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March 11 2024, 21:18 · Alex Lawes

Liverpool vs Sparta Prague Preview & Prediction | 2023-24 UEFA Europa League | Quarter-Final

Liverpool vs Sparta Prague Preview & Prediction | 2023-24 UEFA Europa League | Quarter-Final
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THE FACTS

When is Liverpool vs Sparta Prague on and what time does it start? Liverpool vs Sparta Prague will take place on Thursday 14th March, 2024 – 20:00 (UK)

Where can I get tickets for Liverpool vs Sparta Prague? Visit each club’s official website for the latest ticket information

What channel is Liverpool vs Sparta Prague on in the UK? Liverpool vs Sparta Prague will be televised on TNT Sports in the UK

Where can I stream Liverpool vs Sparta Prague in the UK? Liverpool vs Sparta Prague can be streamed live on discovery+

THE KEY STATS

  • Including qualifying, Liverpool have lost only one of their last 32 UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup matches at home (W24 D7).
  • Liverpool have won their last eight Europa League matches at home.
  • Liverpool have won their previous two UEFA competition two-legged ties against Czech teams. W 4-2 on agg vs Slovan Liberec (2000/01 UEFA Cup second round) and W 1-0 on agg vs Sparta Praha (2010/11 Europa League round of 32).
  • Liverpool have won four and drawn one of their previous five UEFA competition matches against Czech teams.
  • Liverpool have lost only one of their last nine matches in the Europa League knockout rounds (W5 D3).
  • Liverpool have kept five clean sheets in their last seven Europa League matches at home.
  • Liverpool have only failed to score in one of their last 15 UEFA competition matches.
  • Liverpool have won all 36 UEFA competition ties where they have won away from home in the first leg.
  • Sparta Praha have won only one of their last 17 UEFA competition matches against English teams (D4 L12).
  • Sparta Praha have won only one of their previous ten UEFA competition matches away from home against English teams (D2 L7).
  • Sparta Praha have not scored more than one goal in any of their last 15 UEFA competition matches against English teams.
  • Sparta have previously lost a European tie 1-5 in the first leg at home and that came in the European Cup back in 1988/89 against Steaua Bucuresti. They were eliminated 3-7 on aggregate (1-5 h, 2-2 a) from that first-round tie.
  • On the 13 occasions that they have lost their first leg at home, they have only ever progressed on one of those occasions. In the first round of the UEFA Cup in 1995/96, they overturned a 0-1 deficit to beat Silkeborg 2-1 in the second leg away from home and progress on away goals.

THE PREDICTION

Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool enjoyed an emphatic first-leg victory in the Czech capital last week as they hammered Sparta Prague by five goals to one. The Reds then produced another impressive display to share a 1-1 draw with Manchester City at Anfield in the Premier League at the weekend. Sparta will, without sounding patronizing, simply be aiming to enjoy the experience of Anfield with the tie already over and another comfortable, potentially heavy home win is to be expected on Thursday evening.

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