LASK Linz vs Liverpool - prediction, team news, lineups

Hoping to enactment their disappointing play firmly successful the past, a depleted Liverpool volition question to look LASK Linz at Raiffeisen Arena connected Wednesday, for their second Champions League league-phase clash.

The Black-Whites are looking for their archetypal European points of the season, portion the Reds are eyeing different victory.

Match preview

Dietmar Kuhbauer's LASK kicked disconnected their home run successful beardown manner with a tally of 7 consecutive wins, but they person struggled wide since their decision connected matchday 1 of the Champions League.

The Black-Whites were beaten 1-0 by AEK Athens connected September 8, erstwhile they failed to respond to Razvan Marin's first-half escaped kick.

Kuhbauer's broadside followed that frustrating effect with a 2-1 nonaccomplishment against rivals Sturm Graz, and travel into Wednesday's showdown connected the backmost of a four-game winless tally successful competitory enactment aft being downed 2-0 by SK Rapid Vienna connected Sunday.

Given their caller signifier and the level of absorption that LASK are acceptable to look successful midweek, fans volition beryllium fearing the worst, particularly those who callback Liverpool's treble implicit the Austrian nine during the 2023-24 Europa League radical signifier - 3-1 successful Linz and 4-0 astatine Anfield.

Adding to that interest is the information the Black-Whites person ne'er travel retired connected apical against an English team, drafting erstwhile and losing 5 times crossed their six attempts.

To marque matters worse, Wednesday's hosts person fallen to decision doubly and drawn erstwhile astatine location erstwhile playing opponents from England, conceding 11 goals and scoring conscionable 4 successful the process.

Meanwhile, Andoni Iraola's Liverpool person endured a mixed play truthful acold arsenic the nine undergoes a large transition, but they volition beryllium assured of occurrence successful midweek.

The Reds were beaten 3-0 by Manchester City astatine Anfield connected Sunday, though it would beryllium just to accidental that the Merseysiders were edging the contention anterior to Ryan Gravenberch's dismissal astir the hr mark.

That clash was besides played nether unsocial circumstances considering the Mancunians' blameworthy verdict, and the ambiance successful the crushed was 1 of vexation and choler astatine the overshadowing context alternatively than Iraola's side's performance.

Keen to determination on, Liverpool volition beryllium raring to physique connected past month's commendable 2-1 triumph against Atletico Madrid, which saw the squad travel from down acknowledgment to a Dominik Szoboslzai equaliser and a rocket from Alexis Mac Allister soon aft fractional time.

However, the Reds volition apt beryllium without the Hungary skipper connected Wednesday, arsenic good arsenic a big of cardinal stars specified arsenic Cody Gakpo and Alexander Isak, and it remains to beryllium seen what level of attacking unit they tin muster arsenic a result.

On a much affirmative note, the Merseysiders boast an awesome grounds against Austrian opponents, having mislaid conscionable 1 of their 10 clashes, winning 8 times.

Bolstering that further is the information Liverpool person ne'er been beaten successful Austria during a competitory match, emerging victorious connected 4 occasions and drafting once.

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Team News

LASK volition beryllium without Ramiz Harakate, who is recovering from a genu wounded and could beryllium backmost successful enactment aboriginal this month, portion chap striker Moses Usor is simply a uncertainty owed to a enarthrosis occupation helium suffered astatine the weekend.

If some are unavailable, then Sasa Kalajdzic and Christoph Lang could commencement successful concern up top, supported from retired wide by wing-backs Kasper Jorgensen and Yvan Dibango, with George Bello sidelined owed to a musculus injury.

As for Liverpool, they are improbable to person Szoboszlai astatine their disposal aft helium returned from planetary work with a choky hamstring, though Mac Allister should beryllium connected manus to commencement alongside Gravenberch astatine the basal of Iraola's midfield.

Further forward, versatile winger Gakpo and £125m striker Isak are some doubts, portion Hugo Ekitike continues his betterment from the Achilles wounded helium picked up successful April.

In their absence, Lewis Koumas could proceed to pb the line, aided by an attacking trio featuring Rio Ngumoha, Florian Wirtz and Bradley Barcola.

LASK Linz imaginable starting lineup:

Jungwirth; Mbuyamba, Alemao, Andrade; Jorgensen, Ljubicic, Bogarde, Horvath, Dibango; Kalajdzic, Lang

Liverpool imaginable starting lineup:

Alisson; Araujo, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Barcola, Wirtz, Ngumoha; Koumas

We say: LASK Linz 1-3 Liverpool

LASK are successful mediocre signifier domestically and person struggled against English opponents successful the past, truthful it would beryllium a astonishment to spot them instrumentality thing from Wednesday's clash.

However, Liverpool volition not beryllium astatine their strongest fixed the injuries successful the squad, truthful bash not expect a thrashing by the Premier League giants.

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