Cody Gakpo will replace Darwin Nunez in the Liverpool starting lineup against Fulham, while Alexis Mac Allister serves a suspension.
Liverpool are coming into the game against Fulham on on the back of a narrow win over Girona in the UEFA Champions League, and they will be full of confidence right now. The Reds are unbeaten in their last six Premier League matches, and they will be the favourites to win here.
Meanwhile, Fulham have lost just one of the last six league games, and they will look to pull off an upset here. Liverpool cannot afford to take them lightly, and they will need to put on a thoroughly professional performance to grind out all three points.
Diogo Jota and Federico Chiesa have returned from injury, but they are unlikely to start here. Meanwhile, Arne Slot spoke about Jota and Chiesa’s fitness situation during his pre-match press conference.
Slot said, “I think they are [available]. We have one training session to go. Federico missed quite a lot for a long time, was ill last week, so we have to wait and see how he is exactly doing. But maybe Diogo is in the squad and maybe Federico as well, but that depends a bit on the numbers we have and also how he recovered from his illness.”
Liverpool are likely to shape up in a 4-2-3-1 formation against Fulham, with Alisson Becker in goal. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson will start as the full-backs, and they will look to help out defensively and create opportunities for their teammates going forward as well. Joe Gomez will start alongside Virgil van Dijk at the heart of the defence.
In the middle of the park, Curtis Jones and Ryan Gravenberch will add composure and control to the side from the deep. Dominik Szoboszlai will start as the attacking midfielder, and he will look to create goalscoring opportunities for his teammates.
Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz will add creativity and goals from the wide areas, with Cody Gakpo leading the line for Liverpool against Fulham after a poor showing from Darwin Nunez in the midweek.
Predicted Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Gakpo