Liverpool v Nottingham Forest preview

The starting positions

Liverpool drew 2-2 with Newcastle in Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool: Szoboszlai rescues Iraola's league debut, leaving them with one point from one played. A win here would take them to four points from two; a draw to two points from two. Forest lost 0-1 in their opener and have no points from one played. A win would make it three points from two.

Recent form offers little to separate them. Liverpool's last five matches show one won, two drawn and two lost. Forest have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five. Forest's two most recent matches both ended in 0-2 defeats, though the competition those results were in is not recorded.

Head-to-head

The five most recent meetings contain eight goals in total. Liverpool won the most recent encounter 1-0, but lost 0-3 in the meeting before that. Of those five matches, Liverpool have won two, Forest have won two, and one was drawn. Neither side has built any sustained run of dominance in the fixture.

Confirmed line-ups

Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Alisson Becker, Virgil van Dijk, Jérémy Jacquet, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo, Víctor Muñoz

Nottingham Forest (3-4-2-1): Matz Sels, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Jair Paula, James McAtee, Xaver Schlager, Neco Williams, Ola Aina, Igor Jesus, Morgan Gibbs-White, Dan Ndoye

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