Liverpool face Lille in a huge league phase fixture in 2024-25 UEFA Champions League.
Victory will see table-topping Liverpool secure their place in the Round of 16 as league phase winners if Barcelona fail to win elsewhere.
Lille meanwhile will stay in the top eight with a win but can go as high as second depending upon results elsewhere.
Team News
Liverpool have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 2-0 Premier League win at Brentford.
Diogo Jota (knock) and Joe Gomez (hamstring) are still ruled out.
Lille have no fresh injury concerns after a 2-1 win over Nice in Ligue 1.
Tiago Santos (ACL) and Samuel Umtiti (hamstring) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Liverpool host Lille at Anfield on Tuesday 21 January at 8pm GMT, live on Amazon Prime in the UK.
Stat Attack
- This is Liverpool’s first Champions League meeting against Lille but they won and lost one of two previous meetings, which came in 2009-10 Europa League’s Round of 16 stage (W1, L1).
- Lille lost 3-0 on their only previous competitive visit to Liverpool in March 2010.
- Both teams when playing as the home team are yet to concede in this fixture.
- Liverpool have scored eight goals in their three league phase fixtures at home without conceding (W3).
- Lille have failed to keep a clean sheet away from home in the league phase (W2, L1).
Prediction
Despite dominant possession and play at Brentford, Liverpool were certainly met with a stubbornly resistant defence yet managed to stay composed rather than get frustrated which paid off late on, but they will be glad to be back at home here where they should continue their strong home form.
Lille meanwhile are unbeaten since mid-September but clean sheets in this competition hasn’t been forthcoming, although they have done well to get wins over Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid plus a draw against Juventus in the phase which should give them belief coming here.
I however just can see Liverpool having too much quality for Lille but the visitors could nick a goal if they play at their best and can frustrate the hosts’ defence.
Prediction: Liverpool 2-1 Lille
Result: Liverpool 2-1 Lille