Liverpool vs USG prediction, odds and preview

Liverpool will aim for back-to-back wins in the Europa League when they face Union Saint-Gilloise on Thursday night.

Liverpool picked up a win on the opening day of the competition as they came from a goal down to secure a 3-1 win over LASK away from home.

Florian Flecker got the Austrian side to a good start but goals from Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah saw the Reds claim all three points.

USG were held to a 1-1 draw at home against French side Toulouse last month. Mohamed El Amine Amoura scored a 69th-minute equaliser to secure a point for the Belgian side.

Liverpool’s 17-game unbeaten run in the Premier League came to an end in dramatic and contentious style on Saturday, when they were defeated 2-1 against Tottenham Hotspur, their first defeat in any competition since April 1.

Liverpool will aim to turn their frowns upside down when they resume their Europa League group-stage campaign on Thursday with a first-ever encounter against Union SG.

The Reds have won 15 of their last 21 Europa League home games, as well as each of their last seven UEFA competition group-stage games.

Union SG reached the quarter-finals of their first Europa League campaign in 2022-23 after leading their group, but finishing above Liverpool at the top of Group E this season appears to be a hard ask.

Les Unionistes go into Thursday’s encounter hoping to become the first Belgian club to avoid a loss at Anfield.