As preparation for the new 2021 season begin, have a look at the pre-season fixtures, live stream, squad, and everything you must know about Liverpool
Premier League giants Liverpool will begin their pre-season in Austria today after preparing for a week in the Austrian training camp. However, we will witness a new kind of 30 minutes mini-matches at the first two pre-season matches of Liverpool.
Meanwhile, They will play 2 other full-length matches this month for their pre-season until the end of this month. Liverpool’s final two pre-season matches will be played at Anfield in front of a 75%capacity crowd which will surely boost their confidence ahead of the new season.
Liverpool 2021 Pre-Season Fixtures, Schedule, Squad, Prediction, Betting Tips
Tuesday, July 20
- 30 minutes matches vs C Wacker Innsbruck (5pm) and VfB Stuttgart (5.45pm)
Both the games will be played behind closed doors
Friday, July 23
- v FSV Mainz 05 (5.15pm)
Greisbergers Betten-Arena, Grödig – 3,500 capacity
Thursday, July 29
- v Hertha BSC (7.20pm)
Tivoli Stadium, Innsbruck – 15,000 capacity
This is the schedule of their pre-season games in Austria where we will witness many top players who have returned from serious injuries and are training with the squad.
For instance, It has been 58 days since the Reds ended last season, these pre-season games will be crucial ahead of the new season as Jurgen Klopp will try to get the most amount of minutes in his players.
Prediction And Betting Tips
Liverpool will win all their pre-season games pretty comfortably without any competition and will humiliate some opponents. Above all, it will be interesting to see what combinations of players we will see in these Pre-season matches.
Liverpool Squad For The Pre-Season Matches
Jurgen Klopp has a huge 34-man squad at his disposal where he has said in the interviews that he will use two different teams in the pre-season giving every player a chance to showcase their talent and claim their role in the starting line-up of the team.
Goalkeepers: Loris Karius, Marcelo Pitaluga, Harvey Davies, Adrian, Caoimhin Kelleher
Defenders: Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip, Joe Gomez, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Rhys Williams, Nat Phillips, Billy Koumetio, Kostas Tsimikas, Ben Davies, Owen Beck, Conor Bradley
Midfielders: Curtis Jones, Marko Grujic, Ben Woodburn, Jake Cain, Leighton Clarkson, Kaide Gordon, Mateusz Musialowski, Tyler Morton, James Milner, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain,
Forwards: Takumi Minamino, Divock Origi, Harvey Elliott, Taiwo Awoniyi, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane
As the preparation for the new Premier League season begins, Liverpool will be hopeful of sorting their defensive woes which troubled them last season due to the unavailability of some crucial players like Virgil Van Dijk and Joe Gomez who were out of action because of serious injuries.
Meanwhile, fans will be treated with a debut of a new 22-year-old French defender Ibrahima Konate who was signed from RB Leipzig for a transfer fee of around £36 million.
Joel Matip has also returned to the training camp hoping to leave a good impression on Jurgen Klopp in this highly contested defense of the team.
Liverpool will play two friendlies at Anfield
- Sunday, August 8: LFC v Athletic Club, Anfield – kick-off 4 pm BST
- Monday, August 9: LFC v CA Osasuna, Anfield – kick-off 7 pm BST
Liverpool will play their final two preseason games at their home Anfield in front of the largest crowd since March 2020 as the Covid 19 took its toll on the football.
Secondly, we will witness a 75% capacity crowd at Anfield that will rock the stadium not allowing the opposing team to get into their rhythm.
The final pre-season game against Osasuna will be played in the memory of Michael Robinson, who played for both clubs and sadly passed away at the age of 61 in April last year.
Liverpool Pre-Season Fixtures 2021-22 Live Stream In UK, USA, India And Australia
The matches will be broadcast live LFCTV GO whose first month you can get FREE with the code 2122GOFREE.
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