‘Undroppable’ Forward Out for ‘Months’: Liverpool Predicted Lineup vs Luton Town

How Liverpool Have Lined-up Recently

Caoimhin Kelleher has started in goal in Alisson Becker’s absence. Andy Robertson starts at left-back, whilst Conor Bradley has come back into the side with Trent Alexander-Arnold injured. Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate pair as centre-backs.

Alexis Mac Allister has moved into a slightly more advanced role with Wataru Endo returning from the Asia Cup as a defensive midfielder. Curtis Jones has been in great form recently.

With Mohamed Salah recovering from injury, the front three has been: Luis Diaz – Darwin Nunez – Diogo Jota. Cody Gakpo has struggled for minutes, with the others in great form.

Liverpool Recent Form and Tactics

Liverpool continued their good run of form with an impressive 4-1 victory over Brentford.

It was Salah who stole the headlines, returning from injury with a goal and an assist despite only entering the field of play in the 44th following a Jota injury. Klopp will benefit greatly from having his main man back, just over a week away from the EFL Cup final.

Long balls and flicked headers were the theme of the match. The first goal was courtesy of a van Dijk lofted ball that was flicked on by Jota to set up a beautiful Nunez chip. Similarly, the third goal saw Kelleher hoof the ball upfield for Gakpo to nod onto Salah for his goal.

It was not a completely dominant performance though, with Ivan Toney getting in numerous good positions and eventually slotting past the Irish goalkeeper.

Liverpool Injuries to Consider

Allison remains out with a “muscle injury” and won’t be back for “foreseeable time”.

Jota and Jones were both substituted within the first half with injuries against Brentford and won’t be available against Luton: “We have Diogo with a knee issue, is ruled out. Curtis, with a bone ligament issue, ruled out”. For Jota, Klopp admitted it may take “months”. The “undroppable” forward has been in excellent form and will be a big loss.

Nunez was substituted at half-time, and “felt a little” so will be assessed before the game. Alexander-Arnold and Szoboszlai were both unavailable against Brentford and continue their recovery: they are “on their way back but not in team training yet”.

The long-term injury list includes Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic, and Joel Matip.

Liverpool Predicted Lineup

GK: Caoimhin Kelleher

LB: Andy Robertson

CB: Virgil van Dijk

CB: Ibrahima Konate

RB: Joe Gomez

CM: Harvey Elliott

DM: Wataru Endo

CM: Alexis Mac Allister

LW: Luis Diaz

ST: Cody Gakpo

RW: Mohamed Salah