Key occasions
Pre-match studying.
Workforce information: Núñez and Morelos begin
Liverpool make three modifications to the aspect that started the 3-3 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday afternoon. Diogo Jota, Luis Díaz and Darwin Núñez return to the beginning XI as Jurgen Klopp modifications his formation to a 4-2-3-1. Fabinho, Roberto Firmino and Fabio Carvalho drop to the bench.
Rangers make 4 modifications to the XI named to begin the 4-0 win at Tynecastle on Saturday. Alfredo Morelos, Steven Davis, Leon King and Malik Tillman step up; Ryan Jack, Scott Arfield, Rabbi Matondo and Antonio Čolak take their locations on the bench. Ryan Kent and Ben Davies each return to their outdated stomping floor, having between them performed a grand whole of 57 minutes for Liverpool. (For the report, Kent clocked all of these up in a 2-2 FA Cup draw at Exeter Metropolis in January 2016.)
The groups
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Henderson, Thiago, Salah, Jota, Diaz, Nunez.
Subs: Gomez, Fabinho, Konate, Milner, Firmino, Adrian, Elliott, Ramsay, Carvalho, Bajcetic, Phillips, Kelleher.
Rangers: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Davies, King, Barisic, Tillman, Lundstram, Davis, Kent, Morelos.
Subs: Yilmaz, Jack, Colak, Matondo, Kamara, Scott Wright, McCrorie, Sakala, McLaughlin, Arfield, Devine.
Referee: Clement Turpin (France).
Preamble
Liverpool first performed Rangers in October 1892, when the membership was a mere 125 days outdated. The bouncing child boys had been trounced 6-1. The 2 well-known outdated golf equipment have performed one another 9 instances since then, the most recent one other win for the Gers in 2011 because of a Fabio Aurelio personal objective … however all ten video games have been friendlies. That is the primary time they’ve met in severe competitors. Historical past tonight, then, proper right here!
The hosts aren’t in the very best of nick. They might simply have been on the top of a thrashing by the hands of Brighton final weekend, the ultimate rating at Anfield of 3-3 severely flattering Jurgen Klopp’s aspect. They’re already effectively off the tempo within the Premier League, and have already had their Eurotrousers handed again to them, neatly pressed and laundered, by Napoli. They might severely do with a end result tonight to revive a few of their shredded confidence.
Rangers in contrast have recovered a few of their poise after a rocky spell. Consecutive 4-0 thrashings by Celtic and Ajax put Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s males in a darkish place, and whereas a 3-0 house defeat to Napoli doesn’t look nice on paper, Rangers competed effectively once they nonetheless had 11 males on the pitch. Subsequent home wins over Dundee United and Hearts have restored a bit morale, and tonight may play with the insouciance of men gifted a free shot, with few expecting them to come away from Anfield with anything, despite the travails of the hosts. Kick off is at 8pm BST. It’s on!
