Liverpool departs for Singapore for the second phase of their pre-season tour after a busy ten-day stay in Germany
The Reds make a brief pit stop in Merseyside before departing for Asia to play a friendly against Bayern Munich on Wednesday, August 2, and Leicester City on Sunday, July 30.
Although Karlsruher SC and Greuther Furth provided fans with a couple of high-scoring matches, Jurgen Klopp said that the team he chooses for the forthcoming matches will be much closer to the one that begins the Premier League opening against Chelsea on August 13.
After the Foxes were demoted to the Championship at the end of the previous season, Liverpool and Leicester City have been involved in a few spectacular matches in recent years, but they won’t play each other this year unless they are drawn in the domestic competitions.
Fans in Singapore, though, will be treated to a compelling match. Here is all the information you require about the game.
DAY, TIME, AND STADIUM
Date: July 30, 2023, Sunday
Time of kickoff: 11:00 CET/10:00 BST
Singapore National Stadium has a capacity of 55,000.
CONTRAST RECORD
In the 121 previous meetings between Liverpool and Leicester City, the Reds have amassed a 55-win record against the Foxes. As of November
25 games between the two teams have ended in a draw, but Liverpool has won each of their previous three encounters with Leicester, posting an amazing aggregate score of 7-1.
Prior to the 2017–18 season, the two teams squared off in Hong Kong for a match that had the Premier League Asia trophy on the line. Mohamed Salah and Philippe Coutinho scored goals for Liverpool on that particular day, giving them a 2-1 victory. Islam Slimani scored for Leicester.
WHERE TO FIND TV SPECTACULAR LIVERPOOL VS LEICESTER CITY
Live streaming of Liverpool vs. Leicester City is available on LFCTV and LFCTV GO.
Despite traveling with the team to Germany for Liverpool’s two preseason friendlies, Jordan Henderson missed both games due to ongoing negotiations with Al Ettifaq of the Saudi Pro League. The 33-year-old’s transfer is essentially finalized and is anticipated to be approved before Liverpool departs for Singapore, so he won’t likely be traveling with the team.
As his transfer to Al-Ittihad is uncertain, Fabinho has been scheduled to return to training on Wednesday. However, it is unclear whether he will join the rest of his colleagues. The Brazilian midfielder was not included in the team for the trip to Germany and is expected to be excluded once more as everyone works to expedite his £40 million transfer to Saudi Arabia.
Dominik Szoboszlai is anticipated to play after suffering a minor injury and missing the 4-4 draw with Greuther Furth. Thiago Alcantara, who has fully recovered from a hip injury, might possibly make his first preseason appearance.
Romeo Lavia is still up for grabs at Southampton, and Liverpool is likely to make a second approach for the midfielder after having a £37 million deal rejected. Lavia might meet up with his new teammates in Singapore if everything goes according to plan, but Liverpool still have some work to perform to finalize the transaction.
ESTIMATED LINEUP
The following is a possible opening for Liverpool versus Leicester City on Sunday:
Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Thiago Alcantara, Alexis MacAllister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, and Luis Diaz make up the (4-3-3) formation.
PREDICTION
Don’t be shocked if we see more of the same from Liverpool versus Leicester this weekend. The Reds have scored and given up goals freely thus far in the preseason.
Liverpool defeats Leicester City 3-2.
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