High-flying Liverpool travels to Germany to take on struggling RB Leipzig in their third Champions League match of the 2024/25 season.
LEP vs LIV Match Details
Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2024/ Thursday, 24 October 2024
Time: 21:00 (CET), 00:30 (IST)
Venue: Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
LEP vs LIV Match Preview
Despite taking the lead against heavyweights Atletico Madrid and Juventus in the past two Champions League matches, RB Leipzig has to leave the pitch empty-handed. A late Jose Gimenez’s winner rocked them in the first match but the bitter defeat to the 10-men Turin giants despite going ahead twice in the game will hurt them more. Things don’t go easier for the German outfit as they face Premier League leaders Liverpool in their third match and consecutive home game in the tournament. While Marco Rose's side has steadied themselves with back-to-back wins in the Bundesliga with a clean sheet since the last European defeat, the challenge remains huge for them having lost the only two meetings against in the competition 2-0. Leipzig are yet to suffer any defeat domestically though carrying the same point as leaders Bayern Munich so they will be desperate to translate that form on the continental front to move away from the 29th position in the 36-game table.
Mohamed Salah scored in the previous wins against Leipzig in the Champions League and is expected to be a nightmare for Wednesday’s opponent again having started the season in excellent form with seven goals in 11 games in all competitions. The Egyptian also scored in the 2-0 win over Bologna at Anfield in the Champions League match and the weekend win over Chelsea strengthening Liverpool’s hold on top of the Premier League table. Arne Slot’s Reds are free-flowing in both competitions, leading the domestic league chart with 21 points by registering a league-high seven wins and conceding just three. With a 3-1 win away to AC Milan to start their League Phase, the six-time Champions League winner sits fifth with this success and would like to maintain the momentum in the trip to Germany. Not since the turn of the century, Liverpool have been beaten by a German side in the competition and they would not want to see any difference in this fixture.
LEP vs LIV Recent Form (all competitions)
LEP: DWLWW
LIV: WWWWW
LEP vs LIV Recent Form (Champions League 2024-25)
LEP: LL
LIV: WW
LEP vs LIV Predicted Lineups
Leipzig
Gulacsi; Orban, Klostermann, Lukeba; Geertruida, Haidara, Vermeeren, Nusa; Simons; Sesko, Openda
Liverpool
Kelleher; Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Jones, Diaz; Nunez
LEP vs LIV Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Mohamed Salah
Vice-captain Pick: Dominik Szoboszlai
LEP vs LIV Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Gulacsi (Cr - 7.5)
DEF: Trent (Cr - 9), Orban (Cr - 8.5), Robertson (Cr - 7)
MID: Simons (Cr - 9), Szoboszlai (Cr - 8), Jones (Cr - 7), Diaz (Cr - 9)
FW: Salah (Cr - 9), (Cr - 8.5), Openda (Cr - 9), Sesko (Cr - 9)
Vice-captain: Dominik Szoboszlai
Captain: Mohamed Salah
Leipzig vs Liverpool Match Prediction
Liverpool’s fine form is expected to continue at Red Bull Arena although Leipzig’s scoring streak will see them spoil the Red’s clean sheet record. We predict a 2-1 win for Arne Slot’s side.
