On Thursday, Liverpool will travel to Belgium to play Union Saint-Gilloise in the UEFA Europa League at Stade Joseph Marien.
On Thursday night, Liverpool will play Union Saint-Gilloise at Stade Joseph Marien with the hopes of capping the group stage with a victory away from home. With four victories and one loss from their five group games, the Reds lead Group E.
Here, the away team will aim to win easily so they can carry their confidence and energy into the knockout stages. The hosts, who are now third in the rankings, will want to win this match in order to advance to the competition’s next round.
They are three points adrift of second-placed Toulouse, and a win here could send them to the knockout rounds if the other results go their way. This is likely to be a cracking contest, and the home team will be desperate for all three points.
Team News & Tactics
Union St.Gilloise
The home club should be able to start with their entire roster for tomorrow’s crucial victory over Liverpool because they have a fully-fit squad to pick from.
Starting in goal behind a back three consisting of Fedde Leysen, Kevin Mac Allister, and Christian Burgess is Anthony Moris.Here, Loic Lapoussin and Alessio Castro-Montes will be used as the wing-backs. The two players’ goals will be to help create counterattacking opportunities and shield the centre defenders.
Charles Vanhoutte and Noah Sadiki will start for Union Saint-Gilloise in the centre of the park against Liverpool.Cameron Puertas and Lazare Amani ought to start as the wide forwards. The hosts’ line-leader will be Gustaf Nilsson.
Probable Lineup (3-4-3): Moris; Mac Allister, Burgess, Leysen; Castro-Montes, Vanhoutte, Sadiki, Lapoussin; Amani, Nilsson, Puertas
Liverpool
Liverpool are likely to rotate their squad here, especially with the game against Manchester United coming up. They have a number of injury problems withThiago Alcantara, Andrew Robertson, and Stefan Bajcetic are all ruled out until next month.
Joel Matip has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with ACL damage. Alexis Mac Allister picked up an injury against Crystal Palace, and he is set to be sidelined for a few games. Diogo Jota has resumed training, but this game might be too soon for him to return.
Caoimhin Kelleher will start in goal for the Reds behind a back four of Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konate, Jarell Quansah, and Kostas Tsimikas. Gomez and Tsimikas will look to help out in the attack as well.
As for the midfield unit, Wataru Endo is likely to start, and he will look to be the anchorman here. The Japanese international will look to break up the opposition attacks and win the ball back for his side. Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott will add creativity and control in the middle of the park. Finally, Cody Gakpo is set to lead the line for Liverpool here, with Ben Doak and Luis Diaz on either side of him.
Probable Lineup (4-3-3): Kelleher; Gomez, Konate, Quansah, Tsimikas; Elliott, Endo, Jones; Doak, Gakpo, Diaz
