Liverpool Predicted Lineup vs. Brighton: Carabao Cup

CONFIRMED LINEUP: Jaroš; Bradley, Gomez, Quansah, Robertson; Morton, Endo, Jones; Gakpo, Szoboszlai, Díaz

Liverpool is about to conflict with Brighton & Hove Albion twice inside the subsequent 4 days; first up is the Reds’ Carabao Cup match at American Categorical Stadium.

The defending Carabao Cup champions drew Brighton within the competitors’s spherical of 16 after thrashing West Ham 5–1 within the third spherical. Liverpool has but to play Fabian Hürzeler’s squad this season and can now achieve this with a protracted record of accidents plaguing the staff.

Diogo Jota stays sidelined with a rib damage whereas Alisson nurses a hamstring damage. Harvey Elliott and Federico Chiesa are unfit as nicely, leaving Arne Slot with out too many choices to rotate into his beginning XI. The excellent news for the Reds is Conor Bradley returned to coaching after choosing up a knock whereas representing Northern Eire.

Count on to see some uncommon faces get the nod in Wednesday’s fixture as Slot manages his staff forward of an enormous Premier League conflict with Brighton on Saturday, Nov. 2.

This is what Liverpool’s XI may appear like towards Brighton.

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GK: Vítězslav Jaroš—The goalkeeper may very well be in for his first begin ought to Slot need to relaxation Caoimhín Kelleher.

RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold—With out many choices on his bench, Slot will seemingly depend on Alexander-Arnold on Wednesday. Bradley can be an choice, however the right-back has not performed 90 minutes for the Reds since September.

CB: Joe Gomez—The England worldwide may very well be in for simply his second begin underneath Slot ought to the supervisor relaxation his captain and Ibrahima Konaté.

CB: Jarell Quansah—Quansah may need misplaced his beginning spot to Konaté, however he’s nonetheless a dependable substitute for cup competitions, although he did rating an personal aim towards West Ham within the third spherical of the Carabao Cup.

LB: Konstantinos Tsimikas—Count on Slot to proceed to favor Tsimikas over Andy Robertson in midweek fixtures.

DM: Wataru Endo—The Japan worldwide is in for a uncommon begin underneath Slot after the supervisor praised his efficiency within the final spherical of the competitors.

DM: Curtis Jones—Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch are each due for a relaxation. Count on Jones to get the nod after beginning towards each Chelsea at Arsenal.

RW: Mohamed Salah—Contemporary off rescuing a degree for Liverpool towards the Gunners, Salah will look to proceed his blistering goalscoring type; the winger already has eight targets to his identify throughout all competitions this season.

AM: Dominik Szoboszlai—After dropping his beginning job to Curtis Jones on the weekend, Szoboszlai is because of return to the XI.

LW: Cody Gakpo—Díaz will get a relaxation earlier than Liverpool hosts Brighton within the Premier League this weekend, leaving Gakpo to start out in his place.

ST: Darwin Núñez—The Uruguayan is Liverpool’s beginning striker for the foreseeable future as Jota stays sidelined with a rib damage.

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