Leipzig vs Liverpool facts

Leipzig are looking for their first points of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League as a Liverpool side who have won their first two league phase games come to Germany on Matchday 3.

While the Bundesliga club have lost 2-1 at Atlético de Madrid and 2-3 at home to Juventus, Liverpool have enjoyed success against Serie A sides, a 3-1 victory at AC Milan preceding a 2-0 defeat of Bologna at Anfield.

Previous meetings

2020/21 Champions League round of 16
Leipzig 0-2 Liverpool
Liverpool 2-0 Leipzig
With both matches played at the Puskás Arena in Budapest due to COVID-19, first-leg goals from Mohamed Salah (53) and Sadio Mané (58) gave Jürgen Klopp's Reds victory in the first leg on 16 February 2021.

A Leipzig side coached by Julian Nagelsmann were beaten by the same scoreline on 10 March, Salah (70) and Mané (74) again getting the goals in the second half.

Form guide

Leipzig

Record vs English clubs: W4 D1 L7 F16 A32
Home record vs English clubs: W3 D1 L2

Leipzig last faced English opposition in last season's group stage, losing 1-3 at home and 3-2 away against holders Manchester City.

That made it three successive defeats against Premier League opponents, and no win in four (D1); having won three of their first four games against English teams (L1), a 2-1 home victory against City on Matchday 6 in 2021/22 is Leipzig's only win in their last eight, a sequence that includes six defeats.

This is Leipzig's seventh campaign in the Champions League, all since 2017/18, and a sixth in a row.

Semi-finalists in 2019/20, the German club have reached the knockout rounds in four of their last five campaigns, including 2023/24.

Last season Marco Rose's side finished second in Group G behind City, winning their other four games, before being edged out by eventual champions Real Madrid in the round of 16 (0-1 h, 1-1 a).

Leipzig have lost two of their last five home European matches – as many as in their previous 17 (W9 D5).

This is only Leipzig's eighth season of European football. They became the first club to make their continental debut in the Champions League group stage in September 2017.

Rose's charges were fourth in the Bundesliga in 2023/24, Leipzig's sixth successive top-four finish and a sixth in seven years since being promoted to the German top flight for the first time in 2016.

Liverpool

Record vs German clubs: W23 D13 L6 F71 A35
Away record vs German clubs: W5 D9 L5

Those 2021 games against Leipzig are Liverpool's last matches against a Bundesliga club.

The Reds have six wins in their last seven games against German clubs (D1) and are unbeaten in 12 (W9 D3), since a 4-2 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen in the 2001/02 Champions League quarter-final second leg (3-4 aggregate).

That is Liverpool's sole loss in their last nine games in Germany (W4 D4), where they have won their last two matches.

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 being edged out by Real Madrid in the round of 16 (2-5 h, 0-1 a).

Liverpool have won 14 of their last 19 away Champions League matches (D1 L4) including nine of the last 11.

Klopp's team took part in the Europa League in 2023/24, finishing first in their section before overwhelming Sparta Praha in the round of 16 (5-1 a, 6-1 h) but came 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. That was Klopp's last season in charge after nine years at Anfield; Arne Slot came in from Feyenoord to replace the German.

Links and trivia

Ibrahima Konaté made 95 appearances for Leipzig between 2017 and 2021. His team-mates included Peter Gulácsi, Willi Orbán, Lukas Klostermann, Kevin Kampl, Yussuf Poulsen, Amadou Haidara and Benjamin Henrichs.

Dominik Szoboszlai joined Leipzig in December 2020 and went on to score 20 goals in 91 matches for the club, winning the German Cup in 2021/22 and 2022/23. The 2-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt on 3 June 2023, in which Szoboszlai scored the second goal, was his final appearance before joining Liverpool.

Gulácsi was a Liverpool player between 2007 and 2013, but never made a first-team appearance. He had loan spells at Hereford (2009), Tranmere (2010) and Hull City (2011/12) before leaving for Salzburg.

Have also played together:
Xavi Simons & Cody Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven 2022/23)

International team-mates:
Peter Gulácsi, Willi Orbán & Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary)
Lutsharel Geertruida, Xavi Simons & Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo (Netherlands)

Latest news

Leipzig

Unbeaten Leipzig have 17 points after seven Bundesliga games, a new club record. They have conceded only twice, keeping six clean sheets, and were 2-0 winners at Mainz on Saturday.

Leipzig are now unbeaten in 18 Bundesliga games, surpassing the club record set in 2018/19, and are unbeaten in ten away league games, eclipsing the previous best of nine from 2020.

On 10 October Christoph Baumgartner scored for Austria in a 4-0 UEFA Nations League win against Kazakhstan while Eljif Elmas was on target in a 3-0 win for North Macedonia in Latvia.

Four days later Loïs Openda struck in Belgium's 2-1 defeat by France.

David Raum (ankle) and Benjamin Henrichs (back) both missed Germany's games in the international break; the latter returned as a substitute for Leipzig on Saturday.

Kevin Kampl also came on at Mainz having been out since 14 September with an adductor problem.

Nicolas Seiwald missed the weekend win with a groin injury.

New signing Assan Ouédraogo (31 July, knee) is back in training.

Liverpool

Liverpool have won seven of their eight Premier League games this season. On Sunday goals from Mohamed Salah, a penalty, and Curtis Jones earned a 2-1 home win against Chelsea.

Salah has five goals and five assists in this season's Premier League.

The Reds have ten victories in 11 matches in all competitions in 2024/25, their best start to a season since 1990/91.

Dominik Szoboszlai got both goals as Hungary won 2-0 in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the UEFA Nations League on 14 October.

The previous day, Trent Alexander-Arnold's free-kick had helped England to a 3-1 victory in Finland.

Salah was on target as Egypt beat Mauritania 2-0 in CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifying on 11 October.

Luis Díaz scored as Colombia were 4-0 winners against Chile in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying on 15 October.

Alisson Becker, who was out between 17 and 28 September with a thigh problem, was replaced late on in a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on 5 October due to a hamstring injury and has not played since.

Harvey Elliott has been sidelined since 13 September with a fractured foot.

Federico Chiesa has been out with a knock and has not played since 25 September.