Eintracht Frankfurt vs Liverpool: Champions League betting tips, odds and predictions

• Hugo Ekitike is backed to score for Liverpool against former club Eintracht Frankfurt

• Both teams are tipped to score, with Conor Bradley receiving a yellow card

• Liverpool's winless run to stretch to five games with a draw in Germany

Liverpool will look to end an alarming run of four straight defeats in all competitions when they visit Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Sunday's 2-1 defeat against rivals Manchester United has left questions over whether Arne Slot's new-look side can perform as a cohesive unit - and if their influx of new signings have improved them from the team that romped to the Premier League title last term.

European action will offer a welcome distraction but they also suffered defeat in their last Champions League outing, going down 1-0 away at Galatasaray, which has taken them outside the top eight positions in the table - and another away trip to face the 2022 Europa League champions will be no walk in the park, either.

Get the inside track with Ladbrokes' latest odds, tips and predictions ahead of Liverpool's third Champions League game of the season.

A key storyline for this fixture is Hugo Ekitike returning to familiar surroundings following his move to Anfield from Frankfurt for £79million.

The French striker faces his former club with a point to prove after losing his place to fellow signing Alexander Isak in recent weeks despite a blistering start to his Reds career early on, when he scored five goals in his first seven games for the club.

Ekitike should get a chance to impress on Wednesday and we think he will stake his claim with a goal.

Liverpool have added plenty of attack-minded players to their ranks this season and that seems to have made their defence less formidable, with Slot's side keeping clean sheets in just two of their eight games in all competitions this term.

Despite losing Ekitike, Dino Toppmoller's side still possess plenty of threat, as shown by their 5-1 win over Galatasaray in their only other Champions League game at home this season and they will fancy themselves to breach a shaky Reds backline.

Conor Bradley looks to be Slot's first-choice right-back at present and is a player who is no stranger to going into the referee's book due to his physical and tough-tackling approach to the game.

The Northern Irishman has picked up a booking in each of Liverpool's two Champions League games thus far, as well as another in the Premier League, and feels like the smart pick in the booking market.

The defeat at United has led to suggestions this Liverpool sticky patch is more than just a blip and, in a similar way to Manchester City's poor run of form last season, we can see more troubles ahead before things get better.

While we think they will halt the run of defeats, we can see Liverpool's winless run extending to five games with a score draw.

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