Liverpool vs LOSC Lille facts

Liverpool put the last remaining perfect record in the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League on the line again as LOSC Lille come to Anfield on Matchday 7.

The six-time European champions have won all six games in this season's league phase, most recently 1-0 at Girona on Matchday 6, and became the first team to secure a knockout phase berth on Matchday 5 when they beat holders Real Madrid 2-0.

Lille have 13 points with four victories in their six fixtures and are unbeaten in the last five, winning the last two including a 3-2 home success against Sturm Graz on Matchday 6.

Previous meetings

2009/10 UEFA Europa League round of 16
Lille 1-0 Liverpool
Liverpool 3-0 Lille
Eden Hazard scored the only goal of the first leg with six minutes remaining, but Steven Gerrard's ninth-minute penalty at Anfield levelled the tie and a second-half double from Fernando Torres (49, 89) sealed Liverpool's progress.

Form guide

Liverpool

Record vs French clubs: W18 D3 L11 F52 A30
Home record vs French clubs: W13 D1 L2

Liverpool were in the same Europa League group as Toulouse last season, winning 5-1 at home before a 2-3 away loss.

The Reds have won only four of their last ten games against French clubs (D2 L4) although those victories have all come in the last seven.

Liverpool have won their last four games against French teams at Anfield, scoring 13 goals; they had lost two of their previous three but have been victorious in 13 of their 16 home matches against French visitors overall.

This is Liverpool's 16th Champions League campaign; they have reached the final five times, lifting the trophy in 2005 and 2019.

The Merseyside club last featured in 2022/23, finishing second in their section behind Napoli before losing to Madrid in the round of 16.

Liverpool have won 13 of their last 18 Champions League matches at Anfield (D2 L3), beating Bologna (2-0), Bayer Leverkusen (4-0) and Real Madrid this season.

Jürgen Klopp's team took part in the Europa League in 2023/24, coming up short against eventual winners Atalanta in the last eight (0-3 h, 1-0 a).

Liverpool were third in last season's Premier League, Klopp's last season in charge after nine years at Anfield; Arne Slot came in from Feyenoord to replace the German.

LOSC Lille

Record vs English clubs: W4 D4 L10 F12 A22
Away record vs English clubs: W1 D1 L7

Lille's 2023/24 European season was ended by English opponents, Aston Villa prevailing 4-3 on penalties in France after each side had won 2-1 at home.

That second-leg success ended Lille's eight-match run without a win against English opponents (D1 L7), since their 2010 victory against Liverpool.

The defeat at Villa was Lille's sixth in succession in England, during which they conceded 13 goals and scored only two. A 2-0 victory at Villa in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final second leg is Lille's only success in their nine games away to English clubs and one of only two in which they avoided defeat.

The last of Lille's seven Champions League group appearances came in 2021/22, when they won their section ahead of Salzburg, Sevilla and Wolfsburg but lost to holders Chelsea in the round of 16 (0-2 a, 1-2 h).

Those were their most recent games in the competition before this season's third qualifying round, when they beat Fenerbahçe 2-1 at home and drew 1-1 away after extra time. Lille also edged through a tight play-off against Slavia Praha (2-0 h, 1-2 a), Edon Zhegrova's late second-leg strike providing decisive.

This season's wins at Atlético (3-1) and Bologna (2-1) have made it four victories in Lille's last 12 away European games, losing four including 2-0 at Sporting CP this season.

Les Dogues – who replaced coach Paulo Fonseca with Bruno Génésio in the summer – were fourth in Ligue 1 in 2023/24, their highest finish since claiming their fourth league title in 2020/21.

Links and trivia

Have played in England:
Vito Mannone (Arsenal 2005–13, Barnsley 2006 loan, Hull City 2010/11, 2012 loans, Sunderland 2013–17, Reading 2017–20)
Angel Gomes (Manchester United 2006–20)
Rémy Cabella (Newcastle 2014/15)

Has played in France:
Ibrahima Konaté (Sochaux 2014–17)

Have played together:
Ryan Gravenbrech & Mitchell Bakker (Ajax youth 2010–19)

International team-mates:
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez & Angel Gomes (England)
Ryan Gravenbrech, Cody Gakpo & Mitchell Bakker (Netherlands Under-21)

Latest news

Liverpool

On Saturday Darwin Núñez came off the bench to score twice and earn a 2-0 win at Brentford that took Liverpool six points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Arne Slot's side have suffered a single Premier League defeat this season – 0-1 at home to Nottingham Forest on 14 September.

Diogo Jota came off the bench to rescue a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture at Forest on 14 January.

The Portuguese international had also scored in Liverpool's previous game, a 4-0 win at home to fourth-tier Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup third round on 11 January in which substitute Federico Chiesa got his first goal for the club.

The Reds will be away to Championship club Plymouth in the FA Cup fourth round on the weekend of 8 February.

Liverpool's 24-match unbeaten run in all competitions (W20 D4) was ended by a 1-0 loss at Tottenham in the League Cup semi-final first leg on 8 January; the return is at Anfield on 6 February.

Slot's side have drawn four of their last eight Premier League matches, including two in a row before Saturday, winning the other four.

Jota missed Saturday's win with a minor injury.

Joe Gomez has not played since going off with a thigh injury in the first half of a 5-0 win at West Ham on 29 December.

Lille

Lille's record since Matchday 6 is W2 D4, with draws in three successive games before they came from behind to beat Nice 2-1 on Friday, stretching their unbeaten run to 21 matches (W11 D10) since the Matchday 1 defeat at Sporting CP.

On 10 January LOSC made it 19 games unbeaten in all competitions, equalling a club record established 50 years ago, with a 0-0 Ligue 1 draw at Auxerre.

Les Dogues set a new mark of 20 on 14 January after beating Marseille 4-3 on penalties at the Stade Vélodrome after a 1-1 draw in the French Cup round of 32.

Absent on Matchday 6 through injury, Edon Zhegrova returned to the team for a 1-1 Ligue 1 draw at Marseille on 14 December. Substituted at half-time, he has not played since due to an adductors injury.

Tiago Santos faces several months on the sidelines after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during training on 15 October.

Ethan Mbappé has been out with a thigh injury since 28 September.