Overview
Unable to recover from a shocking defeat to fourth division side Logrones in the Copa del Rey, Girona continued to lose 3-0 to Real Madrid.
The Catalan club have now gone four consecutive matches without a win in all competitions, including a defeat to Sturm Graz in the Champions League last time out. Notably, Michel’s side have also failed to score in three of those four matches.
Having to face only an unstable Girona, Liverpool will have the opportunity to consolidate their position at the top of the Champions League group. Before the away trip to Spain, The Kop were unbeaten in 17 consecutive matches in all competitions (won 15, drew 2).
Coach Arne Slot's team is currently leading both the Premier League and the Champions League. They are the only club to have won all five of their opening Champions League matches this year.
Liverpool's formidable attack with stars such as Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo is expected to continue to shine against Girona. In the last 9 matches, the Anfield team scored 23 goals against their opponents, an average of 2.5 goals/match and no match scored less than 2 goals.
If they maintain their form, it will not be difficult for Arne Slot's team to win all 3 points in Spain.
In terms of head-to-head record, the two teams have never met in an official match.
Human resources situation
Coach Michel fielded a full-strength line-up for the 2-2 draw away to Villarreal. Although there were no new injuries or suspensions, Girona will still be without three players, including Justin Garcia, Yangel Herrera and Gabriel Misehouy.
On the other side of the front line, Ibrahima Konate, Conor Bradley, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Alisson and Federico Chiesa will all be absent. Overall, Arne Slot still has a headache with the injury problem.
Expected lineup:
Girona: Paulo Gazzaniga, Arnau Martinez, David Lopez, Ladislav Krejci, Miguel Gutierrez, Ivan Martin, Donny van de Beek, Oriol Romeu, Bryan Gil, Arnaut Danjuma, Bojan Miovski.
Liverpool: Caoimhin Kelleher, Jarell Quansah, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez.
The match between Girona and Liverpool takes place at 0:45 am on December 11 (Vietnam time).
