Who: Liverpool vs Brighton
What: English Premier League
The place: Anfield in Liverpool, United Kingdom
When: Saturday, December 9, at 3pm (15:00)
The right way to observe: We’ll have all of the buildup on Al Jazeera Sport from 12:00 GMT upfront of our textual content commentary stream.
All eyes shall be on the Liverpool staff sheet when it’s launched at roughly the identical time the bus carrying the squad will arrive at Anfield for the Brighton match on Saturday.
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Hypothesis is rife that the Premier League match could possibly be Mohamed Salah’s final for the defending champions, following the general public fallout with the membership.
The Reds, and their beleaguered supervisor Arne Slot, will hope the main focus may be very a lot on the soccer and turning round a type ebook that has seen the Merseyside membership fall to tenth within the desk.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a more in-depth have a look at a recreation that would be the focus of the Saturday agenda within the English high flight, and past.
What’s the newest on Salah’s future at Liverpool?
Salah has not began a recreation for Liverpool for the reason that 4-1 defeat at PSV Eindhoven within the UEFA Champions League on November 26.
The Egyptian ahead was benched for the next three Premier League video games and, following fierce criticism of the membership’s therapy of him, was then dropped from the squad that travelled to Italy to face Inter Milan on Tuesday – a recreation the Reds received 1-0.
Hypothesis has mounted surrounding a transfer to the Saudi Professional League since Salah’s outburst following final Saturday’s 3-3 draw at Leeds United, when the 33-year-old claimed he had been “thrown beneath the bus” for his or her latest woes on the sphere.
Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot stated on Friday morning that he would converse with Salah to resolve whether or not the ahead would return to the match-day squad for the Brighton recreation.
The eyes and ears of the world, and particularly in Saudi Arabia, shall be on the Anfield membership for information of the staff and the squad earlier than kickoff in opposition to Brighton on Saturday.
What has Liverpool’s type been within the Premier League this season?
The Reds have misplaced six of their video games within the Premier League this season – a part of a run that noticed them lose 9 of 12 video games in all competitions.
The struggling title holders have taken 5 factors from their final three league video games, nevertheless, beginning with a 2-0 win at West Ham – the primary recreation of Salah’s exile from the beginning lineup.
The final two matches, although, have seen the Reds held to a 1-1 dwelling draw by newly promoted Sunderland, earlier than the draw at Leeds that led to Salah’s outburst.
What has Brighton’s type been within the Premier League this season?
Brighton’s strong season sees them sit two locations above Liverpool on aim distinction.
A win for both facet may end in them climbing as excessive as fourth.
One league win in 5 to start the season left the Seagulls sitting barely perilously, however a run of solely two defeats in 11 within the English high flight adopted, with six wins in that point.
That type had expectations flying excessive on the south coast earlier than two dwelling video games, however a 4-3 defeat by Aston Villa was adopted by a 1-1 draw with West Ham of their final match.
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What occurred the final time Liverpool performed Brighton?
Brighton had been 3-2 winners in a Premier League fixture on Could 19, within the final encounter between the perimeters.
Liverpool twice took the lead within the first half of the sport at Amex Stadium by means of Harvey Elliott and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Yasin Ayari’s Thirty first-minute aim saved the Seagulls within the recreation on the break earlier than Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood, who netted 5 minutes from time, turned the sport round within the second interval.
What occurred within the corresponding fixture between Liverpool and Brighton final season?
Liverpool had been 2-1 winners within the previous match at Anfield final season, however had been compelled to return from behind after Ferdi Kadioglu gave the away staff the lead within the 14th minute.
The Seagulls held the lead till the seventieth minute, when Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah scored twice in three minutes to arrange the win.
Head-to-head
That is the forty fourth assembly between the perimeters, with Liverpool successful 23 of these encounters and Brighton rising victorious on 8 events.
The fixture dates again to 1907 and an FA Cup tie at Anfield, the place Brighton secured a 1-1 draw. Liverpool made no mistake within the reply, nevertheless, successful 3-0 on the south coast.
Brighton must wait an extra six video games for his or her first win in opposition to Liverpool, a 3-1 victory within the previous second division of English soccer (now often known as the Championship).
Liverpool staff information
There’s a query mark over Alexander Isak’s standing for Saturday, with Slot saying the ahead picked up a knock within the first half in opposition to Inter Milan, and that he shall be evaluated on Friday earlier than they resolve whether or not or not he can begin.
Slot is happy with how Isak and Hugo Ekitike have performed collectively, saying their partnership will proceed to enhance.
“The extra they play collectively, the extra they may adapt to one another and the higher they may cooperate,” Slot stated. “I noticed promising issues from the each of them, it’s solely the second time they’ve performed collectively. We are going to see extra of them taking part in collectively sooner or later.”
Slot could have Federico Chiesa accessible on Saturday after he recovered from sickness, whereas Wataru Endo and Cody Gakpo are anticipated to be out for a “few weeks”.
Brighton staff information
Stefanos Tzimas, Solly March, Adam Webster are all absent with knee accidents, whereas James Milner can also be out for a number of months with a muscle downside.
Kaoru Mitoma could have a health take a look at as he makes an attempt a comeback from an ankle downside which has saved him out since September.
Yasin Ayari and Tom Watson may each return from knocks, however each are nonetheless being monitored at this stage.
Predicted Liverpool beginning lineup:
Alisson; Gomez, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez; Jones, Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Szoboszlai, Isak, Wirtz
Predicted Brighton beginning lineup:
Verbruggen; Wieffer, Dunk, van Hecke, Kadioglu; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, Rutter, De Cuyper; Welbeck
