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Spartak Moscow vs
Liverpool –
Champions League
Preview
Futbolgrad 0
September 25, 2017 12:31
am
Spartak Moscow vs
Liverpool - Tuesday
26 September 19:45
BST / 20:45 CET -
Otkritie Arena -
Moscow Spartak
Moscow vs Liverpool
will take place at t
Spartak Moscow vs Liverpool
– Tuesday 26 September
19:45 BST / 20:45 CET –
Otkritie Arena – Moscow
Spartak Moscow vs Liverpool
will take place at the Spartak
Stadium in Moscow. (Photo
by Ian Walton/Getty Images)
Spartak enter their highest-
profile game in years with
their longest injury list in quite
some time. Star forward
Quincy Promes is the headline
omission, but GQ Sportsman
of the Year and club captain
Denis Glushakov will be every
bit as vital a member of the
injured players. Summer
signing Pedro Rocha , who has
admittedly only played 78
minutes since arriving from
Gremio for €12m, is another
likely absentee, along with
Georgian maestro Jano
Ananidze, whose lamentable
fitness record continues to
deny him time on the pitch.
Even without the string of
first-choice starters missing,
Spartak are in turmoil off the
pitch, with under-fire manager
Massimo Carrera openly
questioning his players in the
aftermath of their catastrophic
collapse in the closing stages
against Tosno. Club president
Leonid Fedun is infamously
impatient and is said to be on
his last tether following his
team’s horrendous domestic
form, so the pressure on
Carrera to get a result in the
glamorous tie against
Liverpool.
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One positive Spartak can cling
on to is the fact that their
breathtaking Otkritie Arena –
which will be a key venue for
next year’s World Cup – is
comfortably sold out, and will
provide a cacophonous
atmosphere for their visitors
to face. After just two wins in
their last eight matches in all
competitions, the hosts will
need every single advantage
they can claw together.
Liverpool arrive in the Russian
capital with a familiar set of
issues, most specifically the
reliability of their defence.
Surprisingly, they made no
reinforcements in the centre of
defence, despite allowing
former PSG captain Mamadou
Sakho leave, and are left with
Joel Matip, Dejan Lovren and
Ragnar Klavan as their sole
senior centre-backs. Lovren,
in particular, has struggled for
consistency in recent weeks,
but will be relieved not be
facing the Spartak’s lethal
flying Dutchman – said to
have been a one-time target
for the Reds – in Quincy
Promes.
Their attacking talents are the
envy of most of Europe,
however. Philippe Coutinho
emerged for the transfer
window persona non grata
amongst the majority of
Liverpool supporters after his
publicly-expressed desire to
join Barcelona but has already
reminded fans of his sublime
ability with a stunning free-
kick last weekend. Mohamed
Salah, Sadio Mane and
Roberto Firmino complete a
devastating front four that are
capable of changing positions
at will, leaving Spartak
nervously looking at how they
can prevent the inevitable
onslaught.
Spartak Moscow vs Liverpool
– Players to Look Out For
Luiz Adriano #12 – Spartak
Moscow
In the absence of Quincy
Promes, Jano Ananidze and
Rocha, it falls to the former
Shakhtar Donetsk frontman to
provide the focal point of
Spartak’s attacking play. The
Brazilian striker has shown
something of a tempestuous
streak in his time in Russia so
far, but his tenacity might be
just what the depleted
Spartak team will need. It is
highly likely he will be
deployed up front as a lone
striker, so will have to work
incredibly hard to get any joy
out of what little service he is
likely to get, but if he can
cause some disruption among
the Liverpool backline, then
Spartak will have an opening.
Luiz Adriano will have to be in
form for Spartak. (JURE
MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
Sadio Mane #19 – Liverpool
The Senegalese winger has
been suspended for the last
three domestic matches after
his high boot caught
Manchester City goalkeeper
Eder’s face forcing the
Brazilian to have eight
stitches. While his peers have
played three games in the
week before this fixture, he
has been rested. Coutinho is a
mercurial talent who can
create the moment of magic
that can’t be legislated for,
but Mane will terrorise the
Spartak defence all game long
with his power while running
with the ball and sheer pace.
Sadio Mané is Liverpool’s
danger man. (Photo by Martin
Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Spartak Moscow vs Liverpool
– Match Stats
The last four meetings
between these two teams
have produced 17 goals,
including Liverpool’s 3-1
win in Moscow last time
out
Liverpool only managed
one point away from home
in their last Champions
League campaign
Spartak Moscow have
conceded 27 goals in the
Champions League since
their last clean sheet in
the competition seven
years ago
Liverpool have conceded
12 goals in their last five
matches in all
competitions
Futbolgrad Prediction:
Spartak Moscow vs Liverpool
1-2
Spartak Moscow vs Liverpool
– Possible Lineups
Spartak Moscow
Formation: 5-4-1
Rebrov – Escshenko,
Dzhikiya, Bocchetti, Tasci,
Kombarov – Popov, Pasalic,
Samedov, Melgarejo – Luiz
Adriano
Manager: Massimo Carrera
Liverpool
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Mignolet – Alexander-Arnold,
Lovren, Matip, Moreno –
Henderson, Wijnaldum –
Mane, Coutinho, Salah –
Firmino
Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Andrew Flint is an English
freelance football writer living
in Tyumen, Western Siberia,
with his wife and two
daughters. He has featured
on These Football Times,
Russian Football News, Four
Four Two and Sovetski Sport,
mostly focusing on full-length
articles about derbies, youth
development and the game in
Russia. Due to his love for FC
Tyumen, he is particularly
interested in lower league
Russian football and is
looking to establish himself in
time for the 2018 World Cup.
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