In the final game of the UEFA Champions League group phase Liverpool travel to Eindhoven to face Dutch champions PSV. A return for Cody Gakpo to his boyhood club and a chance for the reds to be the first side to achieve a 100% record in this new format.

Eendracht Maakt Macht

Strength Through Unity. PSV sit top of the Eredivisie 4 points clear of challengers Ajax. Their form in the UEFA Champions League has seen them all but secure qualification. Currently 19th in the table with 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 loses the Rood-Witten are not yet qualified, however look set for the play-off round due to multiple teams below them facing off against each-other. PSV are unbeaten at home so far in the competition, their most notable victory at Phillips Stadion being late comeback against Shakhtar Donetsk to win 3-2.

PSV have scored 65 goals in the Eredivise this season in comparison to Liverpool’s 54 in the Premier League. Ricardo Pepi, Luuk De Jong, Malik Tillman and Guus Til are all in double figures with a combined 50 goals between them.

Familiar Foes

Arne Slot has faced PSV manager Peter Bosz on 4 occasions only winning once. However, that one victory for Slot did come in their most recent meeting. Slots Feyenoord were 1-0 victors over PSV in the round of 16 of the KNVB Cup last season.

This fixture will be the 7th meeting between the sides, PSV have never won in this fixture. Surprisingly, Liverpool faced PSV 4 times in the 2006-2007 season on the road to Athens after being drawn in the same group and meeting again in the Quarter-Finals. Last time the two sides met at the Phillips Stadion was also the final group game of the 2008-2009 season. Liverpool won 1-3 with goals from Ryan Babel, Albert Riera and David Ngog.

Team News

Peter Bosz’s team will be without Jerdy Schouten joins Sergino Dest, Couhaib Driouech and marksman Malick Tillman due to injury. However Eindhoven fans will be hoping to welcome back Noa Lang who’s been out with an illness.

Arne Slots team selection has raised many eyebrows, arguably the rotation most fans wanted to see, but did not think we would get. Andy Robertson and Cody Gakpo are the only starters from last weekends game against Ipswich Town who will travel to Eindhoven.

Arne will have 5 youngsters hoping of making their professional debut for Liverpool in; Kone-Doherty, Issac Mabaya, Amaro Nallo, Kieran Yusuf Morrison and Harvey Davies.

Liverpool 21 man squad: Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, Robertson, Kone-Doherty, Mabaya, McConnell, Jaros, Kelleher, Nallo, Morrison, Danns, Norris, Quansah, Morton, Bradley, Davies, Nyoni.

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