Burnley and Liverpool will go head-to-head in the Premier League at Turf Moor on Sunday afternoon as the champions look to maintain their 100% start to the season.
Scott Parker's side have three points from their opening three games of the season, having suffered defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford thanks to a 97th-minute Bruno Fernandes penalty before the international break. Arne Slot's side on the other hand, have won all three games, beating title rivals Arsenal 1-0 at Anfield last time out.
Now both managers have some decisions to make after the break and deadline day, and this is how GIVEMESPORT expects the teams to line up.
Burnley Team News
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The Clarets will be without long-term absentees Manuel Benson and Zeki Amdouni due to achilles and knee injuries respectively, but Parker will be hoping he will have Jordan Beyer and Connor Roberts back from injury.
Deadline day signing Florentino Luis could make his debut after joining from Benfica on loan, while Armando Broja is also pushing for a first start.
Burnley Injuries and Suspensions
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Parker Drops Team News Update
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Parker shared an update on his squad ahead of the game.
"All players have come back fit and healthy from the international break which is positive. Beyond that, not much has changed in terms of availability.
"He [Florentino] has always been on the radar, he has always stood out to me. He is a very good player with great attributes for the Premier League. I am really looking forward to working with him.”
Burnley Predicted XI
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Burnley Predicted XI: Dubravka; Walker, Ekdal, Esteve, Hartman; Cullen, Ugochukwu; Larsen, Hannibal, Anthony; Broja.
Burnley Predicted Substitutes: Weiß (GK), Worrall (DEF), Sonne (DEF), Flemming (MID), Florentino (MID), Laurent (MID), Foster (FWD), Tchaouna (FWD), Edwards (FWD).
After extra weeks of training to build up fitness, summer signing Broja should make his first start up front since arriving from Chelsea.
New signing Florentino is likely to find himself on the bench this week alongside former Sporting man Marcus Edwards, with the £90,000-a-week duo providing improved depth to choose from.
Liverpool Team News
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The defending champions have added Alexander Isak to their squad in a British record transfer since their last game and the Sweden international featured during the international break for his first minutes of the season.
He will be available to make his debut in this game too, while fellow summer arrival Jeremie Frimpong has returned to training after a hamstring injury and could return. Midfielder Curtis Jones is unavailable, but the rest of the squad is fit.
Liverpool Injuries and Suspensions
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Curtis Jones
Jeremie Frimpong
Slot Drops Team News Update
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Parker shared an update on his squad ahead of the game.
"We train for the first time today with them, with most of them - the non-internationals did train with the U21s this week already.
“Curtis Jones, of course, I don’t know if you knew, but he got injured in the last game, so he will not be available for the game against Burnley.
“The rest of them I think all came back without a problem - and that’s not always the situation. Especially not in the beginning of the season, where everybody comes from a different background going to the national team where they all of a sudden have to play two games in four or five days, which is always the biggest risk. In November, October or March they are much more used to that programme.
“We are happy they are fit and again compliment not only for the Swedish manager but also for the others because a few others like Ryan Gravenberch started one game and not both of them.
"First of all I think the Swedish manager, Jon Dahl Tomasson, deserves a big, big, big compliment because he gets one of the best, maybe the best striker in the world in and needs to play two very important games for his country, but understands if he would play him twice for 90 minutes the player would have probably been injured for multiple weeks.
"That is not always easy for a manager, that he takes care of the interest of the player, so he deserves a big compliment for that and we will treat Alex the same as they did.
"So, don’t expect him every single game 90 minutes on the pitch – that’s definitely not going to happen in the upcoming weeks. He missed a proper pre-season, I think he missed three or four months of team sessions, so now we have to build him up gradually with us playing so many games and [having] very little training time.
"So, that’s going to be a challenge but we’ve signed him not only for the upcoming two weeks, we’ve signed him, I think, for six years so this is what we have to keep in mind and what the fans have to keep in mind if they see that I take him off at a certain moment or I only bring him in for a small amount of minutes. That’s all for the long-term fitness of the player."
Liverpool Predicted XI
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Liverpool Predicted XI: Alisson; Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike.
Liverpool Predicted Substitutes: Mamardashvili (GK), Bradley (DEF), Gomez (DEF), Robertson (DEF), Endo (MID), Szoboszlai (MID), Chiesa (FWD), Ngumoha (FWD), Isak (FWD).
After a perfect start to the season and a lack of fitness for Isak, the Swede is likely to start on the bench for this game, allowing Ekitike and Gakpo to continue in attack.
The £300,000-a-week striker is likely to be joined by £340,000-a-week duo Andy Robertson and Federico Chiesa on the sideline, while match-winner Dominik Szoboszlai is likely to lose his place too.