LASK vs Liverpool Prediction & Preview - Champions League
Liverpool FC have not lost in six matches. LASK have lost two of their last three. That is the gap going into the UEFA Champions League meeting between the pair at the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz on Wednesday 14 October 2026, kicking off at 17:45 BST, and it is the clearest reason the visitors arrive as the stronger side. Liverpool took 14 points from their last six games, scoring 10 and conceding 4. LASK took 10 from theirs, but shipped 8 along the way.
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What time is kick-off for LASK vs Liverpool FC?
LASK v Liverpool FC kicks off at 17:45 BST on Wednesday 14 October 2026 at the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz, Austria, in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League.
- Fixture: LASK v Liverpool FC
- Competition: UEFA Champions League, league phase
- Date: Wednesday 14 October 2026
- Kick-off: 17:45 BST
- Venue: Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria
LASK's recent form
LASK have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last six, with 10 points, 16 goals scored and 8 conceded. The shape of that run matters more than the total. Five of the six were away from Linz.
It started well. A 3-0 home win over SCR Altach on 29 August, then 3-1 away at Wolfsberger AC on 1 September, then 6-1 away to Deutschlandsberger SC in the ÖFB Cup on 5 September.
Since then, nothing has gone right. Dietmar Kühbauer's side lost 0-1 away to AEK Athens in their opening Champions League game on 8 September, lost 1-2 away to SK Sturm Graz on 13 September, and drew 3-3 away to TSV Hartberg on 20 September, 24 days before this match. Three goals conceded at Hartberg says plenty about the defending.
Kühbauer has not dressed this up. He has called the fixture a distinction for his players while accepting LASK go in as outsiders, and he has spoken about Liverpool being the club he grew up wanting to watch, per ORF Oberösterreich.
Liverpool's recent form under Andoni Iraola
Liverpool have won 4 and drawn 2 of their last six, unbeaten, with 14 points. Their most recent outing was a 1-0 win away at Bournemouth on 20 September, 24 days before this match.
Both draws came at Anfield: 2-2 with Nottingham Forest on 29 August and 0-0 with Fulham on 12 September. Away from home they have been ruthless by comparison, winning at Ipswich Town 2-0 on 4 September and at Bournemouth.
The result that reads across to this one is 9 September, when Andoni Iraola's side beat Atlético Madrid 2-1 at Anfield in the Champions League. They also put three past Tottenham Hotspur in the EFL Cup on 15 September. Only 10 goals in six games is not an avalanche, but they shut out Bournemouth, Fulham and Ipswich in the process.
Team news and where this one is decided
Liverpool have the longer absentee list. FotMob lists Cody Gakpo (ankle), Alexander Isak (thigh), Hugo Ekitike (Achilles), Conor Bradley (knee) and Giovanni Leoni (cruciate ligament) as unavailable, with Andrés Andrade (hip) and Ramiz Harakaté (knee) out for LASK. Jeremy Jacquet has a left hamstring strain and Milos Kerkez left international duty with an undisclosed problem, with Iraola expected to rotate heavily, according to The False 9.
So LASK face a changed Liverpool front line. The question is whether that is worth anything to a defence that has conceded in each of its last three and gave up three at Hartberg. Liverpool's attack has been efficient rather than prolific, which points to a controlled win rather than a rout.
LASK vs Liverpool FC prediction
Our prediction is a Liverpool FC win away at LASK in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday 14 October 2026. Liverpool are unbeaten in six and have won both of their last two away games without conceding, while LASK have taken one point from their last three and conceded eight across their recent run. Rotation will blunt the margin, not the result.
Our prediction: LASK 0-2 Liverpool FC
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