Liverpool will be in Austria on Wednesday night for a pre-season friendly against Red Bull Salzburg before they get the new campaign underway against Manchester City in the Community Shield.
The Reds thumped RB Leipzig 5-0 last week with Jurgen Klopp's men looking ready to go for the new season.
Darwin Nunez scored four goals against Leipzig
A goal from Mohamed Salah and a quadruple from summer arrival Darwin Nunez ensured Liverpool destroyed their Bundesliga counterparts.
Next up is another member of the Red Bull family in RB Salzburg.
The Austrian side faced Liverpool in the 2019/20 Champions League, but their team has changed a lot from those nights.
Back then, Salzburg had the likes of Takumi Minamino, Erling Haaland and Patson Daka, but all have moved on.
This should still represent a good test for Klopp's men before facing City on Saturday.
RB Salzburg v Liverpool: Date and start time
This pre-season clash will take place on Wednesday, July 27.
The game at the Red Bull Arena is scheduled to kick-off at 7pm UK time.
RB Salzburg v Liverpool: TV channel and live stream
Liverpool will be streaming the game live on LFCTV GO.
Subscription to LFCTV GO costs £49.99 for an annual subscription or £4.99 per month.
talkSPORT will have updates throughout the evening and talkSPORT.com will have a live blog of the action.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Jurgen Klopp was delighted with Nunez's display
RB Salzburg v Liverpool: Team news
For Salzburg, Benjamin Sesko is expected to start despite growing links to Newcastle and Manchester United.
But the rest of the team could rotate, given that their league campaign has already started.
Meanwhile, Liverpool will be without Diogo Jota, Alisson Becker, Calvin Ramsay and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Jota and Oxlade-Chamberlain are set to be out for an indefinite amount of time, while new signing Ramsay has yet to feature in pre-season.
But Klopp is hopeful that Alisson will be fit to take on City.
Nunez could start after his incredible display from the bench last week.
Diogo Jota will miss this one with an injury
RB Salzburg v Liverpool: What has been said?
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: "The weather and everything is difficult, it will be difficult in Austria as well. It's good.
"We have to get through this, we have to work extremely hard and then we will be fine.
"I'm not sure if we will be fine against Salzburg because now, we really go for it, but we will give it a try. The most important part of pre-season starts now.
"We are not even close to where we want to be physically. We have to get there."
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