Simon Dalton presents his prediction for the Europa League match.
Liverpool
Liverpool play in a dynamic style. Even if many key players are left outside the starting eleven, the team will play in the same way. They proved it in the previous Europa League match against Toulouse (5:1). Liverpool are second among all Europa League groups stage sides in xG (2,28), despite their experiments with the squad.
LASK
LASK are significantly weaker than their opponent. However, they play brightly too. They’re in the top three in xG (1,45) in the Austrian Bundesliga. It’s reflected in the Europa League too. At least three goals have been scored in 3 out of the 4 games of LASK in the group stage. LASK have managed to keep the clean sheet only once, so far.
Liverpool - LASK prediction
Young players and those who don’t have enough time to play in the Premier League have enough chances in this tournament. It became a problem in the previous round but it’s unlikely that something will change this time. I think that we’re about to see a bright game with many mistakes from both sides.
I guess that we’ll see enough goals, just like it was in the first game.
