UEL Round of 16: Liverpool vs Sparta Prague Odds
Liverpool Have One Foot in Quarters

Expect Klopp to Bring Out the Young Guns
Liverpool dominated Sparta Prague last week to the tune of a 5-1 victory in the first leg of the Europa League Round of 16. The Reds now have one foot in the Quarter-Final and host Sparta Prague for Thursday’s second leg. Expect Jurgen Klopp to bring out his young guns for Thursday’s match with Sunday’s FA Cup match at Manchester United looming. Sparta Prague have nothing to lose and they’ll try to hand Liverpool a first home loss for over a year. Ahead of this UEL match, let’s preview the Liverpool vs Sparta Prague odds.
Liverpool vs Sparta Prague H2H
This is the second time the Europa League draw has paired Liverpool and Sparta Prague. In the 2010-11 Second Round, Liverpool drew 0-0 in Prague and picked up a 1-0 win at Anfield. Last week, in the Round of 16 first leg, Liverpool decimated Sparta Prague 5-1. Darwin Nuñez scored two wonder goals for the visitors to grab a four goal lead ahead of the second leg. The pregame Liverpool vs Sparta Prague odds listed the Reds as -135 favorites. Sparta Prague are looking for their first-ever goal at Anfield here.
Liverpool Juggling Busy Schedule
Liverpool are in the running to win four trophies this season and they’ve already brought home the EFL Cup. With their injury situation, Jurgen Klopp will do his best to manage minutes to keep the Reds in the running for the Premier League, FA Cup, and Europa League titles. With a four goal lead here, expect Klopp to give minutes to some academy players here. Conor Bradley and Jarrell Quansah have broken into the first team recently and have done excellent jobs.
Both Lewis Koumas and Jayden Danns have scored important goals recently, and they’re both only 18. With a higher-priority match coming up on Sunday at Manchester United in the FA Cup, this could be quite an experimental Liverpool lineup. Still, Liverpool has managed to stay competitive no matter who Klopp has thrown on the pitch recently. The Reds are unbeaten in their last eight games and they managed to draw 1-1 vs. Manchester City on Sunday. One of the most popular recent betting trends is taking Liverpool to score. They’re on a 19 game scoring streak and are level on points with Premier League leaders Arsenal.
Unfortunately, Joel Matip, Thiago, Alisson, and Diogo Jota are all out injured. Ibrahima Konate, Curtis Jones and Ryan Gravenberch are also listed as doubtful here. Wataru Endo and Alexis MacAllister have been logging big minutes in midfield as a result. MacAllister has managed a goal contribution in each of his last five matches, in all competitions. With Alisson out, Caoimhin Kelleher has been filling in admirably.
Sparta Prague Shipping Goals
Before last week, Sparta Prague hadn’t lost by more than a two goal margin in the 2023-24 season. In their last two matches, they’ve conceded nine goals and have lost a fair bit of confidence. Bad games at Anfield happen to even the best of teams, but Sparta Prague’s follow up was highly disappointing. They lost 4-0 at Viktoria Plzen in Sunday’s Czech First League match, which allowed Slavia Prague to get within one point of them.
Notably, Sparta Prague have scored in each of their last six Europa League fixtures. After falling 3-2 at Galatasaray in the first leg of the knockout play-off, Sparta Prague won 4-1 in the second leg. Angelo Preciado and Jan Kuchta scored in both legs. Kuchta, Lukas Haraslin, and Veljko Birmancevic have all found the net three times in the Europa League this season.
Although Sparta Prague have been shipping goals over their last couple of matches, they did advance out of a tough Europa League group. Sparta finished ahead of Real Betis and behind Rangers in Group C. Their last appearance in the Quarter-Final was in 2016. All of Asger Sorensen, Jakub Pesek and David Pavelka are injured ahead of this one.
Liverpool vs Sparta Prague Analysis & Odds
All Liverpool needs to do to go through is avoid a four goal defeat. They’ve only lost four times this season, in all competitions, and their biggest defeat was a 3-1 loss to Arsenal at the Emirates. Plus, they haven’t lost at Anfield all season and are -325 favorites for this one. Bettors can also take Liverpool -1.5, -2 at -110 odds.
The Liverpool vs Sparta Prague odds price the visitors as +700 underdogs and they’ll be playing for pride here. A draw (+500) is certainly not out of the realm of possibility and might be worth a closer look here. After all, Sparta Prague +1.5, +2 does sit at -120 odds. It’ll be important for prospective bettors to follow the team news for this one as the result somewhat depends on who Klopp decides to select.
We could see another shootout, as over 3.5 goals are priced at -115 odds. Liverpool have scored at least three goals in five of their last eight matches, even with an injury plagued side. Klopp has gotten the best out of his players in what is his last season as manager of the club. Meanwhile, Sparta are winless in their last three matches following a four game winning streak.
For UEL betting odds analysis and more visit Point Spreads Sports Magazine.