At 03:00 on October 3rd, Beijing time, the second round of Group E of the 2019-2020 Champions League group stage began. Defending champion Liverpool faced Austrian champion Red Bull Salzburg at Anfield Stadium. This game is a key battle for Liverpool to qualify for the Champions League. Mane and Keita are expected to play against their old club Red Bull Salzburg.

Confrontation record

This is the first time the two teams have met in European competition. Liverpool has faced Austrian clubs 6 times and achieved 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss; Red Bull Salzburg has lost all of its last 3 games against English teams and failed to score a single goal. In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool lost 0-2 away to Napoli, while Red Bull Salzburg beat Genk 6-2 at home. The Austrian champions currently top the group. In the European competition, Liverpool has remained unbeaten in 22 consecutive home games, achieving 16 wins and 6 draws, and has kept clean sheets in its last five home games. Last weekend, Liverpool defeated Sheffield United 1-0 in the Premier League and won 16 consecutive victories across the season. Red Bull Salzburg swept Vienna 4-1 at home in the Austrian League.

Highlight 1: Mane and Keita against Red Bull Salzburg

In the Liverpool team, there are two players who have played for Red Bull Salzburg, namely Mane and Keita. Mane played for Red Bull Salzburg from 2012 to 2014, playing a total of 87 times and scoring 45 goals, helping the team win the Austrian League and Cup Double in the 2013-2014 season; Keita played in 2014 and 2014. He played for Red Bull Salzburg in 2016, playing a total of 71 times and scoring 17 goals. He helped the team win the Austrian League and Cup double championship for two consecutive seasons. He was also elected as the best player of the season for Red Bull Salzburg in the 2015-2016 season. At present, Mane is the absolute main force of Liverpool, while Keita's position is unstable and he has only received 2 appearances this season.

Point 2: Liverpool’s two stars may reach a milestone

If he can play in this game against Red Bull Salzburg, Wijnaldum will usher in the 150th game of his Liverpool career. Prior to this, Wijnaldum scored 14 goals in 149 games with Liverpool, including the winning goal in a 1-0 win over Sheffield United last weekend. This was also the Dutch midfielder's first goal of the new season. At the same time, Shaqiri, who completed the 50th European War milestone in the last round, if he can score twice in this game, he will reach the 100-goal milestone in his career. He has scored 72 goals in his club career, including 6 goals in the Liverpool era, and 26 goals in his national career. Scoring 98 goals, Shaqiri spent 483 games.

Highlight 3: Liverpool encounters a crucial Champions League match

In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool lost 0-2 to Naples at the Stadio San Paolo in Italy and suffered a slow start. This was the first time in 25 years that the defending champion lost in the opening game of the new season. At the same time, Red Bull Salzburg swept Genk 6-2 at home and ranked first in the group standings with their goal difference advantage. From the results of the first round, it can be seen that three teams including Liverpool, Naples and Red Bull Salzburg will compete for the right to qualify from the group. Therefore, for Liverpool, this is a key battle in the Champions League. If they want to successfully qualify from the group stage, they must win Red Bull Salzburg at home. If this game capsizes again, then qualifying for the defending Champions League champion will be in doubt.

Public opinion before the game

Liverpool coach Klopp: Red Bull Salzburg will surprise a lot of people and the way they play will surprise some big clubs. If anyone knows how they play, it's me. And, I have a pretty good team. Red Bull Salzburg is very good at developing young players, and the main reason for this is that they have Rangnick. He was an outstanding head coach and an outstanding athletic director who laid the foundation for everything. Haaland is a very outstanding player. He is young, confident, extremely fast, has good sports vision on the court, and he is very focused and can create a very big threat to his opponents.

Salzburg coach Marsh: I have never met Klopp, but his relationship with the players and coaching team, the way his team plays, his passion for football, his team's passion for football, what he wants to achieve tactically, etc. are all very impressive. Klopp knows Red Bull Salzburg very well because he has shown interest in our players whether he was coaching Dortmund or Liverpool. He knows that our club thinks the same way as he does. I think he will explain to his players that this team deserves respect and will cause them a lot of trouble, but he also believes that his team is very talented.

Injury report

Liverpool: Alisson (injured), Clyne (injured), Matip (injured)

Red Bull Salzburg: Walker (injured), Beneder (injured), Van der Welfo (not included in the list), Ludwig (not included in the list), Kamara (not included in the list)

Predict the first release

Liverpool (4-3-3): 13-Adrian/66-Arnold, 6-Lovren, 4-Van Dijk, 26-Robertson/7-Milner, 3-Fabinho, 5-Wijnaldum/11-Salah, 9-Firmino, 10-Mane

Red Bull Salzburg (4-4-2): 1-Stankovic/17-Ulmer, 39-Wobel, 15-Ramalho, 43-Christensen/14-Szoboszlai, 16-Yunuzovic, 4-Ashmeru, 18-Minamino/9-Huang Xican, 30-Harland

Odds analysis

According to the European odds index, Liverpool's odds of winning at home are 1.32 to 1, Red Bull Salzburg's odds of winning away from home are 8.5 to 1, and the odds of a draw between the two sides are 6 to 1. In the Asian handicap, the betting company has opened a handicap handicap, with Liverpool at 1.89 and Red Bull Salzburg at 2.04.

Wave bile aspect. The most likely score for Liverpool to win at home is 1-0, with odds of 9.2 to 1, 2-0 with odds of 9.7 to 1, 3-1 with odds of 10 to 1, 3-0 with odds of 11 to 1, 1-0 with odds of 13 to 1, 4-1 with odds of 14.5 to 1, and odds of 4-0 The odds are 16.5 to 1, and the odds of 3-2 are 18 to 1; the most likely score for Red Bull Salzburg's away win is 2-1, and the odds are 26 to 1; for a draw, the odds of 1-1 are 12.5 to 1, and the odds of 2-2 are 17.5 to 1; for other scores, the odds are 5.4 to 1.

On the players side. Salah is the Liverpool player most likely to score in the game, with an odds of 1.,6 to 1. Mane and Origi's goal odds are both 1.7 to 1, Firmino's goal odds are 1.8 to 1, Brewster's goal odds are 1.9 to 1, Lallana and Oxlade-Chamberlain's goals are 3.1 to 1, Milner and Keita's goal odds are Both are 3.7 to 1, Wijnaldum's goal odds are 5 to 1; Haaland is the Salzburg Red Bull player most likely to score in the game, with an odds of 2.4 to 1, Prevlyak's goal odds are 3.1 to 1, Huang Xican and Daka's goal odds are both 3.8 to 1, and Koita and Okawa Masaya's goal odds are both 4 to 1.