Liverpool can simply reserve their park within the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 on Tuesday with the visit of Lille OSC to Anfield. Arne Slot’s men have dominated the league and have won all six of their matches so far, having won the most recently against Girona. Bruno Genesio’s team is eighth with 13 points and is in the final computerized classification spot for the round of 16.
The hosts were fortunate to leave Spain with a clean slate at the end of the day, but remain strong on all fronts. The Reds have dominated Arsenal six times in the English Premier League with one competition in hand and are also in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup. With two wins, two draws and one defeat, with nine goals scored and four conceded, Liverpool will probably be cautious with their French guests.
Lille overcame Sturm Graz last time out, winning 3-2 after blowing a 2-0 lead only for Hakon Arnar Haraldsson to win for Les Dogues. LOSC are third in Ligue 1 on 32 points from the next 18 games and their flow position is due to an automated place in the UCL for 2025-26. Lille have won two and drawn one on the road not long ago and are unbeaten on their travels since September, which is a streak of 11 games.
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- Past: Tuesday January 21 | Introduce: 3 pm Eastern Time
- Location: Anfield – Liverpool, England
- Notice: Supreme+
- Odd: Liverpool -350; Draw +400; Lilac +900
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League segment up to this point
Liverpool is the only UCL team that has won 100% of its matches in the league. The Reds also have the best defense of the tournament with just one goal conceded. Slot and its players are already in a playoff position, but another level will supply the maximum of eight automatic spots. Lille have only been overwhelmed once in Europe at this point and are unbeaten in their last five matches with four wins in that run of matches. Genesio’s team is undefeated in 21 games in all competitions, with 12 of them won.
Staff information
Liverpool: Joe Gomez, is out at least until a later event, although it would be a surprise if Slot risked Ibrahima Konate here with Wataru Endo also a possible spouse for Virgil van Dijk at the back. Diogo Jota is not sure, so Luis Díaz could lead the attack along with Mohamed Salah and Federico Chiesa. Harvey Elliott could start to impress Brentford’s future, Curtis Jones and Ryan Gravenberch could simply shape the midfield.
Liverpool Imaginable XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Endo, Van Dijk, Robertson; Jones, Gravenberg; Salah, Elliott, Chiesa; Diaz.
Lilac: Tiago Santos is a long-term absentee in the future. Samuel Umtiti will also remain out due to trauma at least during this event. Thomas Meunier, Bafode Diakite, Alexsandro Ribeiro and Ismaily should be the back four behind Benjamin Andre and Ayyoub Bouaddi, with Ethan Mbappé and Nabil Bentaleb unavailable. Genesio may simply send Mitchel Bakker, Remy Cabella and Osame Sahraoui behind Jonathan David given the absences of Edon Zhegrova and Mathias Fernandez-Pardo.
Imaginable Lille XI: Gentleman; Meunier, Diakite, Ribeiro, Ismaily; André, Bouaddi; Bakker, Cabella, Saharaoui; David.
Prediction
Liverpool should almost overcome this match even though Lille has shown that they are a team that is too difficult to overcome and a draw would no longer be an unrealistic consequence. Select: Liverpool 2, Lille 1.
Champions League standings
Key: Positions 1-8 qualify for the Round of 16, future positions 9-24 qualify for the Knockout Segment Off-games and positions 25-36 are eliminated.
| Pos. | Staff | family doctor | W. | d | l | bride | Georgia | God | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 18 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 15 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 13 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 |
| 5 | Villa Aston | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 |
| 6 | Bury | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 13 |
| 7 | Brest | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 |
| 8 | Lille | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 |
| 9 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 12 |
| 10 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 12 |
| 11 | Atlético de Madrid | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 12 |
| 12 | AC Milan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 |
| 13 | Atalanta | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 11 |
| 14 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 |
| 15 | Benfica | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 |
| 16 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 10 |
| 17 | Carrying Lisbon | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 |
| 18 | Feyenoord | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 10 |
| 19 | Bruges Membership | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 20 | real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 9 |
| 21 | Celtic | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| 22 | city of manchester | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 |
| 23 | PSV | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 24 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 6 |
| 25 | Paris Saint Germain | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 26 | Stuttgart | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 7 |
| 27 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 4 |
| 28 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 4 |
| 29 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
| 30 | Girona | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
| 31 | Red Star | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 3 |
| 32 | RB Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 3 |
| 33 | Bologna | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 2 |
| 34 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 0 |
| 35 | Bratislava Slovakia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -16 | 0 |
| 36 | Younger boys | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 | -19 | 0 |
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