Spartak Moscow haven't recorded a Champions League clean sheet in SEVEN years and are without a win since 2012... but Liverpool will face a tricky test inside the Otkrytiye Arena

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Liverpool will travel more than 2,000 miles from Anfield to Spartak Moscow's Otkrytiye Arena on Tuesday night as both sides look for their first Champions League win in Group E.

The last time Spartak hosted Champions League football in Moscow they were on the wrong end of a Lionel Messi masterclass as Barcelona eased to a 3-0 win.

With both sides earning a point in the opening round of matches, the pressure is on Liverpool to take control of the group.

Here's everything you need to know about the team looking to upset Jurgen Klopp's men...

Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool squad are in Moscow for their next Champions League clash

The last time Spartak hosted Champions League football, Lionel Messi provided a masterclass

Manager - Massimo Carrera

Former Italy assistant manager under Antonio Conte, Massimo Carrera is now in his first top job at Spartak.

The 53-year-old won the Champions League as a player during his time as a right back with Juventus before scaling down the Italian football pyramid – hanging his boots up at the grand old age of 44.

Named as Russian coach of the year last season, Carrera delivered the club's first league title since 2001 to secure an automatic passage into the Champions League group stages.

Having made a stuttering start to the new campaign – only Anzhi Makhachkala have conceded more goals this season – a win over Liverpool could revitalise Spartak's second season under the Italian.

Italian manager Massimo Carrera delivered Spartak's first league title since 2001 last season

Danger man – Quincy Promes

An international team-mate of Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum, the tricky Dutch winger has impressed since he left Holland for Russia in 2014.

The club's top scorer so far this season with six goals, 25-year-old Promes will be fresh having been left out of Spartak's squad at the weekend.

Two goals in the Russian Cup win over Kuban Krasnodar on Wednesday, however, should be enough to tell Klopp that Promes could steal the headlines on Tuesday.

Dutch winger Quincy Promes has had an impressive season so far, netting six times already

Champions League experience

This is Spartak's 12th group stage campaign, and their first since 2012-13 when they came bottom in a tricky group featuring Barcelona, Benfica and Celtic.

But having failed to earn a clean sheet in seven years, Liverpool's devastating front line of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah will fancy their chances of scoring.

It was 2010-11 when Spartak last faced English opposition, and they will be looking for an improvement as they were overturned both home and away by Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea.

When the Italian took the Blues to Moscow for his 100th Champions League match, goals from Russian Yuri Zhirkov and striker Nicolas Anelka were enough to get the win.

Liverpool's deadly attack, including Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane, will fancy their chances

Klopp talks to his players at Melwood on Monday morning before boarding a flight to Moscow

Liverpool's record against Russian teams

As Spartak Moscow manager Oleg Romanchev puffed his cigarette, slumped in his dug-out, an impressive hat-trick from a 23-year-old Michael Owen earned Liverpool the win. That was in 2002, when the sides last met.

Despite going a goal down when Alexsandr Danishevski fired past Jerzy Dudek, a clinical showing from Owen earned Liverpool a Champions League double over Spartak that season.

Since then the Merseyside club's trips to Russia have offered far less to cheer, with two defeats and a single win all in the Europa League.

Defeats by Anzhi Makhachkala and Zenit St Petersburg should be a lesson but victory against a resilient Rubin Kazan side two seasons ago will provide reason for optimism.

Michael Owen scored a hat-trick for Liverpool the last time the two sides met in Russia, in 2002

Stadium - Otkrytiye Arena

The Otkrytiye Arena has been home to Spartak since 2014 and is one of the confirmed venues for the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup.

With a capacity of more than 45,000 seats, the former airfield site - named after a local Russian bank - is one of the most modern grounds Russia has to offer.

Having never previously owned their stadium, Spartak fans are making up for lost time and Liverpool fans can expect an intense atmosphere for their first visit on Tuesday.

The Otkrytiye Arena has already been confirmed as one of the venues at the 2018 World Cup

Spartak's fans are likely to provide Liverpool with a feisty welcome for the game on Tuesday