Liverpool eye three points at home against Napoli in 2018/19 UEFA Champions League
Liverpool is set to play Napoli on Tuesday in the UEFA Champions League as the season moves ahead. The Reds go into this game as the favourites.
Kick-off : 8:00 PM (Local)
Venue : Anfield, Liverpool
Liverpool are struggling at the moment in 2018/19 Champions League and will look to quickly change things around.
The Reds at the moment are third in the points table after 5 games with 6 points. Against Napoli at home they will hope to play their best football and leave the rest to luck.
The Reds have their next three games against Manchester United, Wolves and Newcastle in the Premier League.
On the other hand, Napoli have done extremely well in 2018/19 UEFA Champions League so far and will look to continue playing positive football ahead.
The Italian outfit is at the moment top of their group with 9 points after 5 games. Against Liverpool away they have got a tough game to deal with and will look to play their best football and hope for the best.
Napoli have their next three games against Cagliari, SPAL and Inter Milan in the Serie A.
Team news and possible line-ups
Vlad Chiriches and Simone Verdi will both be not available for Napoli for the Liverpool game as due to injury.
As for The Reds, Sadio Mane is available and will play against Napoli. While Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren are both doubts.
Napoli XI : D. Ospina, Hysaj, Albiol, K. Koulibaly, Rui, Callejon, Allan, M. Hamsik, P. Zielinski, D. Mertens, L. Insigne.
Liverpool XI : Alisson, T. Alexander-Arnold, J. Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, J. Henderson, Wijnaldum, X. Shaqiri, R. Firmino, S. Mane, M. Salah.
Prediction
It’s difficult to predict the outcome of this match, may the team which commits less mistakes on the night win the game.