LIVERPOOL. Liverpool beat LOSC Lille to win 2-1. It was Liverpool to strike first with a goal of Mohamed Salah at the 34′. Then it was a goal in the 62′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Harvey Elliott gave the win to Liverpool in the 67′ minute with a goal. Liverpool took advantage of its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Felix Zwayer with the help of Robert Kempter and Christian Dietz. The 4th official was Florian Badstübner. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.84 degrees Celsius or 42.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 13 Total 4
- 7 On Target 1
- 6 Off Target 1
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 112 Attack 74
- 47 Dangerous attack 30
- 74 Ball safe 69
- 11 Free Kicks 13
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 12 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Liverpool had a strong ball possession 56% while LOSC Lille was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Liverpool was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Liverpool won the match.
Liverpool shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, LOSC Lille shot 4 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Liverpool received 2 yellow cards (Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott). Regarding the opposition, LOSC Lille received 2 yellow cards (Aïssa Mandi and Benjamin André ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Liverpool has 21 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, LOSC Lille stays with 13 points like Arsenal, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Inter, Aston Villa, Brest, Monaco and Club Brugge to sit in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Champions League, Liverpool will play away against PSV on the 29th of January with a 5-0 head to head in favor of Liverpool (1 draw).
LOSC Lille will host Feyenoord on the 29th of January with a 0-0 head to head record.
Liverpool – Formation

Liverpool started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Arne Slot decided to play with the following team: Alisson Ramsés Becker
, Conor Bradley , Jarell Quansah , Virgil van Dijk , Konstantinos Tsimikas , Dominik Szoboszlai , Ryan Gravenberch , Curtis Jones , Mohamed Salah Ghaly , Darwin Gabriel Núñez Ribeiro and Luis Fernando Díaz Marulanda .The home team had on the bench: Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konaté, Alexis Mac Allister
, Cody Mathès Gakpo, Andrew Robertson, Trent Alexander-Arnold , Wataru Endo , Federico Chiesa , Harvey Elliot , Vítězslav Jaroš, Caoimhin Kelleher, Jayden Danns and Tyler Morton.Substitutions
Liverpool made 5 changes: Ryan Gravenberch for Alexis Mac Allister (46′), Curtis Jones for Harvey Elliott (46′), Dominik Szoboszlai for Wataru Endo (63′), Conor Bradley for Trent Alexander-Arnold (86′) and Gabriel Gudmundsson for Ismaily (74′).
Player of the match: Mohamed Salah Ghaly
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Liverpool was Mohamed Salah Ghaly.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 28 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He performed 4 crosses.LOSC Lille – Formation

LOSC Lille started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Bruno Génésio played with: Lucas Chevalier
, Aïssa Mandi , Bafodé Diakité , Alexsandro Victor Souza Ribeiro , Gabriel Gudmundsson , Ngal’ayel Mukau , Benjamin André , Mitchel Bakker , Hákon Arnar Haraldsson , Rémy Cabella and Jonathan David .They had on the bench: Isaac Cossier, Angel Gomes, Thomas Meunier
, Vito Mannone, Osame Sahraoui , Marc-Aurèle Caillard, Mohamed Bayo, Ethan Mbappé Lottin, Ismaily Gonçalves dos Santos , Ayyoub Bouaddi and Isaac Cossier.Substitutions
LOSC Lille made 4 changes: Luis Díaz for Federico Chiesa (74′), Rémy Cabella for Osame Sahraoui (63′), Mitchel Bakker for Thomas Meunier (63′) and Ngal’ayel Mukau for Ayyoub Bouaddi (74′).
Player of the match: Lucas Chevalier
The player that probably impressed the most for LOSC Lille was the goalkeeper: Lucas Chevalier. His rating is 7.4. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- Atalanta – Sturm Graz – 5-0
- Monaco – Aston Villa – 1-0
- Atlético Madrid – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 2-1
- Benfica – FC Barcelona – 4-5
- Bologna – Borussia Dortmund – 2-1
- Club Brugge – Juventus – 1-0
- Crvena Zvezda – PSV – 2-3
- Liverpool – LOSC Lille – 2-1
- Slovan Bratislava – VfB Stuttgart – 1-3