Liverpool and Basel are playing live on the UEFA Champions League schedule on Wednesday and the match from St Jakob-Park has the Reds coming in looking to win in group B and the match is live from FOX on TV with live stream coverage coming from Fox Soccer 2Go as the EPL side tries to get things going without Daniel Sturridge away from Anfield and things start up at 2:45 pm ET.
The Reds come in without Daniel Sturridge in the lineup and that is a big loss for Brendan Rodgers and now the team will be looking to Mario Balotelli to step up. The team knows it needs to play better and after making a great run in the EPL last year, they are the Champions League for the first time in a while and they want to ensure they get out of the group stage. The team was so close to winning the Premier League title last season and now they have to find a way to get going.
The Reds were one of the highest scoring teams in the league last season, but that came with Luis Suarez in the lineup and now he is in Barcelona. Suarez is out after his biting incident at the World Cup and the team brought over Balotelli and now they need Steven Gerrard and Raheem Sterling to step up after helping the team a great deal last season. Sturridge has only played in three of the first eight games this season for Liverpool and he will be out along with defender Mamadou Sakho and that makes this a tough matchup for Liverpool.
Liverpool lost defender Sakho after being injured while training and now the team is looking to get things going as they start the season slow. after getting off to a strong start last year, the team has won just one of the five games that Sturridge has been out and he is dealing with a thigh injury that he suffered while playing for the England national team.
This group is a very tough one with Real Madrid there and while Liverpool is in good position right now with Ludogorets and Basel still pointless, they have to find a way to get a pint on the road here. The team has only a one goal differential and they want to pull away from the rest of the group in the B table. Real Madrid comes in after winning the whole thing last year with Ronaldo and they will be looking to push through. Basel comes in after losing badly to Real Madrid and they will be looking to bounce back.
Liverpool comes in at 14th in the Premier League table and they are looking to move up and they opened the season with a loss against Man City after playing against Southampton and they need to get going. The team next plays at home at Anfield against West Brom and after that they have an easy schedule until they play a tough game against Chelsea and that will be at home.
