Liverpool vs Napoli

| Wednesday, November 27th |
Champions League | Anfield
8PM BST / 3PM EST

It ’ south November, and the fun has merely begun, as Liverpool ’ s ladder of 13 games in 40 days started with a gain at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Turnarounds will be mercilessly short for the coming calendar month and switch, with season-defining matches taking place on a hebdomadally footing, few more so than tomorrow ’ randomness visit from Napoli .
The Italians are going through what could be described as a uncut while, with players in open disgust against club owner Aurelio De Laurentiis, and having gone six games without a acquire. The ciucciarelli sit down seventh in the Serie A, five points outside of the Champions League qualifying spots, and are second in Group E, with a personnel casualty tomorrow probable to put RB Salzburg perilously close to threatening their advancement to the hard stages .
The Neopolitans are however a supremely talented side, and one that — as all Reds fans know — have caused Jürgen Klopp a significant measure of headache over the past season and a one-half. Their frontline — despite largely misfiring in Europe this year — is one of the most formidable on the continent, and Kalidou Koulibaly is among its most dominant defenders. even missing Faouzi Ghoulam, Lorenzo Insigne and Arkadiusz Milik, Ancelotti ’ s men have the endowment to cause trouble for any side, including the predominate champions .
Matches between the two sides have been highly tightly contested affairs in the past, with three games yielding only four goals, and Wednesday is likely to contain more of the same.

Projected Liverpool Lineup (4-3-3)

Alisson ; Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, van Dijk, Robertson ; Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Milner ; Mané, Firmino, Salah
Liverpool ’ s fortunes have been precisely about the diametric of tomorrow ’ randomness opposition, as the Reds have continued their incredible unbeaten streak in the Premier League and sit firm at the top of the board, eight points clear of Leicester, and team mentality and esprit de corps seems absolutely firm .
Joël Matip ’ s absence continues, meaning another start for an athletically diminished but differently steadily Dejan Lovren is on the cards, while Andy Robertson ’ s annoying ankle is improbable to keep the Scotsman out of the line-up .
Naby Keïta struggled with illness at the weekend, but is back in trail, although the Guinean is unlikely to force himself into the starting eleven tomorrow. Fabinho will miss the Reds ’ inflict from Brighton on Saturday and is guaranteed to start in midfield, where he will be joined by two of Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, James Milner and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, depending on fitness and tactical decisions.

Mohamed Salah should return to complete a frontline that, despite scoring two goals, looked far less potent absent the egyptian at the weekend, and will look to continue his excellent strike rate in the contest, where he has already accumulated three goals and two assists in four games .

What the Managers Said

Jürgen Klopp: “ The biggest mistake we could make is thinking about we ’ ve won it already and what would happen if we win it. If we win it then we have to think about all the other things. ”
Carlo Ancelotti: “ We need to raise the bar and perform closer to our level, because the team can do more and its current performances don ’ thymine satisfy anyone, including me. ”

The Officials (ESP)

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
Assistant referees: Juan Carlos Yuste, Roberto Alonso
Fourth official: José Luis Munuera Montero
VAR: José María Sánchez, Ricardo de Burgos

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Kickoff is set for 8PM GMT/3PM EST tomorrow, and television listings for the match can be found on LiveSoccerTV .
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