Liverpool travel to play Aston Villa, and Arne Slot is having to plan for a lineup with and without three of his best players.
Liverpool have three players in their squad facing late calls over their availability to face Aston Villa, with Alisson, Mo Salah and Florian Wirtz still recovering from their latest injuries and illness.
Liverpool Injury & Absentee List
Player Injury Type Status Expected Return
Florian Wirtz Illness Doubt Aston Villa (A)
Alisson Hamstring Doubt Brentford (H)
Mo Salah Hamstring Available* Aston Villa (A)
Wataru Endo Ankle Unavailable May
Conor Bradley Knee Unavailable Pre-season
Giovanni Leoni ACL Unavailable Pre-season
Hugo Ekitike Achilles Unavailable 2027
Stefan Bajcetic Hamstring Unavailable Unknown
Jayden Danns Hamstring Unavailable Unknown
Though Salah won’t be able to start at Villa Park, Slot provided a positive update on the Egyptian during Thursday’s press conference.
“Mo will be available tomorrow for only a few minutes, but hopefully he can come in,” the head coach explained.
Alisson hasn’t played for Liverpool in almost two months. However, he is close to returning from his latest hamstring injury.
Slot said of the goalkeeper: “[He] trained with us again, let’s see where he is tomorrow. If he’s ready already or has to wait for one more week.”
Wirtz missed last weekend’s draw with Chelsea due to illness and is not guaranteed to face Villa either.
Slot commented: “Florian had a stomach infection, so let’s see how fit he is for tomorrow. He’s on antibiotics, so let’s see if he’s ready to play tomorrow.”
There was an also an update on Ibrahima Konate who “is OK” and has been in training ahead of the season’s penultimate Premier League outing.
Liverpool’s available squad vs. Aston Villa
Goalkeepers: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Pecsi, Misciur, Alisson*
Defenders: Van Dijk, Konate, Frimpong, Kerkez, Robertson, Gomez
Midfielders: Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jones, Nyoni
Forwards: Isak, Gakpo, Chiesa, Ngumoha, Wirtz*, Salah*
* Doubt
Aston Villa without 3 players
With the Europa League final against Freiburg coming up on Wednesday, there could be a temptation for Unai Emery to rest players in advance of the match.
Their top-five position isn’t yet completely secure, though, so he can’t treat the match as a dead rubber.
The manager said on Thursday that long-term absentee Boubacar Kamara (knee), as well as Alysson (groin) and Amadou Onana (calf), will miss out against Liverpool.
Predicted Aston Villa: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Lindelof, Tielemans; McGinn, Rogers, Buendia; Watkins
Predicted Liverpool XI: Mamardashvili; Jones, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Frimpong, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Isak