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Liverpool can host in the on Wednesday expecting a very different side to that they faced in the last season. There was no banana skin when the Reds met at Anfield and the King Power last season, with a 2-1 home win followed by a 3-0 victory on the road. By that point, Dean Smith’s side were teetering on the brink of relegation, which was then confirmed on the final day of the campaign. Smith departed less than three weeks later, as prepared for a shock return to the Championship, with a new face brought in to replace him. Enzo Maresca took over on the same day Smith’s exit was confirmed, leaving his position as assistant manager to Pep Guardiola at .

Liverpool got a taste of the new when they faced Maresca’s side in pre-season, but their 4-0 victory in Singapore came against an unfamiliar side.



That day, Maresca fielded his usual 4-3-3 setup, though at times this season he has deployed a 3-4-3 – including in both previous rounds of the .