Liverpool Vs Trabzonspor live stream telecast of UEFA Europa League from Anfield on 19-08-10, Kick-Off 19:45 UK Time. You can watch free online live stream telecast of this UEFA Europa League Qualifying (Play-Off Round) football match. All goals video and match highlights will be available after the live action. So stay tuned and enjoy this exciting game between Liverpool and Trabzonspor match.
This is a new experience for Liverpool - for so many years a force in the Champions League, the Reds are already one round into European football's secondary competition, the Europa League, after beating Macedonian unknowns FK Rabotnicki comfortably over two legs.
The weird and wonderful world of the Europa League is nothing new to manager Roy Hodgson though; the former Fulham boss guided his unfancied side all the way to the final of the competition last season after starting at the earliest hurdle. If a long season is ahead for Liverpool, Hodgson will be well prepared.
The Anfield faithful will have been pleased with Hodgson's Premier League start too, drawing with Arsenal and playing the best part of the meeting with 10 men having seen Joe Cole sent off in the first half. A win will be expected on Thursday night though, and regardless of the name of the competition, those special European nights are back and Liverpool will want to go all the way.
Coach Gunes has score to settle
Trabzonspor enter the Europa League at this stage, but the Turkish Cup winners have had a busy summer, signing defender Arkadiusz Glowacki, midfielder Baris Atas and most recently Brazilian striker Jaja, and claiming the Turkish Super Cup with a 3-0 win over Buraspor.
The 'Black Sea Storm' as they're known in their native Turkey have also made a winning start to their league campaign, and coach Senol Gunes has some previous with Liverpool; the former goalkeeper, who managed his nation to a third place finish at the 2002 World Cup, was part of a Trabzonspor side that succumbed to a 3-1 aggregate loss against the Reds in the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1976.
Trabzonspor suffered a 3-0 loss at Anfield back then and Gunes will be hoping to avoid a repeat on Thursday.
Liverpool begin the UEFA Europa League play-off round with a first leg match against Turkish side Trabzonspor. The match will take place at Anfield in Liverpool, England on Thursday, August 19, 2010. Kickoff is scheduled for 19:45 BST (UK time) and 14:45 EST.
Liverpool v Trabzonspor TV Listings
It will be televised on ITV 1 in the United Kingdom, DirecTV in the United States, Setanta Sports in the Republic of Ireland, SuperSport in Africa, and on Al Jazeera Sport in the Middle East.
Liverpool v Trabzonspor Preview
Liverpool are coming off a comfortable 4-0 aggregate win in the third qualifying round and are major favorites to make it into the group stage. They will now be facing Trabzonspor in the play-off round with the first leg at Anfield. Trabzsonpor qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the Turkish Cup.
The match is clearly Liverpool’s to win as they have a stronger side and will be at home. Javier Mascherano continues to be the talk of transfer speculation will not be available for the match due to injuries. Also unavailable for Liverpool will be Daniel Agger but captain Steven Gerrard and others should be fit for the match.
With a strong home crowd of Anfield (who will surely sing You’ll Never Walk Alone before the match), Liverpool are the clear favorite and should have little trouble against the Turkish side. The real test for the reds will come in the second leg next week.
Liverpool v Trabzonpor Prediction
Liverpool will win the match 2-0.
Liverpool v Trabzonpor Betting Odds
Liverpool win – 1/4
Draw – 4/1
Trabzonspor win – 14/1
Liverpool v Trabzonspor Live Online
Liverpool began their Premier League campaign last weekend against Arsenal and did more than enough to win that game but had to be content with a 1-1 draw after ‘keeper’ Pepe Reina made an uncustomary mistake in the last minute, to let Arsenal back into the match. Liverpool of course had to play the 2nd half of that match without the services of new signing, Joe Cole who was sent off just before the break, but even with ten men they managed to carve out the lead early in the 2nd half with a great goal scored by David Ngog.
Liverpool
Javier Mascherano has been ruled out of the Liverpool squad after he failed to recover from the muscle complaint that saw him substituted in the closing stages of the 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Sunday. New signing Christian Poulsen is expected to deputise and make his debut for the club.
Joining him on the sidelines is Denmark defender Daniel Agger who has failed to recover from concussion picked up in the same match.
Whether Fernando Torres is deemed fit enough to start remains to be seen, with David Ngog otherwise set to continue in a lone striker's role.
Possible Starting XI: Reina; Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Aurelio; Poulsen, Gerrard; Kuyt, Cole, Jovanovic; Ngog.
Trabzonspor
New signing Jaja is included in the squad to travel to England, as are the club's other summer recruits.
Gunes looks set to field as strong a side as possible, and could name an unchanged XI to the one that beat Ankaragucu just days ago.
Possible Starting XI: Kivrak; Korkmaz, Glowacki, Balci, Cale; Yilmaz, Alanzinho; Inan, Colman, Gulselam; Gutierrez.
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