Liverpool FC vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Europe 2023-24 GROUP STAGE
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Match Preview
Liverpool FC vs Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — Europe at Anfield.
- Liverpool FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 6 games · 13 pts (2025/26)
Morten Krogh
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 -
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Liverpool FC is hosting Royale Union Saint-Gilloise for another epic battle.
- 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Cameron Puertas suffering a number of foals already.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Trent Alexander-Arnold made 395 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' It looks surprising Royale Union Saint-Gilloise does not make any changes. Loic Lapoussin has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 25' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 30' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 30 minutes.
- 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 44' Liverpool FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ryan Gravenberch on 44.
- 46' The whistle greets Wataru Endo as he departs to be replaced by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 51' Liverpool FC is showing some good football. However, Liverpool FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 56' It looks like no one’s ball. Liverpool FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 61' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 63' The whistle greets Trent Alexander-Arnold as he departs to be replaced by Joe Gomez.
- 67' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Loic Lapoussin is hanging Casper Terho on the field on 67 minute.
- 72' Royale Union Saint-Gilloise started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 72.
- 75' Mathias Rasmussen has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lazare Amani on 75 minute.
- 79' It is a substitution in Liverpool FC team. Ryan Gravenberch is replaced by Dominik Szoboszlai on 79 minute.
- 84' The travelling Royale Union Saint-Gilloise supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 86' Another change for Royale Union Saint-Gilloise made on 86 minute. Kevin Mac Allister leaves to be changed by Ross Sykes.
- The final score is 2-0.
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Liverpool FC
Starting XI- 1
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11
Mohamed Salah ↓ Curtis Jones 46'
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Darwin Nunez ↓ Luis Diaz 46'
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Bench-
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Joe Gomez ↑ 63'
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17
Curtis Jones ↑ 46'
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Luis Diaz ↑ 46'
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Dominik Szoboszlai ↑ 79'
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Alexis Mac Allister ↑ 46'
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Coach Jurgen KloppRoyale Union Saint-Gilloise
Starting XI- 16
- 28
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24
Charles Vanhoutte ↓ Noah Sadiki 75'
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Kevin Mac Allister ↓ Ross Sykes 86'
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Casper Terho ↓ Loic Lapoussin 67'
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Bench-
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Loic Lapoussin ↑ 67'
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26
Ross Sykes ↑ 86'
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Mathias Rasmussen ↑ 75'
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Noah Sadiki ↑ 75'
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Kevin Rodriguez ↑ 67'
Coach Alexander Blessin -
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