Liverpool will look to bounce back from defeat against Manchester City as they travel to Austria to take on LASK in the league phase of the Champions League.
Andoni Iraola suffered his first defeat as Liverpool manager at the weekend, as his side fell to a 0-3 defeat at home to Premier League leaders Manchester City – on an afternoon in which two of my three selections cruised in.
The game changed just past the hour mark when Ryan Gravenberch was shown his second yellow card, before three goals in the space of 13 minutes gave the Cityzens all three points.
However, the Reds have made a winning start to this competition, as they came from a goal down to defeat Atletico Madrid 2-1 at Anfield.
LASK saw their winless run extend to four matches at the weekend, as they fell to a 0-2 defeat at home to Austrian Bundesliga leaders Rapid Vienna.
Didi Kuhbauer’s hosts – who knocked out Celtic in the Champions League playoff round – made a losing start to their league phase campaign, suffering a 1-0 defeat in Athens against AEK.
How the bookies view it: Liverpool clear favourites
Liverpool are expected to bounce back from defeat on Sunday, with bet365 pricing the Reds at just 2/7 to leave Linz with all three points.
The reigning Austrian champions are 11/1 underdogs to claim all three points, whilst the draw is also unfancied at 9/2.
Head to head: Two wins from two for the Reds
These two clubs met in the group stages of the Europa League in 2023/24, with Liverpool winning 1-3 in Linz, before cruising to a 4-0 success at Anfield in the return fixture.
Players to watch: Go with the Flo
With plenty of injuries at the top end of the pitch, there is more pressure on the likes of Florian Wirtz to step up.
The German international only has one assist to his name for Liverpool this season – but did score for Germany over the international break – and can be backed at 4/5 at bet365 to Score or Assist in Linz on Wednesday.
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Predicted line-ups:
LASK look set to be without both Moses Usor and George Bello through injury.
Liverpool are still missing Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike, Conor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni, Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo due to injury.
LASK: Jungwirth, Tornich, Andrade, Mbuyamba, Jorgensen, Bogarde, Ljubicic, Horvath, Dibango, Lang, Kalajdzic
Liverpool: Alisson, Araujo, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Munoz, Wirtz, Barcola, Koumas
Anything else catch the eye?
Liverpool have been far from free-flowing under Andoni Iraola, but they should possess too much quality for their out-of-form hosts.
LASK are currently winless in each of their last four matches in all competitions – losing three of them – with each of those defeats featuring fewer than five goals.
All four of the Reds’ wins in all competitions this season have also produced fewer than five goals, so backing a Liverpool Win & Under 4.5 Goals at 5/6 at bet365 holds plenty of appeal.
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