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Arne Slot’s in-form Liverpool side is set to welcome Xabi Alonso’s incumbent Bundesliga Champions League outfit Bayer Leverkusen to Anfield.
The Merseysiders currently top the Premier League table having only dropped points twice in the 2024/25 season.
Die Werkself find themselves fourth in the German top-flight trailing seven points behind leaders Bayern Munich.
On TV: Coverage begins on Amazon Prime at 7 pm (the game will be streamed on Paramount+ in the US)
(Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
The Reds head into this tie fresh off the back of a confidence-inspiring 2-1 comeback win over Brighton at the weekend. Slot’s side has won six out of seven games on offer since the start of October, whilst sharing the spoils with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
Leverkusen’s form has been less impressive of late; the club has secured three wins from seven fixtures since the start of October.
Notably, this will be the two European outfits’ first meeting in the Champions League since the 2004/05 campaign.
8 pm [GMT] in the UK / 12 pm [PT] & 3 pm [ET] in the US at Anfield, Liverpool.
Liverpool: Mo Salah (Sofascore average rating of 7.8 in the Champions League)
Bayer Leverkusen: Florian Wirtz (Sofascore average rating of 8.37 in the Champions League)
Liverpool: Kelleher, Tsimikas, Van Dijk, Gomez, Alexander-Arnold, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Gakpo, Nunez, Salah
Leverkusen: Hradecky, Tah, Hincapie, Tapsoba, Garcia, Xhaka, Grimaldo, Terrier, Wirtz, Frimpong, Boniface