Overview
- Kick-off is 8pm GMT on January 21 at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille.
- Liverpool sit ninth and Marseille 16th in the league phase, so the result could influence direct qualification for the last 16 versus a play-off route.
- Marseille arrive on an attacking surge after a 5-2 win at Angers and a 3-2 European victory at Union SG, with Mason Greenwood reported on nine goals in his last seven games.
- Liverpool are unbeaten in 12 across competitions but have drawn four straight Premier League matches, having edged Inter 1-0 in their last Champions League outing.
- Liverpool remain without Giovanni Leoni, Alexander Isak and Conor Bradley, and Mohamed Salah’s availability is yet to be confirmed, while Hugo Ekitiké has voiced enthusiasm for playing at the Vélodrome.