Champions League: Get ready for the second leg of the Liverpool - Inter clash

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 08.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League 8th Finals between Liverpool and Inter. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

These teams have little in common geographically as Inter have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Liverpool form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Real Madrid.

Liverpool have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 36 points collected from 14 matches (11-3-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Liverpool has performed like this (both home and away): 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alisson Ramses Becker not having conceded a league goal in 222 minutes.

A nice win for Liverpool last time playing, versus West Ham United. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Mané scoring for the victors. Alexander-Arnold was "man of the match" with a rating of 9.11 out of 10. The defender Alexander-Arnold served one assist, hit five key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.

The manager Klopp will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Brighton & Hove Albion in only four days.

Liverpool are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (37 goals in 14 games). Liverpool are not conceding a lot of goals here at Anfield in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 14 matches.

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Inter form and stats

Inter's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.

Inter have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 7-5-1 from 13 games. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 3W-1D-3L. This is both home and away.

The Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 244 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Inter won their last game, 5-0 versus Salernitana played at home. Barella got a match rating of 9.45 in that game, top player of the team. Barella signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 63 successful passes (of 72 total).

The travelling fans enjoy Inter's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 13 league matches away. Inter are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams face each other this season, as the history books show this recent game: Inter - Liverpool 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Liverpool three wins, zero draws and Inter zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
19 goals
InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
14 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
12 goals

Liverpool missing players

Inter missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Liverpool Inter
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   10 25
19 12   Won W   4 16
5 2   Drew D   5 5
1 0   Lost L   1 4
56 37   Scored S   15 46
16 8   Conceded C   5 18
92% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   70% 88%
72% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 84%
56% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   30% 44%
44% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 24%
16% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 16%
44% 43%   BTTS BTTS   30% 36%
52% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   60% 52%
12% 7%   Failed to Score F T   40% 24%
 
7.6 7.6   Corners for (avg) C F   6.7 6.9
3.1 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.1
1.2 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
18.6 20.7   Shots (avg) S (   15.8 18.6
6 6.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 6.6
37% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 28%
 
7.1 6.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11 10.1
2.7 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 27 21 3 3 64 17 13 10 1 2 36 9 14 11 2 1 28 8 47 66
2 Liverpool 27 19 6 2 71 20 14 11 3 0 37 7 13 8 3 2 34 13 51 63
3 Chelsea 26 15 8 3 53 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 14 9 3 2 26 8 35 53
4 Manchester United 27 13 8 6 44 34 14 7 3 4 21 16 13 6 5 2 23 18 10 47
5 West Ham United 28 13 6 9 46 35 14 7 3 4 25 19 14 6 3 5 21 16 11 45
6 Arsenal 24 14 3 7 38 27 13 9 2 2 22 10 11 5 1 5 16 17 11 45
7 Tottenham Hotspur 25 13 3 9 35 32 12 7 1 4 18 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 3 42
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 12 4 11 24 23 13 5 2 6 10 12 14 7 2 5 14 11 1 40
9 Southampton 27 8 11 8 34 41 13 5 7 1 18 10 14 3 4 7 16 31 -7 35
10 Crystal Palace 28 7 12 9 39 38 14 4 6 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 33
11 Aston Villa 26 10 3 13 37 37 13 5 3 5 24 20 13 5 0 8 13 17 0 33
12 Leicester City 25 9 6 10 40 43 13 6 3 4 22 18 12 3 3 6 18 25 -3 33
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 7 12 8 26 32 13 3 5 5 10 16 14 4 7 3 16 16 -6 33
14 Newcastle United 26 6 10 10 30 46 14 4 6 4 20 25 12 2 4 6 10 21 -16 28
15 Brentford 28 7 6 15 30 45 14 4 2 8 14 19 14 3 4 7 16 26 -15 27
16 Leeds United 27 5 8 14 29 61 13 3 4 6 15 25 14 2 4 8 14 36 -32 23
17 Everton 24 6 4 14 28 41 12 5 1 6 18 18 12 1 3 8 10 23 -13 22
18 Burnley 26 3 12 11 22 36 13 2 6 5 10 16 13 1 6 6 12 20 -14 21
19 Watford 26 5 4 17 25 47 13 2 1 10 12 31 13 3 3 7 13 16 -22 19
20 Norwich City 27 4 5 18 16 58 14 2 3 9 9 28 13 2 2 9 7 30 -42 17
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 27 17 7 3 60 22 14 10 2 2 35 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 38 58
2 Napoli 27 17 6 4 49 19 13 8 2 3 23 9 14 9 4 1 26 10 30 57
3 Milan 27 17 6 4 53 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 57
4 Juventus 27 14 8 5 41 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 16 50
5 Atalanta 27 13 8 6 50 31 13 4 5 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 47
6 Roma 28 14 5 9 46 34 15 8 4 3 20 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 12 47
7 Lazio 28 13 7 8 57 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 15 46
8 Fiorentina 26 13 3 10 45 36 12 8 1 3 30 15 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 42
9 Hellas Verona 27 11 7 9 52 43 14 8 2 4 30 18 13 3 5 5 22 25 9 40
10 Sassuolo 27 9 9 9 45 45 14 4 5 5 19 22 13 5 4 4 26 23 0 36
11 Torino 26 9 6 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 12 2 3 7 7 13 5 33
12 Bologna 26 9 5 12 32 42 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 32
13 Empoli 27 8 7 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 13 5 5 3 18 16 -13 31
14 Udinese 26 6 11 9 34 43 13 4 6 3 18 20 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 29
15 Sampdoria 28 7 5 16 36 48 14 4 3 7 22 25 14 3 2 9 14 23 -12 26
16 Spezia 27 7 5 15 28 49 13 3 3 7 13 17 14 4 2 8 15 32 -21 26
17 Cagliari 28 5 10 13 28 51 14 2 6 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 12 26 -23 25
18 Venezia 26 5 7 14 24 47 13 2 4 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 10 23 -23 22
19 Genoa 27 1 14 12 22 47 13 0 7 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 17
20 Salernitana 26 3 6 17 20 61 13 1 4 8 10 29 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 15

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 27 17 7 3 60 22 14 10 2 2 35 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 38 58
2 Napoli 27 17 6 4 49 19 13 8 2 3 23 9 14 9 4 1 26 10 30 57
3 Milan 27 17 6 4 53 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 57
4 Juventus 27 14 8 5 41 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 16 50
5 Atalanta 27 13 8 6 50 31 13 4 5 4 24 18 14 9 3 2 26 13 19 47
6 Roma 28 14 5 9 46 34 15 8 4 3 20 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 12 47
7 Lazio 28 13 7 8 57 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 15 6 3 6 25 24 15 46
8 Fiorentina 26 13 3 10 45 36 12 8 1 3 30 15 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 42
9 Hellas Verona 27 11 7 9 52 43 14 8 2 4 30 18 13 3 5 5 22 25 9 40
10 Sassuolo 27 9 9 9 45 45 14 4 5 5 19 22 13 5 4 4 26 23 0 36
11 Torino 26 9 6 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 12 2 3 7 7 13 5 33
12 Bologna 26 9 5 12 32 42 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 32
13 Empoli 27 8 7 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 13 5 5 3 18 16 -13 31
14 Udinese 26 6 11 9 34 43 13 4 6 3 18 20 13 2 5 6 16 23 -9 29
15 Sampdoria 28 7 5 16 36 48 14 4 3 7 22 25 14 3 2 9 14 23 -12 26
16 Spezia 27 7 5 15 28 49 13 3 3 7 13 17 14 4 2 8 15 32 -21 26
17 Cagliari 28 5 10 13 28 51 14 2 6 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 12 26 -23 25
18 Venezia 26 5 7 14 24 47 13 2 4 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 10 23 -23 22
19 Genoa 27 1 14 12 22 47 13 0 7 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 17
20 Salernitana 26 3 6 17 20 61 13 1 4 8 10 29 13 2 2 9 10 32 -41 15

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.