Lask Linz vs Liverpool Prediction & Betting Tips

How each side has been playing

Liverpool's last 20 matches across competitions show nine wins, six draws and five losses, with 34 scored and 28 conceded. That's a reasonable if unspectacular return, and includes recent draws with Fulham and Newcastle alongside a solid Champions League win over Atletico Madrid.

Lask Linz: 20 completed matches; Liverpool: 20 completed matches.

Lask Linz

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

5% 1 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

55

Conceded

21

Difference

+34

Liverpool

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

28

Difference

+6

Lask Linz look far more prolific on paper, with 12 wins from 20 and 55 goals scored. A good chunk of that tally comes from friendly wins against lower-level sides like Kalsdorf and Bad Schallerbach, though. Their competitive form is patchier: wins over Sturm Graz and AEK Athens sit alongside Bundesliga losses to Wolfsberger and Austria Vienna, plus a mixed Champions League double-header with Celtic, losing away 3-0 before winning the home leg 5-1.

Lask Linz's raw goal numbers are flattered by friendly results, so their Bundesliga and European form gives a truer picture.

Previous meetings

These two have faced each other before, back in the 2023 Europa League. Liverpool won both legs comfortably, 3-1 away and then 4-0 at home, for an aggregate of 7-1.

That was a different competition and a few years ago now, so it says little about current squads. Still, it's the only head-to-head evidence we have, and it points firmly towards Liverpool.

Early league phase standings

This season's Champions League league phase has only produced one round of matches so far. Liverpool sit 13th with three points from a win, while Lask Linz are down in 28th after an opening defeat.

It's a tiny sample, just one game each, so it shouldn't be read as anything more than an early snapshot.

How this one could go

Liverpool arrive with better recent European pedigree and a clean head-to-head record against this opponent. Lask Linz have shown they can be lively at home, especially in cup football, but their Bundesliga form has wobbled against domestic rivals of similar standing.

The worry for Lask is facing a side with more European experience just as their own top-flight form dips. For Liverpool, the concern is a slightly inconsistent away record this term, including draws against sides they'd expect to beat.