After a tough few months, Liverpool will hope for a reset starting with their home Premier League game against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Arne Slot's side lost five of their last six Premier League games and are currently down in the eighth spot with 18 points from 11 matches. Before the international break, Liverpool suffered a damaging 3-0 loss against arch-rivals Manchester City away from home. The loss was a big blow to the title ambitions of the defending champions as both Man City (second place with 22 points) and Arsenal (first place with 26 points) opened up a big gap at the top of the table.
For Liverpool, their no.1 goalkeeper Alisson Becker might make his comeback to the starting XI after recovering from an hamstring injury while despite being fit, Alexander Isak will likely be on the bench considering his limited game time in the international matches,
Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest didn't have a good start to their new season and are languishing second from the bottom of the table with just nine points from 11 matches. However, since Sean Dyche took charge of the team, they have lost only once in five games and picked up two wins. His team impressed in the 2-2 draw against Manchester United and a 3-1 win over Leeds United just before the international break.
Here is everything you need to know ahead of Saturday's match:
How to watch:
The match will not be on telecast in the U.K. NBC/Peacock will telecast the match in the U.S., JioHotstar in India and Stan Sport in Australia. You can also follow ESPN's live updates.
Key Details:
Date: Saturday, Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. GMT (10 a.m. ET; 8:30 p.m. IST, and 02:00 a.m. AEDT, Sunday)
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
Referee: Andy Madley
VAR: James Bell
Team News:
Liverpool
Giovanni Leoni, D: knee, OUT, est. return unknown
Jeremie Frimpong, D: hamstring, OUT, est. return early-Dec.
Nottingham Forest
Ola Aina, D: hamstring, OUT, est. return early January
Douglas Luiz, M: hamstring, OUT, est. return early December
Callum Hudson-Odoi, M: knock, DOUBT
Dilane Bakwa, D: OUT
Oleksandr Zinchenko, D: groin, DOUBT
Chris Wood, F: knee, DOUBT
Expected Lineups:
Liverpool (4-3-3)
GK: Alisson Becker
RB: Conor Bradley | CB: Ibrahima Konaté | CB: Virgil van Dijk | LB: Andrew Robertson
CM: Dominik Szoboszlai | CM: Ryan Gravenberch | CM: Alexis Mac Allister
RW: Mohamed Salah | CF: Hugo Ekitike | LW: Florian Wirtz
Nottingham Forest (3-4-2-1)
GK: Matz Sels
RB: Nicolo Savona | CB: Nikola Milenkovic | CB: Murillo | LB: Neco Williams
CM: Ibrahim Sangaré| CM: Elliot Anderson
RM: Omari Hutchinson | AM: Morgan Gibbs-White | AM: Dan Ndoye
CF: Igor Jesus
Stats:
Nottingham Forest have lost their last six Premier League away games against the reigning champions by an aggregate score of 24-2. Their last such victory was in December 1994 (2-1 vs Manchester United).
Nottingham Forest won 1-0 away and drew 1-1 at home against Liverpool in the Premier League last season -- they've not gone three league games without defeat against Liverpool since February 1993.
Liverpool have lost five of their last six Premier League games (W1), but they have won four of their five at Anfield in 2025-26 so far (L1).
Nottingham Forest are one of four sides yet to win away from home in the Premier League this season, along with Fulham, Newcastle, Wolves.
This will be Mohamed Salah's 300th Premier League appearance for Liverpool, the fifth player to reach that figure for the team, after Jamie Carragher (508), Steven Gerrard (504), Jordan Henderson (360), and Sami Hyypiä (318).
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