The only team with a flawless Champions League record this season, Liverpool travel to Catalonia seeking their sixth consecutive victory as they face Champions League debutants Girona this evening.
While Liverpool sits comfortably atop the 36-team table having already secured at least a playoff berth, Girona languishes in 30th position with just three points from five matches.
The Spanish side’s maiden Champions League campaign has been a stark contrast to their previous season’s heroics, with defeats to PSG, PSV, Feyenoord and Sturm Graz highlighting their European struggles.
Liverpool will be without suspended Alexis Mac Allister, while Ibrahima Konate, Kostas Tsimikas, and Federico Chiesa, and Diogo Jota remain unavailable due to a combination of injury concerns and illness.
Girona face their own personnel challenges, missing key attacker Viktor Tsygankov through injury, while Yangel Herrera is also a doubt for the game.
The hosts will look to former Premier League players Arnaut Danjuma and Donny van de Beek to provide a creative spark.
The postponement of Saturday’s Merseyside derby due to Storm Darragh has given Liverpool valuable rest heading into this fixture.
This comes in stark contrast to Girona, who are reeling from a 3-0 weekend defeat to Real Madrid.
Liverpool XI vs Girona
The Liverpool team for this evening at the Montivili is:
Alisson Becker; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai; Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez; Luis Diaz.
This encounter marks Girona’s first-ever competitive meeting with an English team.
The match kicks off at 18:45 local time (17:45 GMT) at the Estadi Montilivi, where Liverpool will aim to maintain their remarkable run of scoring multiple goals in each of their last nine games across all competitions.
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