Liverpool vs Lille Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Liverpool’s performances have dropped off lately but remain top-of-the-table in both the Premier League and UEFA Champions League as Lille hop over the channel and up to Anfield.
Kick-off date/time: Tuesday 21st January, 2025: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – Amazon Prime / US – Paramount+
Liverpool Preview: Results first for the Reds
Arne Slot’s Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to six points at the weekend as they defeated Brentford by two goals to nil in a hard-fought encounter at the Gtech Community Stadium that saw Darwin Nunez score a brace in second-half stoppage-time.
They have also been perfect in the UEFA Champions League with six wins from six matches, defeating both Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid among others. Performances have dipped but Slot is continuing to get results out as they chase a historic quadruple.
Lille Preview: A fascinating UCL campaign
Bruno Genesio replaced Paulo Fonseca in the Lille dugout over the summer and he has continued to play their impressive style of football, albeit they have been frustrated a little due to too many draws in Ligue 1, holding them back from a title race.
In the UEFA Champions League, they have enjoyed famous victories against both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid as they begin the seventh match day of the 2024/25 league phase sitting tucked inside the top eight and the automatic knockout qualification spots.
Liverpool Team News: Darwin Nunez’ return
As mentioned, Darwin Nunez returned from suspension at the weekend to score a brace for Liverpool and he may well have earned himself a start for this week. Diogo Jota missed that game due to a niggle picked up last week and he remains a doubt for this one.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Jones, Diaz; Nunez
Unavailable: Gomez (Injured)
Questionable: Jota (Injured)
Lille Team News: Key injuries
Lille are dealing with a few key injury doubts in attack as Matias Fernandez-Pardo deals with an ankle issue, whilst Kosovo international attacking midfielder Edon Zhegrova, heavily linked with a move to Napoli, is a doubt due to a groin issue this week.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Chevalier; Meunier, Diakite, Alexsandro, Ismaily; Andre, Bouaddi; Bakker, Cabella, Sahraoui; David
Unavailable: Santos (Injured), Bentaleb (Illness), Mbappe (Injured)
Questionable: Fernandez-Pardo (Injured), Zhegrova (Injured)
Key Stats
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Liverpool vs Lille Prediction
Liverpool could rotate a fair bit at Anfield with the Reds having already more or less eased their way through to the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. That means the intensity may well not be there and it could be a game in which things are fairly even for quite a while with Lille playing an easy on the eye but often ineffective style of football to a low-scoring home win would appear a good value bet for this one.
Liverpool vs Lille Tip: Liverpool to win & under 3.5 goals
