Liverpool change a few of their 11 every game
The only reason they don't change it more is there reserves are terrible
Just double checked:
Liverpool defensive line-ups and games played this season:
TAA - Gomez - VVD - Robertson (Played 9 games together) - W8, D1 L0, Cleansheets:
5
Milner - Matip - VVD - Robertson (Played 5 games together)- W3, D2, L0, Cleansheet;
3
TAA - Lovren - VVD - Robertson (Played 4 games together)- W3, D0, L1, Cleansheet;
3
TAA - Matip - VVD - Robertson (Played 3 games together) - W3, D0, L0, Cleansheet;
3
Gomez - Lovren - VVD - Robertson (Played 2 games together)- W2, D0, L0, Cleansheet;
2
Henderson - Matip - VVD - Robertson (Played 1 game together)- W0, D1, L0, Cleansheet;
0
TAA - Fabinho - VVD - Robertson (Played 1 game together)- W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet;
1
Milner - Lovren - VVD - Robertson (Played 1 game together)- W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet;
1
Clyne - Lovren - VVD - Robertson (Played 1 game together)- W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet;
0
Gomez - Matip - VVD - Moreno (Played 1 game together)- W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet;
0
TAA - Lovren - VVD - Moreno (Played 1 game together)- W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet;
0
Going into the season their starting back four was TAA/Gomez/VVD/Robertson but a mixture of Gomez and TAA getting injured meant Lovren got more games before his injury which has then seen Matip become the starting centre half alongside VVD.
As you can see by above, when they try and properly rotate with their shitter players at full back, they don't; tend to keep cleansheets. In both league games that their weaker left back has played (Moreno), they have failed to keep a cleansheet. Same with when they've played Clyne and even Henderson at right back. Though it seems they don't tend to have a weaker centre back pairing like we tend to have. VVD seems to martial that back four rather well, which I feel like Alderweireld would be able to if he wasn't played on the left side of defence to accommodate.
Tottenham defensive line-ups and games played this season:
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Davies (Played 5 games together ) - W2, D0, L3, Cleansheet:
1
Trippier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 3 games together) - W2, D0, L1, Cleansheets:
1
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 3 games together) - W1, D1, L1, Cleansheets:
1
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 2 games together) - W1, D0, L1, Cleansheets:
0
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Rose (Played 2 game together) - W2, D0, L0, Cleansheet:
2
Trippier - Foyth - Alderweireld - Davies (Played 2 games together) - W2, D0, L0, Cleansheet:
2
Aurier - Sanchez - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheets:
0
Aurier - Foyth - Alderweireld - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet:
0
Aurier - Foyth - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W0, D0, L1, Cleansheet:
0
Trippier - Foyth - Alderweireld - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet:
0
Aurier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet:
1
Trippier - Alderweireld - Davies - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet:
1
KWP - Foyth - Alderweireld - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet:
1
Trippier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Davies (Played 1 game together) - W0, D0, L1, Cleansheet:
0
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L1, Cleansheet:
0
Aurier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet:
0
Trippier - Sanchez - Alderweireld - Vertonghen (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet:
1
Trippier - Sanchez - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W1, D0, L0, Cleansheet:
0
Aurier - Foyth - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W0, D0, L1, Cleansheet:
0
KWP - Sanchez - Vertonghen - Rose (Played 1 game together) - W0, D0, L1, Cleansheet:
0
The defensive line-up we've played most has seen us lose 3 of the 5 games they have played with eachother. So many different line-ups though, that's it rather quite ridiculous.
What's noticeable is that we've played 3 at the back 7 times this season in the league and kept just 1 cleansheet.