Overview
- Liverpool travel to Linz on Wednesday for a Champions League league-phase match at Raiffeisen Arena after a 3-0 home defeat to Manchester City on Sunday.
- Multiple outlets report that Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai are set to miss the trip, leaving manager selection unsettled and several players unfit to train with the group.
- Bookmakers make Liverpool heavy favourites with markets offering short odds and popular tips including Liverpool to win and over two goals, and player bets backing Bradley Barcola and Florian Wirtz to influence the game.
- LASK have slipped after an earlier seven-match domestic winning run and are winless in four matches following a 1-0 loss to AEK Athens and recent domestic defeats, with the home side also carrying fresh injuries.
- Broadcast arrangements differ by territory with Paramount+ streaming the match in the United States and TNT Sports carrying it in the UK, and outlets caution that reported absences are developing and could change before kickoff.