Liverpool vs Toulouse Prediction & Betting Tips (26 October)

Liverpool's awakening was too late last season, and the Champions League regulars had to settle for 5th place in the Premier League, synonymous with qualification in C3. Things are off to a slightly better start this season with a 4th place after 9 days, just 3 points behind leader Tottenham. It was also against the latter that Klopp's players experienced real injustice, after a VAR malfunction and a goal wrongly refused to Luis Diaz. This defeat against Spurs 1-2 ended the good series of Mo Salah's teammates, who were still undefeated since the start of the season in official competition.

In the European Cup, Liverpool quite easily defeated Union Saint Gilloise in Group E 2-0, securing a second victory in 2 games, after a more sluggish victory on the lawn of LASK Linz 1-3. Last weekend, despite a small match on a collective level, the residents of Anfield gained maximum confidence by beating their neighbor at Goodison Park, Everton in the heart of the Mersey derby 2-0.

Liverpool is not sure of being able to count on Thiago Alcantara, the young Bajcetic and Gakpo, who was injured against Tottenham without forgetting the starting left back and Scottish international, Robertson (withdrawal for the international break by the way). But the Reds are damn well armed with Mohamed Salah (7 goals and 4 assists in the PL) who remains the major offensive asset this season and on cloud nine following his double in the derby against Everton. Alongside him, we could find important elements like Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, or even Diogo Jota. Summer recruits Mac Allister (ex-Brighton) and Szoboszlai (ex-Leipzig) are already performing well, and are key players in Klopp's system. But as for the first two days of C3, the latter could well rotate and rest the senior players, especially since Liverpool started this group phase well. Toulouse lost the prolific Moroccan striker Aboukhlal (3 goals) , who should be missing until the end of the season.

Ibrahim Cissoko, on the other hand, should soon make his return. Toulouse will be able to count on its strong men from the start of the season, in particular the summer recruits Schmidt, a talented German midfielder, Magri, an efficient French striker, and Gelabert, a Spanish creator appreciated by the supporters. Dutch striker Dallinga and Chilean full-back Suazo, the only scorer in the match against Linz, should be available. On the other hand, the Violets will still have to do without Spierings, who could not be registered to play in this group stage. Note the loss of the young 18-year-old crack player, Aradj (injured for a few weeks now).