Red Star Belgrade vs Liverpool
Uefa Champions League 2018/19
Venue: Rajko Mitić Stadium
Date: Tuesday, 6 November
Kick-off: 5:55pm GMT
Liverpool know another win against Red Star Belgrade will see them take a giant step towards the Champions League knockout stages.
Jurgen Klopp's side sit top of Group C after thrashing Red Star 4-0 at Anfield on Matchday 3, but travel to the Serbian capital with group rivals Napoli and PSG still breathing down their necks.
With their final two group games coming away to PSG and at home to Napoli, Liverpool cannot afford to slip up in Serbia with one top team guaranteed an early exit from the competition.
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Team news
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Milner, Lallana, Mane, Salah, Sturridge.
Subs: Mignolet, Fabinho, Keita, Firmino, Gomez, Moreno, Origi
Daniel Sturridge starts at the expense of Roberto Firmino as Jurgen Klopp makes three changes for Liverpool's meeting with Red Star Belgrade this evening.
Joel Matip and Adam Lallana also return to the Reds' starting XI, with Joe Gomez and Fabinho making way in defence and midfield respectively as a result.
Firmino has scored just once in his last 10 outings at club level, and is replaced by a man who has four goals in just three starts in all competitions this term in Sturridge.
Fabinho, meanwhile, misses out on a fourth consecutive start, with Klopp opting to bring a more forward-thinking feel to his selection with the inclusion of Lallana.
And Matip sees off the challenge of the fit-again Dejan Lovren in order to allow Gomez to be rested.
Klopp's options have been boosted by the recent return to training of Naby Keita, and the Guinean claims a place among the substitutes this evening.
TV, online and live stream coverage
The match will be televised live on BT Sport 3. BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
You can follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE match blog, with in-game analysis from David Lynch.
Prediction
Betting tips via Betfair | UK users only | Subject to change
- Liverpool to win 4-0: 10/1
- Red Star to win 1-0: 35/1
- Mo Salah to score first: 11/4
- 0-0 draw: 16/1
- Daniel Sturridge to score 2 or more: 4/1
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Head to head
The two sides have met three times, including Liverpool's 4-0 Anfield win in matchday three of this season's group stages.
The teams also met back in 1973 in the European Champions Clubs' Cup, with Red Star beating Liverpool 2-1 twice to progress to the quarter-finals 4-2 on aggregate.
