Premier League giants Liverpool will lock horns with German outfit SV Darmstadt 98 in their final pre-season 2023 friendly at the Deepdale Stadium in Preston on Monday, August 7. The Liverpool vs Darmstadt pre-season friendly will start at 11:30 PM IST.
Under manager Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool head into the new season with mixed pre-season results.
The Reds started their pre-season 2023 with a 4-2 win over German side Karlsruher at the BBBank Wildpark in Germany. However, they were soon held to a 4-4 draw by German second division club SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
Jurgen Klopp’s men later thrashed Leicester City 4-0 at the Singapore National Stadium, before succumbing to their first pre-season 2023 defeat against Bayern Munich at the same venue a few days later. Liverpool went down to Bayern 3-4 in their final game in Singapore.
Liverpool will aim to return to winning ways ahead of their Premier League 2023 opener against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on August 13.
On the other hand, newly-promoted Bundesliga club Darmstadt are currently on a four-match winless streak in pre-season.
Darmstadt head into the Liverpool clash after two goalless draws versus SV Sandhausen and Karlsruher. The German side earlier suffered defeats against FC Gießen and Norwich City.
Going by the two squads, Liverpool will start as overwhelming favourites against Darmstadt as they aim to wrap up their pre-season on a high.
Liverpool vs Darmstadt head-to-head
This will be the first-ever meeting between Liverpool and SV Darmstadt 98 in European football.
Where to watch Liverpool vs Darmstadt pre-season 2023 friendly live in India?
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There will be no live telecast of the Liverpool vs Darmstadt pre-season 2023 friendly on any TV channel in India.
Liverpool squad vs Darmstadt
Goalkeepers: Alisson Becker, Adrian, Caoimhin Kelleher, Marcelo Pitaluga, Vítězslav Jaroš, Fabian Mrozek
Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Conor Bradley, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konaté, Joel Matip, Joe Gomez, Nat Phillips, Jarell Quansah, Andrew Robertson, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Calum Scanlon
Midfielders: Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Thiago Alcântara, Stefan Bajcetic, Bobby Clark, Melkamu Frauendorf, James McConnell
Forwards: Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota, Cody Gakpo, Ben Doak, Lewis Koumas
Darmstadt squad vs Liverpool
Goalkeepers: Marcel Schuhen, Patrick Platins, Steve Kroll, Igor Berezovskyi, Alexander Brunst-Zollner, Carl Leonhard, Lukasz Zaluska
Defenders: Thomas Isherwood, Michael Stegmayer, Christoph Zimmermann, Benjamin Gorka, Markus Steinhöfer, Mathias Wittek, Keanan Bennetts, Frank Ronstadt, Emir Karic, Lasse Sobiech, Patrick Banggaard Jensen, Matthias Bader, Fabian Holland, Clemens Riedel
Midfielders: Slobodan Medojevic, Marvin Mehlem, Fabian Schnellhardt, Jan Rosenthal, Tobias Kempe, Mathias Honsak, Peter Niemeyer, Jannik Müller, Klaus Gjasula, Milan Ivana, Yassin Ben Balla, Adrian Stanilewicz, Braydon Manu, Leon Muller, Hamit Altintop, Philipp Sonn, Nico Baier
Forwards: Marco Sailer, Victor Obinna, Magnus Warming, Aaron Seydel, Ognjen Ozegovic, Oscar Vilhelmsson, John Peter Sesay, Ensar Arslan, Silas Zehnder, Filip Stojilkovic, Fabio Torsiello
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