Date – 14th December 2024
Venue – Anfield
Kick-off – 15.00 GMT
After a visit to Spain and a stable 0-1 midweek win over Girona within the Champions League on Tuesday, the Reds now host West London outfit Fulham, with a want to take all three factors and preserve their wholesome lead on the pinnacle of the Premier League standings. The Cottager’s supervisor, Marco Silva, continues to impress in his function as supervisor and will likely be searching for one other good efficiency, after taking two factors off Arsenal final weekend.
Fulham Availability
Reiss Nelson, Harrison Reed, Calvin Bassey, and Joachim Andersen, are all unavailable for the guests attributable to damage, whereas Tom Cairney is serving a one-game suspension. Their latest type features a 1-1 draw at house the Mikel Arteta’s Gunners, an excellent 3-1 win over Brighton at Craven Cottage, in addition to a 1-1 away to Tottenham. Following fifteen video games performed, Fulham sit tenth within the English prime tier, with a formidable 23 factors taken.
A predicted lineup for the away workforce is listed under, in a 4-2-3-1 formation. With Calvin Bassey seemingly unavailable, it might see Sander Berge dropped into the backline, thereby permitting the combative Andreas Pereira to be recalled. The remainder of the facet ought to stay which began in opposition to Arsenal, with Rodrigo Muniz and Harry Wilson being the one different beginning alternate options of observe.
GK – Bernd Leno
RB – Kenny Tete
RCB – Issa Diop
LCB – Sander Berge
LB – Antonee Robinson
CM – Saša Lukić
ACM – Emile Smith Rowe
CM – Andreas Pereira
RW – Alex Iwobi
CF – Raúl Jiménez
LW – Adama Traoré
Liverpool Availability
Federico Chiesa is now in first-team coaching, nonetheless, he’ll doubtless characteristic in opposition to Southampton in subsequent week’s EFL Cup. Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konaté and Kostas Tsimikas are unavailable for Arne Slot for the subsequent batch of video games. Diogo Jota might properly make the bench for this recreation, whereas Alexis Mac Allister is serving a one-game suspension.
When it comes to latest type, earlier than the 3-3 draw with Newcastle at St James Park, Liverpool convincingly defeated Manchester Metropolis 2-0 at Anfield, following a 2-0 victory in opposition to fellow Champions League contenders Actual Madrid, additionally at Anfield. This success got here after a hard-fought 3-2 win at Southampton. After fourteen video games performed, Liverpool sits on the prime of the Premier League with a formidable complete of 35 factors.
Under is the workforce I consider the Dutch boss, Arne Slot, will begin for this important encounter. The one query seems to be whether or not to persevere along with his Uruguayan striker, Darwin Núñez or transfer his different South American attacker, Luis Díaz, into the centre-forward place.
GK – Alisson Becker
RB – Trent Alexander Arnold
RCB – Joe Gomez
LCB – Virgil van Dijk (c)
LB – Andy Robertson
CM – Curtis Jones
ACM – Dominik Szoboszlai
CM – Ryan Gravenberch
RF – Mohamed Salah
CF – Darwin Núñez
LF – Cody Gakpo
How Will This Contest Play Out
Liverpool goals to keep up momentum and overcome a spirited and aggressive opposition. With house benefit and a successful mentality put in throughout the league leaders, I think a hard-fought win will befall the Reds, nonetheless, they are going to be made to work for it. Emile Smith Rowe will undoubtedly be the important thing man for Fulham, as his inventive strategy will likely be important to away success his workforce achieves.
Participant to Watch – Dominik Szoboszlai
Steven Smith’s Rating Prediction:
Liverpool 2 – 1 Fulham
