Date – tenth March 2025
Venue – Anfield
Kick-off – 20.00
After a weekend 3-1 victory of Southampton within the Premier League and per week to internally put together for the second leg in opposition to PSG, the Champions League comes again into full drive for Liverpool Soccer Membership with a Tuesday evening spectacle underneath the well-known Anfield lights, one which may illuminate all of Merseyside.
PSG Availability
PSG supervisor Luis Enrique will probably be visiting the six-time European champions with probably a full squad of gamers. There was some stable rotation undertaken by the Spanish supervisor on the weekend as he ready to unleash his crew in opposition to Liverpool as soon as extra.
When it comes to latest kind, the French membership overcame Rennes by a 1-4 scoreline away from dwelling, following their dwelling 0-1 defeat to Liverpool. The French membership recorded an emphatic 4-1 over visiting Lille the weekend earlier than solidifying their title ambitions. After 27 video games performed in Ligue 1, 65 factors have been secured as they appear set to win one more home league championship.
The expected lineup for the Ligue 1 membership in a 4-3-3 formation is proven beneath. An attacking imprint will probably be delivered on this intriguing Champions League evening, as a spot within the quarter-final awaits the mixture winner of this second leg.
GK – Gianluigi Donnarumma
RB – Achraf Hakimi
RCB – Marquinhos
LCB – Lucas Beraldo
LB – Nuno Mendes
CM – João Neves
CM – Fabián Ruiz
CM – Désiré Doué
RW – Ousmane Dembélé
CF – Bradley Barcola
LW – Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Liverpool Availability
Liverpool will probably be with out Joe Gomez who has sustained a hamstring harm, one that would preserve him sidelined for a lot of the rest of the season. Tyler Morton is injured for an undetermined interval and Conor Bradley has additionally sustained a hamstring pressure that would preserve him sidelined till after the upcoming worldwide break. Cody Gakpo faces a late health check however ought to be capable to make the match-day squad.
The weekend 3-1 win over Southampton adopted the Reds 0-1 win away to PSG within the first leg of their final 16 Champions League tie. That unbelievable win got here after their 2-0 dwelling victory to Newcastle to safe a trio of wins earlier than this upcoming sport. With 29 matches performed within the English high tier, Liverpool at the moment tops the Premier League standings with an impressive 70-point tally, that means solely 16 factors are wanted to safe a twentieth League title.
Right here is the anticipated lineup that Arne Slot will subject for this match in opposition to a crew which was devastated by their defeat final week. The necessity to reply to the Anfield crowd will probably be important to gaining momentum for the Reds after being dominated by the Ligue 1 crew final week.
– GK: Alisson Becker
– RB: Trent Alexander Arnold
– RCB: Ibrahima Konaté
– LCB: Virgil van Dijk (c)
– LB: Andy Robertson
– CM: Ryan Gravenberch
– ACM: Dominik Szoboszlai
– CM: Alexis Mac Allister
– RF: Mohamed Salah
– CF: Diogo Jota
– LF: Luis Díaz
How Will This Contest Play Out?
Liverpool are anticipated to start out quick and use the vitality of the help to strangle the sport away from their guests. The urgency and energy of Liverpool must deal with the brilliance of PSG’s devastating assault, nonetheless, I consider that the aim benefit and Anfield crowd will see the Reds over the road and into the quarter-finals.
Participant to Watch: Alisson Becker
Steven Smith’s Rating Prediction:
Liverpool 2 – 2 PSG (3-2 aet)