Liverpool vs Fulham – Match preview and team news | OneFootball

Liverpool host Fulham at Anfield on Saturday in a Premier League fixture that pits Andoni Iraola’s unbeaten start against a Cottagers side yet to register a point after three games.

Liverpool, seventh on five points, are looking for their first home league win of the season and to end a run of three successive Anfield stalemates, having last endured a longer winless home run during the Covid years.

Fulham, under former Liverpool defender Alvaro Arbeloa, sit bottom of the table alongside Coventry City after defeats to Chelsea, Sunderland and Crystal Palace. Iraola said this week that Fulham “have been so good” without collecting points, noting they have “conceded goals” as the main reason for their winless start. It is the sides’ first meeting since Liverpool won 2-0 at Anfield in April.

Liverpool vs Fulham – Match preview and team news

Team news

Liverpool

Conor Bradley (knee), Giovanni Leoni (knee), Hugo Ekitike (Achilles), Joe Gomez (muscle) and Federico Chiesa (back) are all sidelined. Cody Gakpo is a doubt with an adductor problem, while Bradley Barcola and Milos Kerkez both came off with cramp in midweek but face no fitness concerns. Victor Munoz is ready to deputise if Gakpo and Barcola are both unavailable.

Fulham

Arbeloa reported no fresh injury concerns, leaving only Luc De Fougerolles and Tom Cairney unavailable, both recovering from knee injuries. Cairney should be closer to a return after the international break. Summer arrivals Manuel Angel, David Affengruber and Hugo Larsson were all part of the matchday squad for the first time last weekend, with Larsson making a brief cameo.

Form

Liverpool

Liverpool have won their last two matches in all competitions, following up a 2-0 win over Ipswich with a 2-1 Champions League victory at Atletico Madrid, and have scored at least twice in every game under Iraola this season.

Fulham

Fulham have lost all three of their Premier League matches, conceding seven goals in the process, though Arbeloa insists his side are creating enough chances to win games. Only Coventry share their point tally in the division so far.

Predicted lineups

Liverpool predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Araujo, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Munoz, Wirtz, Ngumoha; Isak

Fulham predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Berge, Charles; Iwobi, King, Palacios; Garcia

How to watch Liverpool vs Fulham?

The match is not being shown live on television in the United Kingdom, with the 15:00 Saturday kick-off falling inside the traditional domestic blackout window.

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