
Date: Wednesday 13th March, 2024
Time: 9:00 pm
Stadium Anfield
Referee Artur Dias (Portugal)
Goal Scorer:
Liverpool
After coming off early in the second half of last week's first leg with a hamstring issue, Ibrahima Konate did not take part in the Reds' draw with Man City at the weekend and is also due to miss the visit of Sparta, but there is hope that he will recover in time for the weekend's FA Cup showdown with Manchester United.
All of Ben Doak (knee), Joel Matip (knee), Stefan Bajcetic (calf), Diogo Jota (knee), Curtis Jones (shin), Alisson Becker (thigh), Trent Alexander-Arnold (knee), Ryan Gravenberch (ankle) and Thiago Alcantara (muscle) are confined to the treatment room too, while Jayden Danns is recovering from a concussion.
Yet to make a first XI since New Year's Day, Mohamed Salah - who has been omitted from the Egypt squad for the upcoming international break - should be spared here too, but Cody Gakpo, James McConnell, Bobby Clark and Kostas Tsimikas will no doubt come into Klopp's thinking.
Liverpool possible starting lineup:
Kelleher; Bradley, Quansah, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Szoboszlai, McConnell, Clark; Elliott, Gakpo, Koumas
Sparta Prague
Liverpool and Sparta could empathise with one another when it came to defensive concerns in the first leg, as Priske was forced to take Asger Sorensen off just before the break, and the 27-year-old Dane missed his side's defeat to Viktoria Plzen with that hamstring issue.
Right-back Andreas Vindheim - who did not make the visitors' Europa League knockout squad - is also out for the long-term, but Ladislav Krejci is fine to play, despite being sent off early in the second half of Sunday's domestic thrashing.
Key attackers Jan Kuchta and Veljko Birmancevic should both be brought back into the first XI after starting that match on the bench, while Angelo Preciado - who is serving a Fortuna Liga ban - returns to the right-hand side.
Sparta Prague possible starting lineup:
Vindahl Jensen; Vitik, Krejci, Panak; Preciado, Kairinen, Solbakken, Zeleny; Birmancevic, Kuchta, Haraslin
Prediction: Liverpool 3-0 Sparta Prague (Liverpool win 8-1 on aggregate)
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