Predictions Champions League - RB Leipzig vs Liverpool

Champions League - RB Leipzig vs Liverpool
Match Time: 24-10-2024 02:00 Thursday (GMT+7)
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Arne Slot's Liverpool revolution is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon, as the Reds passed one of the stiffest tests of their Premier League title credentials yet on Sunday, when the Dutchman won the battle of the newly-baptised Premier League bosses with Enzo Maresca.

A clinical Mohamed Salah penalty and scuffed Curtis Jones effort ensured that Nicolas Jackson's fine finish would be scant consolation for Chelsea, as Liverpool re-established their one-point lead over Manchester City at the Premier League summit and made it 10 wins from 11 under Slot's wing.

Two of those successes have come against Italian opposition in Europe, as Liverpool followed up their 3-1 beating of AC Milan with a 2-0 triumph over Bologna on matchday two, even if they did ride their luck at times and were fortunate that the Rossoblu had left their shooting boots behind.

Sterner examinations are to come - Sunday's trip to title rivals Arsenal has all the makings of a blockbuster battle - but the Merseyside powerhouses, who sit fifth in the 36-team UCL table, are currently riding cloud nine as they chase an eighth successive victory in all competitions.

What is more, the Reds have won all five of their away games under Slot thus far - keeping three clean sheets and only giving up two goals in the process - and not since the 2001-02 season have Liverpool been beaten by a German side on the road in the Champions League.

That sequence includes a 2-0 triumph over Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena in February 2021, when Klopp was in the Liverpool dugout, but the German will soon be assisting operations for Wednesday's hosts instead after agreeing to become Red Bull's new Global Head of Soccer from January.

Marco Rose's side could do with some European inspiration from the 2019 Champions League winner right now, though, as their 2024-25 record reads two defeats from two European games, even if they were against some titanic foes in Atletico Madrid and Juventus.

Die Roten Bullen managed to keep both contests close - only losing to a last-minute Jose Gimenez goal versus Atletico - but they led a one-goal lead slip on two occasions against 10-man Juventus, falling 3-2 to the Dusan Vlahovic-inspired Bianconeri.

On that evening, Juve lost key defender Bremer to injury after just seven minutes and saw goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio sent off approaching the final 30, but they still managed to strike twice more with a numerical disadvantage as Leipzig suffered a truly calamitous collapse.

Things have been looking slightly rosier for Rose's side since - they have posted back-to-back Bundesliga wins against Mainz 05 and Heidenheim with two clean sheets to boot - but they could now become the first team to ever lose three straight Champions League games despite scoring the opening goal in all of them.

Prediction: RB Leipzig 1-2 Liverpool