In the middle of an absolute crisis, Liverpool will look for some respite in the Champions League, as they host Dutch side PSV Eindhoven at Anfield on Wednesday.
Arne Slot's side have lost six of their last seven Premier League games and are currently down in 12th spot with 18 points from 12 games. At the weekend, Liverpool suffered a second straight 3-0 defeat in the league, as Nottingham Forest brushed them aside at Anfield, after Manchester City had beaten them 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium before the international break. Liverpool haven't quite been as bad in the Champions League so far, having won three of their four games in European competition so far -- beating Atletico Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt and Real Madrid, with the one loss coming against Galatasaray in late September.
For Slot, big questions remain in terms of both tactics and personnel. Alexander Isak hasn't yet hit his straps, both in terms of form and fitness. Will he start again, or will Hugo Ekitike take his place? What of Ibrahima Konate, whose poor form just doesn't seem to be going away.
Meanwhile, PSV have had a brilliant start to their campaign in the Eredivisie, with 11 wins in 13 games. They've won only one out of four in Europe though, and are down in 18th place in the Champions League.
Here is everything you need to know ahead of Wednesday's match.
How to watch:
The match will be telecast on TNT Sports in the U.K. Paramount+ will telecast the match in the U.S., SonyLiv in India and Stan Sport in Australia. You can also follow ESPN's live updates.
Key Details:
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. GMT (3 p.m. ET; 1:30 a.m. IST, Thursday, and 7 a.m. AEDT, Thursday)
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)
VAR: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez (Spain)
Team News:
Liverpool
Giovanni Leoni, D: knee, OUT, est. return unknown
Florian Wirtz, M: muscle, OUT, est. return early-Dec.
Conor Bradley, D: muscle, OUT, est. return mid-Dec.
Jeremie Frimpong, D: hamstring, OUT, est. return early-Dec.
PSV Eindhoven
Alassane Plea, F: knee, DOUBT
Ruben van Bommel, F: knee, DOUBT
Expected Lineups:
Liverpool (4-3-3)
GK: Alisson Becker
RB: Joe Gomez | CB: Ibrahima Konaté | CB: Virgil van Dijk | LB: Andrew Robertson
CM: Dominik Szoboszlai | CM: Ryan Gravenberch | CM: Alexis Mac Allister
RW: Mohamed Salah | CF: Hugo Ekitike | LW: Cody Gakpo
PSV Eindhoven (4-2-3-1)
GK: Matej Kovar
RB: Sergino Dest | CB: Mauro Junior | CB: Yarek Gasiorowski | LB: Anass Salah-Eddine
DM: Joey Veerman | DM: Jerdy Schouten
RW: Dennis Man | AM: Guus Til | LW: Ivan Perisic
CF: Ismael Saibari
Stats:
The clubs have met seven times previously -- all in the Champions League -- and Liverpool have won five of them.
Liverpool need one more goal to reach 500 at home across all European competitions.
Mohamed Salah could become only the fourth player to reach 90 European appearances for Liverpool after Jamie Carragher (150), Steven Gerrard (130) and Sami Hyypia (94).
Liverpool are also one goal short of 500 in the European Cup/Champions League.
PSV have lost only three of their last 17 Champions League group-stage/league-phase games, winning seven and drawing seven.
PSV are unbeaten in their last 11 fixtures in league and cup (eight wins, three draws) since the home defeat by Union St.-Gilloise in September.
In their 18 games played in all competitions this season, PSV have scored 52 times, with 21 of those coming in the last six.
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