Liverpool is playing far away from the potential they have and something that the fans would expected them to, but tonight they have a chance to make amends and give some more meaning to their season in case the team gets a victory here and get the second position for the next phase of Champions League.
After five rounds played in European best competition, they have only one victory, a draw and three defeats, record that would mean exclusion in many other groups, but as for this one – they are two points behind second placed Basel and need a victory now to continue their run in Champions League. As for Premier League, team is unimpressive so far, but at least they now have three matches undefeated run having two victories and a draw. Coach Brendan Rodgers may opt for more experienced players as this seems to be their most important game of the season. This could mean that left back Jose Enrique might be given a start, while striker Mario Balotelli (11/1) remains injured, but given the way he plays in this season – this might no be a blow for the Reds.
Basel didn’t manage to make a surprise in a home game against Real Madrid before two weeks, suffering a 0:1 narrow defeat. However, thanks to a draw between Ludogorets and Liverpool, they still remained second at the table and now need only a point here in order to progress to the next stage.
Despite a defeat there, they actually left a very good impression as the team didn’t look like weaker at all in comparison to Spaniards. Generally, it could be said that the Swiss team is in a very good form, as they have six victories in a row in domestic competition, combined with a good performance against Real and 4:0 home crushing of Ludogorets. Important striker Marco Streller (12/6) is already out for quite sometime, same as central defender Ivan Ivanov. Midfielder Giovanni Sio had some problems but should be in contention here. Matias Delgado scored twice this weekend and might be given a start ahead of youngster Breel Embolo. Players like Suchy, Frei and Safari were
rested this weekend.
Open game is expected here, at least it simply has to be open as the time progresses, no matter of the score. Liverpool has problems in attack, but they will have to start offensively from the first minute, something that should open up the game and leave many empty spaces for visiting side to threaten them.
Bet: Over 2.5 goals
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