UCL: Liverpool-Maribor 3-0 |as it happened...
MATCH PREVIEW :
- Liverpool claimed a 0-7 victory in Slovenia against Maribor in the reverse meeting, it was the first time these clubs had met in a competitive fixture.
- Maribor have won only one of their nine games against England opposition in all competitions (D2 L6), a 2-1 win against Wigan Athletic in the 2013/14 Europa League group stages. They have also never kept a clean sheet in those nine games.
- Liverpool’s victory over Maribor in the previous round was the biggest away win by an English club away from home in European competition since Arsenal defeated Standard Liège 7-0 in the Cup Winners’ Cup back in November 1993.
- In fact, that result equalled the biggest margin of victory by an away team in the Champions League era – level with MSK Zilina 0-7 Marseille (Nov 2010) and BATE Borisov 0-7 Shakhtar Donetsk (Oct 2014).
- Liverpool come into this match enjoying an 11-game unbeaten run in the group stages (W3 D8, Champions League and Europa League).
- Jürgen Klopp’s men have played five Champions League matches this season (including qualifiers), they didn’t lose any of those games (W3 D2).
- Maribor are currently enduring a 14-game winless run in the Champions League (D5 L9) and have only managed to score one goal across their last four outings in the competition.
- After failing to score in his first 15 Champions League appearances, Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho has now scored in his last two in a row.
- Coutinho attempted six shots last time out against Maribor, four of those efforts were on target, scored once and also created six chances for his teammates (two assists).
- Roberto Firmino (three scored and one assist), Philippe Coutinho (two goals and two assists) and Mohamed Salah (three goals and one assist) have been directly involved in four goals each already in the 2017/18 Champions League.
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