Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the Champions League Group D Clash between Liverpool and FC Midtjylland at Anfield. It’s a proper David versus Goliath encounter as the Danish minnows, who have only been running for 21 years, visit the home of the six-time European champions. Can they spring a surprise or will the Merseysiders claim an expected win to take a strong position in the pool? Kick off 20:00 GMT.

Almost a dream start for the Danes. Dreyer makes a clever diagonal run in-behind and finds himself one on one with Alisson, but can't fire his shot beyond the keeper. Super stop from the Brazilian.

Liverpool in Europe: played 401, won 223, drawn 89, lost 89.

KICK OFF! The visitors get this Group D encounter underway.

A rare start for Origi tonight, but could he mark it by helping himself to a milestone or two? Liverpool’s next goal will be the 10,000th scored in the club’s history... AND ... The Reds are also just three goals shy of clocking up 50 goals at Anfield in the Champions League under Klopp.

ON THIS DAY: Xherdan Shaqiri scored his first goal for Liverpool on this day in 2018 in a 4-1 home victory over Cardiff City. The Swiss star has only featured twice so far this term, netting in the League Cup win at Lincoln and coming on as a substitute in the CL away to Ajax.

DID YOU KNOW? This is only Liverpool's fifth game against a Danish club. The last one saw them lose 1-0 at home to Brondby as they went out in the 1995-96 UEFA Cup second round. second leg (0-1 on aggregate). Prior to that the Reds beat OB in the first round of the 1983-84 European Cup (6-0 over the two legs).

UEFA STAT: The Reds are in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 13th time; they have only failed to progress to the last 16 or further three times.

Brian Priske, Midtjylland coach: "In many phases, I was actually satisfied with the Atalanta match despite the result (L0-4). We just make a lot of mistakes that we are not allowed to make in either the Champions League or the Super League. If we can eliminate them and do not get opened up too much, we have taken a big step."

Meanwhile, Klopp reckons Liverpool have only seen a glimpse of what Diogo Jota can produce in a red shirt. The former Wolves man got the winner in the 2-1 success over Sheffield United on Saturday night – and starts this evening.

FC Midtyjlland have made their fairytale rise via a data-led analytical strategy. It was something that Jurgen Klopp was keen to take a closer look at when he left Borussia Dortmund. He said: "I was interested to go there to have a look at what they do but then I signed to Liverpool so couldn't do that. It is an interesting approach. I knew a little bit about the story of the club and the things they have tried, using science in a different way, and working very specifically."

Alisson on his rapid return from a shoulder injury: "I believe in my faith and working hard helps me to make a fast recovery. Every injury that you have on the ligament - shoulder, ankle or knee - you still feel something weird. Not pain, you feel it for a while. But I'm 100% fit to play and I'm comfortable with that."

FC Midtjylland stopper Jasper Hansen misses out through injury, so Mikkel Anderson dons the goalkeeping gloves for the clash in L4. The visitors make a flurry of changes from their 3-2 win at Brondby over the weekend, with Joel Andersson, Jens Cajuste, Pione Sisto and Awer Mabil also in from the start.

CONFIRMED TEAMS – LIVERPOOL: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Fabinho, Robertson, Milner, Henderson, Shaqiri, Minamino, Origi, Jota... Subs: Adrian, Kelleher, Neco Williams, Rhys Williams, Cain, Wijnaldum, Jones, Mane, Salah. /// FC MIDTJYLLAND: Andersen, Andersson, Sviatchenko, Scholz, Paulinho, Onyeka, Cajuste, Dreyer, Sisto, Mabil, Kaba... Subs: Ottesen, Birkso, Cools, James, Dyhr, Madsen, Evander, Kraev, Isaksen, Anderson, Vibe, Pfeiffer.