.

For City, the aim will be to maintain the gap they have over Liverpool between now and April’s meeting, handing them the opportunity to extend their lead over Jurgen Klopp’s side with a win.

A win for Liverpool could draw them level on points with their hosts or even surpass them if the deficit is reduced before the meeting, something that’d hand them a huge psychological advantage heading into the final weeks of the season.

But between now and when the two meet, who has the easier or harder run of fixtures?

Using FiveThirtyEight’s forecasted league table, the above works out the difficulty of fixtures based on where both team’s opponents are predicted to finish this season.

And based on this, Liverpool look to have the slightly tougher run of