Liverpool begin their preparations for the season today with a friendly against Karlsruher.
The Reds are stepping up their preparations for next season with their annual training camp in Germany, with Jurgen Klopp putting his players through their paces at their base in Baden-Wurttemberg.
Liverpool also take on Greuther Furth in a match behind closed doors next week, before traveling to Singapore for matches against Leicester and Bayern Munich, capping off the summer against Bundesliga newcomers SV Darmstadt at Preston’s Deepdale next month.
But the first focus is on Karlsruher, Christian Eichner’s team that finished seventh in the 2. Bundesliga last season. Date, start time and place
Karlsruher vs Liverpool is played today, Wednesday 19th July 2023 at BBBank Wildpark in Karlsruhe, Germany.
The pre-season exhibition match is scheduled for 5.30pm BST, which is 6.30pm local time.
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Karlsruher-Liverpool team news
Liverpool traveled to Germany without Fabinho, who looks set to join Saudi club Al-Ittihad in a £40m transfer.
However, captain Jordan Henderson made the trip despite him also being closely linked with a move to Gulf State with Steven Gerrard’s Al-Ettifaq.
New signings Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai are expected to make their debuts against Karlsruher respectively, although Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott won’t train again until Thursday after England’s success at the Under-21 Championship. It remains to be seen if Thiago Alcantara will be fit enough to play as he will feel fully fit again after his injury.
Ben Doak, Calum Scanlon, James McConnell, Marcelo Pitaluga, Conor Bradley, Bobby Clark, Melkamu Frauendorf, Vitezslav Jaros, Fabian Mrozek, Lewis Koumas and Jarell Quansah are the youngsters who want to have a part because they are all included in Klopp’s touring team.
Prediction Karlsruher-Liverpool
Predicting anything about pre-season friendlies let alone taking place in early summer is a silly message, but you have to consider that Liverpool should win this game quite comfortably.
Players like Mac Allister and Szoboszlai will be all too eager to make a quick impression, and Klopp always demands 100% from his players, competitive play or not.
It’s a strong side that brought Liverpool to Germany and they should start here with a good win.
Liverpool win 3-1.
Head to head history (h2h) and results
Wednesday’s match will be the first ever meeting between these two clubs.
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