It was a demoralising weekend for Liverpool with the gulf in school between them and Manchester Metropolis all too obvious.
The problem now’s for Andoni Iraola’s males to bounce again in Austria in opposition to LASK. The Merseysiders have but to hit high gear below Iraola and one other defeat in Linz would set the alarm bells ringing at Anfield.
LASK reside the dream simply by being right here. Dietmar Kühbauer’s facet clinched a historic first look within the Champions League league section with an unbelievable play-off comeback in opposition to Celtic, getting back from 4-0 down within the tie to win 5-4 on combination. Their league-phase debut was much less memorable, although, ending in a 1-0 defeat at AEK Athens.
The Austrian double winners are in a sticky patch, nevertheless. Sunday’s 2-0 house defeat to Speedy Vienna made it 4 aggressive video games with no win, and Kühbauer was blunt afterwards, admitting his facet had been “distant from a win” and that “Liverpool play effectively above Speedy.”
Liverpool could have fond recollections of this fixture. They beat LASK 3-1 in Linz and 4-0 at Anfield within the Europa League group stage in 2023-24.
The place to Watch LASK Linz v Liverpool: TV and on-line streams
LASK Linz v Liverpool kicks off at 5:45pm BST (6:45pm native time) on Wednesday, October 14 on the Raiffeisen Area in Linz.
The match is reside on TNT Sports activities within the UK and will be streamed through the HBO Max app.
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Stats for LASK Linz v Liverpool
- The groups’ solely earlier fixtures got here within the 2023/24 Europa League group stage, Liverpool successful 3-1 in Austria on Matchday 1 – Florian Flecker scoring LASK’s comfort – and 4-0 at Anfield on Matchday 5, Cody Gakpo getting two targets.
- That made LASK’s document of their six video games in opposition to English opponents D1 L5; at house it’s D1 L2 with 4 targets scored and 11 conceded.
- These video games in opposition to LASK are additionally Liverpool’s final fixtures versus Austrian opponents and made it eight wins of their ten fixtures (D1 L1). Their away document is W4 D1 with wins within the final 4 visits, three of them with a clear sheet.
- That is solely LASK’s third European Cup marketing campaign. They lost 2-5 on aggregate against Górnik Zabrze in the 1965/66 preliminary round and beat Basel 5-2 on aggregate in the 2019/20 third qualifying round earlier than taking place 1-3 to Membership Brugge within the play-off spherical (0-1 h, 1-2 a).
- LASK are the fifth Austrian membership to characteristic within the Champions League correct, after Salzburg, Sturm Graz, Speedy Vienna and Austria Vienna.
