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Liverpool - Nottingham Forest

Liverpool v Nottingham Forest preview

Liverpool host Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Saturday lunchtime, with both sides looking to improve on modest opening-weekend returns. The hosts sit tenth with one point from one played after drawing 2-2 with Newcastle; Forest are fifteenth with none after losing 0-1.

By Sam Carrick· Premier League·Published ·1 MIN READ

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.

We are covering this one live. Follow it with us in the match centre for the line-ups when they land, the goals as they go in, and the full timeline.

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Liverpool host Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Saturday lunchtime, with both sides looking to improve on modest opening-weekend returns. The hosts sit tenth with one point from one played after drawing 2-2 with…

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