Liverpool XI vs Nottingham Forest: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest today

Arne Slot welcomes back Liverpool’s big-hitters for tonight’s Premier League trip to Nottingham Forest.

The Reds head to the City Ground seeking revenge as their only league defeat of the campaign to date was in the reverse meeting with Forest at Anfield back in September.

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Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have proven that 1-0 win on Merseyside was no fluke and they are aiming to complete a league double over Liverpool which would see them cut the gap at the top of the table to just three points.

Trent Alexander-Arnold struggled badly in the last league game against Manchester United and was then left out in the Carabao Cup defeat to Spurs, but he started and shone against Accrington Stanley on Saturday and gets the nod over Conor Bradley.

The good news for Slot is he has no fresh injury concerns. Dominik Szoboszlai is fine after his half-time substitution in that FA Cup win and starts.

Furthermore, Diogo Jota is now ready to play 90 minutes in the Premier League after coming through the whole game at the weekend unscathed but is again on the bench.

The two definite Liverpool absentees against Forest are Darwin Nunez and Joe Gomez. The former is suspended after picking up five yellow cards and the latest on the defender is he is "quite far" away from fitness, as revealed by Slot in the pre-match press conference.

Captain Virgil van Dijk, Alisson Becker, Ibrahima Konate, Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah all start at the City Ground after being given the weekend off.

Confirmed team news

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels; Aina, Murillo, Milenkovic, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood

Subs: Miguel, Morato, Boly, Domínguez, Ward-Prowse, Moreno, Awoniyi, Silva, Sosa

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Diaz

Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Quansah, Bradley

Injured: Joe Gomez

Suspended: Darwin Nunez

Time and date: 8pm GMT on Tuesday 14, January 2025

Venue: City Ground

TV channel and live stream: TNT Sports