Liverpool XI vs Brentford: Alexander Isak injury latest, confirmed team news, predicted lineup for Premier League | OneFootball

Reds’ record signing a major doubt for trip to west London with Jeremie Frimpong also sidelined

Alexander Isak is a key doubt as Liverpool travel to face Brentford in the Premier League this weekend.

Isak played alongside fellow summer striker signing Hugo Ekitike for the first time in Wednesday’s 5-1 rout at Deutsche Bank Park, but was withdrawn at half-time.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot subsequently revealed that the Swedish international had suffered a groin injury as he “hoped for the best” and again bemoaned the fact that he had not had a proper pre-season and was not playing for Newcastle before moving to Anfield.

"Alexander had to go off at half-time because he felt his groin a little bit. That's a pity,” Slot said of Isak after the thumping win in Frankfurt.

"I've said many times it is such a difficult balance to find with a player that missed three months.

"You go slowly with him and people argue about playing him longer. We've now played him for the second time in three days and unfortunately he had to go off.

Sidelined: Jeremie Frimpong will miss a number of weeks for Liverpool with a hamstring injury

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"Let's hope for the best but it is not an easy balance to find when a player has been out for so long."

Slot will provide a further update on Isak’s fitness when he addresses the media on Friday ahead of Saturday night’s trip to Brentford, with the 26-year-old undergoing further assessment.

If he is unable to play, then Ekitike will surely lead the attack at the Gtech Community Stadium as Liverpool seek to rebuild some momentum after their big win in Frankfurt halted a damaging run of four successive losses across all competitions, with the out-of-form Mohamed Salah vying to return after being dropped to the bench in midweek and playing only 16 minutes as a substitute.

Slot will be hoping that Ryan Gravenberch can feature in west London after missing the trip to Germany altogether with an ankle injury that forced him off in the second half of last weekend’s shock 2-1 home defeat by Manchester United.

Regular midfield partner Alexis Mac Allister played the majority of the United game sporting protective headgear after an early blow, but featured off the bench without it in Frankfurt and should come back into Slot’s starting XI on Saturday night, possibly partnered by Curtis Jones or a deeper Dominik Szoboszlai, if Gravenberch isn’t ready.

Giorgi Mamardashvili will continue to deputise in goal in the absence of Alisson Becker, who remains sidelined with a hamstring injury.

Jeremie Frimpong has been ruled out for a number of weeks after hobbling off with his own hamstring issue in Frankfurt, meaning Conor Bradley should start at right-back, while Andy Robertson could make it back-to-back appearances on the left amid Milos Kerkez’s struggles.

Wataru Endo returned from a knock on Wednesday to take a seat on the bench, with Giovanni Leoni the only other known absentee for Liverpool at present as he recovers from surgery on a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

£116m arrival Florian Wirtz will hope to keep his place in the team and spark his quiet Liverpool career so far into life.

Predicted Liverpool XI (4-2-3-1): Mamardashvili; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Jones; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Ekitike

Injured: Frimpong, Alisson, Leoni

Doubts: Isak, Gravenberch

Time and date: 8pm BST on Saturday October 25, 2025

Venue: Gtech Community Stadium, London

How to watch: TNT Sports