Liverpool beat LASK 6-3 in the Champions League league phase on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, with Bradley Barcola scoring a hat-trick at the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz. The goal times matter beyond the table, because football bets on total goals, both teams to score, and goalscorers are settled from the match record and the rules published by each bookmaker, 1xBet included. The nine goals were the most in any Matchday 2 fixture, and it was Liverpool’s second win in two league-phase games.

Barcola, who joined from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer, scored three of the six goals. Liverpool led 4-0 after 51 minutes, and LASK, the Austrian champions, scored all three of their goals in the last half hour.

Two Goals in 96 Seconds Set the Tone

Liverpool scored three times before the break, two of them 96 seconds apart. Ronald Araújo opened the scoring in the 22nd minute with a header from a Kostas Tsimikas corner, his first goal for Liverpool, and Barcola doubled the lead after a pass from Lewis Koumas.

Liverpool led 3-0 at half-time. Florian Wirtz tested the LASK goalkeeper in the 11th minute and again just before the break. Frimpong’s header early in the second half came from a Tsimikas cross that the left-back kept in play on the end line.

Barcola’s First Goals and Koumas’s First Start

Several individual details stood out in a match with nine goals:

• Barcola’s hat-trick was his first in the Champions League, and his first goals for Liverpool came in his seventh appearance.
• Koumas scored in his first Champions League start, his first goal in the competition, after two earlier goals of his were ruled out for offside.
• LASK’s Dibango assisted three goals, the first player to do that in a Champions League game since Virgil van Dijk for Liverpool in January.

Barcola was named man of the match by This Is Anfield, which rated his performance a 9.

LASK’s Three Goals After the Hour

LASK reduced the gap in the 63rd minute through Robert Ljubičić, and Liverpool answered with Barcola’s third in the 66th and Koumas’s goal in the 72nd. Substitute Florian Flecker, who also scored against Liverpool in the Europa League three years ago, then scored a diving header in the 74th minute and added a second in the 77th. Liverpool brought on Van Dijk and Joe Gomez, but reports said they lost control in the closing stages.

Liverpool had 26 shots to LASK’s 12, with nine on target to four, and 64% of the possession. They won 11 corners to three, and expected goals favoured Liverpool 3.34 to 2.02. LASK’s goalkeeper made three saves and Liverpool’s made one. Both teams used five substitutes.

How Standard Markets Would Treat a 6-3 Result

This section separates the match record from bet settlement. The record is fixed: Liverpool won 6-3, all nine goals came inside the 90 minutes plus stoppage time, and the goal times are those in the table above. A bet on a market like the ones below requires an account, which at this bookmaker is created through 1xBet registration, and each market’s rules can be read before a bet is confirmed.

The examples show how the record maps onto common markets under standard conditions. Markets on offer and their exact rules differ between operators. Total-goals lines up to 8.5 would settle as over, with the 2.5 line passed in the 37th minute, 3.5 in the 51st, and 4.5 in the 63rd. Both teams to score would settle as yes once Ljubičić scored, an Araújo first goal in the 22nd minute would settle a first-goalscorer market, and Barcola’s three goals would settle hat-trick and anytime-scorer markets. A half-time result market would use the 3-0 score at the interval, and a -2.5 handicap on Liverpool would be covered by the three-goal margin, while -3.5 would not. Betting is for adults of legal age and should stay within a budget set in advance.

A Matchday of 78 Goals in 18 Matches

Matchday 2 was played on Oct. 13 and 14 and produced 78 goals, an average of 4.3 per game. Six of the 18 matches had six goals or more: Liverpool’s win in Linz with nine, Inter’s 3-4 defeat by Club Brugge and Roma’s 3-4 defeat by Real Madrid with seven each, and Viking’s 3-3 draw with Bayern Munich, Aston Villa’s 6-0 win over Fenerbahçe, and Paris Saint-Germain’s 4-2 win at Manchester City with six each.

Real Madrid were 3-1 down in Rome after 57 minutes and scored in the 83rd, 85th, and 90th minutes to win. PSG led City 3-0 after 32 minutes, and Barcelona won 4-1 at Galatasaray.

Nine Perfect Records Crowd the Top of the Table

Nine of the 36 clubs have won both games. Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, and Aston Villa lead on six points with a goal difference of +7, followed by Stuttgart on +5. Liverpool are fifth on +4, level on points and goal difference with sixth-placed Sporting CP and seventh-placed Arsenal, and Real Madrid are eighth on +2. Real Betis are ninth on the same points, goal difference, and goals scored as Real Madrid, so the line between direct qualification and the play-off places is thin.

The top eight after eight matches go straight to the round of 16, clubs in 9th to 24th place enter the knockout play-offs, and the bottom 12 are out. Bayern Munich are tenth on four points, Manchester City are 17th on three, and LASK are 33rd with no points and a goal difference of -4.

Matchday 3 Brings Villarreal to Anfield and LASK to Lisbon

Matchday 3 is on Oct. 20 and 21. Liverpool host Villarreal on Oct. 20, and Villarreal arrive 14th with three points after a 3-1 win over Napoli. LASK play at Sporting CP on Oct. 21. Liverpool’s other league-phase fixtures are at Fenerbahçe on Nov. 4, at Club Brugge on Nov. 25, at home to Porto on Dec. 9, at Inter on Jan. 19, and at home to Lens on Jan. 27.

LASK, who lost 1-0 at AEK Athens on Matchday 1, then host Slovan Bratislava on Nov. 3 and visit Bodø/Glimt on Nov. 24. The league phase ends on Jan. 27, 2027, when all 18 final-round matches are played at the same time.