Meeting just three days after a dramatic five-goal Carabao Cup clash, Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion will battle it out for valuable points at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.
Liverpool beat Fabian Hurzeler's side 3-2 in their last-16 tie on Wednesday, but a 2-2 draw with Arsenal last weekend left Arne Slot's men trailing Manchester City in the Premier League table.
Latest Liverpool vs Brighton team information
One player who left Liverpool’s treatment room ahead of the Carabao Cup win over Brighton was Conor Bradley, who played the full 90 minutes in midweek. However, Harvey Elliott (leg), Diogo Jota (stomach ache), Federico Chiesa (fitness) and Alisson Becker (hamstring) remain absent.
Manager Arne Slot does not expect any of the injured four to return before the international break – he replied with a resounding “no” when asked about Jota’s return within the next fortnight – but he is not short of options.
The Dutchman rotated his squad in midweek and will now recall Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Darwin Nunez and Alexis Mac Allister to the starting line-up, and it will be interesting to see whether Kostas Tsimikas gets the nod at left-back over Andy Robertson, who started both games against Arsenal and Brighton.
Meanwhile, Brighton's defensive efforts against Liverpool on Wednesday were not improved by the absence of Lewis Dunk, who suffered a calf injury in the warm-up ahead of the draw with Wolves and remains a doubt for Saturday's game.
Yankuba Minteh (groin) and Joao Pedro (ankle) are also in similar condition, while Solly March (knee), James Milner (thigh), Matt O'Riley (ankle) and Adam Webster (thigh) are all in the visitors' treatment room.
The good news is that Georginio Rutter is ready to return after missing midweek and could join Danny Welbeck in attack, while Jack Hinshelwood has recovered from a minor injury and could return to action in midfield.
Latest Liverpool vs Brighton predicted lineup
Liverpool:
Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Nunez
Brighton & Hove Albion:
Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Igor, Estupinan; Adingra, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Mitoma; Rutter, Welbeck
Latest Liverpool vs Brighton football review
As is often the case with Big Six sides, the consensus among fans is that an early exit from the Carabao Cup would not be disastrous for Liverpool, the reigning champions, but the Reds are still on course for a record 11th title thanks to recent success on the South Coast.
Continuing his impressive form in the Carabao Cup, Dutch striker Cody Gakpo scored his third and fourth goals of the 2024-25 tournament with two powerful second-half strikes, before Luis Diaz ensured goals from Simon Adingra and Tariq Lamptey proved to be mere consolations.
Before heading into the quarter-final against Southampton, Slot's players face a tough fixture list in November; the international break will bring some respite, but Liverpool also have to contend with Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid in two huge Champions League games over the next few weeks.
The Merseyside giants lost their place at the top of the Premier League after a four-goal draw with Arsenal last weekend, where they fell behind several times but still managed to claw back a point. However, they will regain the lead if they can get a better result than Manchester City against Bournemouth.
Slot's only defeat to date may have come in a home defeat to Nottingham Forest in September, but Liverpool have won four straight games at Anfield since that shock 1-0 defeat, scoring multiple goals in each of their wins over Chelsea, Bologna, West Ham United and Bournemouth.
Brighton & Hove Albion pulled two goals back thanks to a couple of Jarell Quansah errors in Wednesday's Carabao Cup tie, but a defensive collapse in the second half eventually cost them, just as it did against Wolverhampton Wanderers in round nine of the Premier League.
Danny Welbeck and Evan Ferguson almost steered the Seagulls to a comfortable win over Gary O'Neil's side, but Wolves hit back strongly as Rayan Ait-Nouri pulled one back before Matheus Cunha's deflected shot in the last minute sent the visitors into a frenzy.
Mats Wieffer – who will be reunited with his old boss Slot this weekend – was at fault in injury time, missing a chance to attack four-on-one, before Cunha denied Brighton a third successive Premier League win that would have taken them into the top four.
Brighton's sixth-place finish under the youngest manager in Premier League history is still commendable, as is their commitment to attractive attacking football; Brighton's last seven games have seen a total of 30 goals, an average of more than four per game.
This seven-game run has seen Brighton score at least two goals and concede at least two in six, and Wednesday's defeat was just their third in their last 10 games against Liverpool, although one of the other two defeats was a 2-1 defeat in this fixture in the 2023-24 season.
Liverpool vs Brighton score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Liverpool vs Brighton match:
- Sportsmole: Liverpool 3-1 Brighton
- WhoScore: Liverpool 2-0 Brighton
- Our prediction: Liverpool 3-1 Brighton
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