With the league phase of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League campaign continuing, Liverpool must arrest their recent slide when they take on Eintracht Frankfurt.
The question marks are swirling around Arne Slot's side, who are under increasing pressure to get their campaign back on track ahead of a tricky test in Germany tonight.
The 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester United on Sunday was the Premier League champions’ fourth successive defeat across all competitions.
Frankfurt, under the management of Dino Toppmoller, are a club who are consistently in a state of regeneration after the sale of a major talent — and this season appears no different, with this game marking a return to Germany for Hugo Ekitike, after he was sold to Liverpool over the summer.
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Frankfurt vs. Liverpool: Who Will Win?
Eintracht Frankfurt come into this one on the back of a 2-2 draw with Freiburg at the weekend and they have been brilliant to watch so far this season, with their seven Bundesliga matches having consisted of 37 goals.
In the Champions League, they have registered a similarly thrilling 5-1 victory over Galatasaray and a defeat to Atletico Madrid by the same scoreline.
Liverpool, meanwhile, head to Germany amid talk of a mini crisis. The Reds will still believe they can rediscover some sort of fluency, although it isn't just their attack that is misfiring.
Defensive issues were clear at the start of the campaign, too, and with two sides who have been erratic of late, this one could be entertaining to say the least.
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Head-to-Head: Frankfurt vs. Liverpool
- These two clubs have only met on two previous occasions in competitive action, with Liverpool winning one and the other game resulting in a draw.
- Those matches came in the early stages of the 1972/73 UEFA Cup, with a 2-0 victory for Liverpool in the first leg at Anfield before a goalless draw in the second leg in Germany.
Frankfurt vs. Liverpool Form Guide
Frankfurt — Last 5 Matches (All Competitions)
- Freiburg 2-2 Frankfurt (Bundesliga)
- Frankfurt 0-3 Bayern Munich (Bundesliga)
- Atletico Madrid 5-1 Frankfurt (Champions League)
- Borussia Monchengladbach 4-6 Frankfurt (Bundesliga)
- Frankfurt 3-4 Union Berlin (Bundesliga)
Liverpool — Last 5 Matches (All Competitions)
- Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United (Premier League)
- Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
- Galatasaray 1-0 Liverpool (UEFA Champions League)
- Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
- Liverpool 2-1 Southampton (EFL Cup)
Frankfurt vs. Liverpool Score Prediction
Liverpool, just through the sheer weight of statistical probability, will be expected to end what is already a bizarrely long losing streak and yet there are so many issues for them to solve.
They do, though, come up against a Frankfurt side who are currently in similarly in average form and more than capable of giving even the most reactive of sides plenty of chances.
This has the potential to be a real thriller for the neutral as Liverpool try to arrest their slide against one of the most entertaining teams in European football.
Prediction: Frankfurt 2-2 Liverpool (12.86 with Dafabet)
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Frankfurt vs. Liverpool Team News
Frankfurt Team News
- Dino Toppmoller is keen on playing the 3-4-2-1 system, even after the sale of Hugo Ekitike in the summer and Omar Marmoush in the winter, with new signing Jonathan Burkardt tasked with taking on that mantle.
- The German team do have a couple of key injury absentees, as both Elias Baum and Oscar Hojlund are sidelined.
- The 3-4-2-1 can be moulded into a 4-2-3-1, with Nathaniel Brown pushing on further up to more of a left-wing slot and Arthur Theate moving wide to left-back.
Liverpool Team News
- Liverpool head to Germany with a dilemma over the make up of their attack, with Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak both out of form, while Ekitike is pushing for inclusion.
- The Reds have not yet seen Florian Wirtz flourish but he did offer something of a spark off the bench at the weekend and so he should come into the XI.
- They do have a couple of key midfield injury doubts, too, as both Ryan Gravenberch and Wataru Endo are both potentially sidelined for this one.
Frankfurt vs. Liverpool Predicted Lineups
This is how we think these two sides will line up.
Frankfurt predicted lineup to play Liverpool
(4-2-3-1) Santos (GK) — Nissen, Koch, Amenda, Theate — Larsson, Chaibi — Knauff, Brown, Uzun — Burkardt
Liverpool predicted lineup to play Frankfurt
(4-2-3-1) Mamardashvili (GK) — Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson — Szoboszlai, Mac Allister — Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo — Ekitike
Frankfurt vs. Liverpool Betting Odds
- Frankfurt to Win: 5.05 with Dafabet
- Liverpool to Win: 4.90
- Draw: 1.58
How to watch Frankfurt vs. Liverpool: Live stream, TV channel
Here's all the key information on how to watch Frankfurt vs. Liverpool tonight.
- Date: Thursday, October 23
- Venue: Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany
- Time: 12:30 a.m. IST
- TV/Stream: Sony sports network