Who: Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest
What: English Premier League
The place: Anfield, Liverpool, United Kingdom
When: Saturday, August 29, at 12:30pm (11:30 GMT)
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Either side are on the lookout for their first wins of the season, as Liverpool host Forest at Anfield.
Liverpool struggled of their first aggressive sport beneath new boss Andoni Iraola, though they battled to come back again from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw away at Newcastle.
The Reds are nonetheless hoping to bolster their somewhat threadbare squad and are reportedly closing in on a deal to signal French ahead Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain.
In the meantime, Forest have misplaced their first two video games of the season as they start a brand new period beneath coach Oliver Glasner.
Forest misplaced each video games at house to Leeds – the primary a 1-0 defeat of their opening league sport final weekend, the second a 2-0 midweek loss within the League Cup.
So each groups will likely be very keen to search out their type at Anfield and get again to profitable methods.
Iraola hoping for ‘excellent news quickly’ in switch market
Liverpool’s new boss mentioned on Thursday it’s no secret the membership are within the hunt for extra wingers after studies that the Reds are edging nearer to a deal for Barcola.
Liverpool have additionally been credited with an curiosity in Brighton’s Yankuba Minteh and Crystal Palace’s Ismaila Sarr as potential recruits to fill the void left by Mohamed Salah’s departure.
“We can not discuss gamers that proper now will not be ours, however it’s evident that we are attempting to enhance or attempt to fill that place as a result of we don’t have the numbers,” Iraola instructed a pre-match information convention forward of his house debut towards Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
“I hope we now have excellent news quickly however we’re nonetheless not there.”
The arrival of French worldwide Barcola may result in Cody Gakpo’s exit from Anfield.
The Dutchman, who scored in Iraola’s first match in cost in a 2-2 draw at Newcastle final weekend, is reportedly a goal for Manchester Metropolis and Tottenham.
“When the market is open, you can not assure something with anybody. You by no means know who’s going to reach,” Iraola added when requested about Gakpo’s future.
“I want to know the way the market finishes however I don’t know what is going to occur with any of our gamers. I can not assure something.”
‘I’m no magician’: Glasner already feeling the warmth
The Austrian expressed frustration with the recruitment scenario at his new membership after their second defeat to Leeds, saying that Forest had “ignored actuality” after shedding at house to Leeds for the second time in a matter of days.
“The very fact is that this workforce had a relegation battle for 9 months. Very turbulent season and it ended with an enormous effort to remain within the league, and that is our place to begin,” he mentioned.
“It’s actually crucial to not blame anyone as a result of generally I inform them details and so they say, ‘Oh, Glasner is complaining’.
“No, no, no. However [our] greatest midfielder [Elliot Anderson] leaves the membership and now we anticipate we compete for European locations as a result of Oliver Glasner is in. Sorry, that is what I can’t ship inside six weeks.
“I’m no magician, no messiah, simply arduous work. That’s what we now have to do.”
Glasner ought to no less than be happy that Forest broke the membership’s switch report on Thursday to signal the proficient, however out-of-favour younger striker Liam Delap from Chelsea for a reported 45 million kilos ($61m).
Prediction
The Opta supercomputer has made Liverpool the favourites, with a win likelihood of 61.1 %. Forest got a 18.2 % probability of profitable, whereas a draw was estimated at a 20.7 % chance.
Head-to-head
They’ve confronted one another 124 instances; Liverpool profitable 61, Forest 33 and 30 attracts.
Final 5 encounters:
- February 22, 2026: Forest 0-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
- November 22, 2025: Liverpool 0-3 Forest (Premier League)
- January 14, 2025: Forest 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
- September 14, 2024: Liverpool 0-1 Forest (Premier League)
- March 02, 2024: Forest 0-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
What occurred when Liverpool and Forest final performed?
Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister struck the winner deep into stoppage-time as his facet snatched a scarcely-deserved 1-0 win at Forest within the Premier League in February.
After a pedestrian 90 minutes through which they barely managed a shot on course, Mac Allister lit the fuse with a stoppage-time effort that was dominated out for handball earlier than rifling house a rebound within the 97th minute to seize the win.
Liverpool’s workforce information
The Reds are lacking quite a few long-term casualties, together with ahead Hugo Ekitike, who’s recovering from an Achilles damage, in addition to right-back Conor Bradley and centre-back Giovanni Leoni, who’ve knee points.
Defender Joe Gomez stays sidelined on account of a muscle damage.
Alexander Isak is once more prone to play at centre ahead, with Florian Wirtz enjoying behind him within the quantity 10 function. Cody Gakpo is ready to play on the left wing, regardless of reported curiosity from different golf equipment.
Victor Munoz impressed when he got here off the bench towards Newcastle, and will begin out on the suitable wing rather than Rio Ngumoha.
Predicted Liverpool beginning XI:
Alisson (goalkeeper); Frimpong, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch; Munoz, Wirtz, Gakpo; Isak
Nottingham Forest’s workforce information
Defender Nicolo Savona has been dominated out after a setback in his return from a knee downside, whereas injured midfielder Ryan Yates can be set to overlook out.
Full-back Neco Williams and playmaker Morgan Gibbs-White are each doubts on account of knocks, though Forest are hopeful that each key gamers will likely be slot in time.
Predicted Nottingham Forest beginning XI:
Sels (goalkeeper); Cunha, Milenkovic, Murillo; Aina, McAtee, Sangare, Netz; Gibbs-White, Ndoye; Jesus
