Liverpool travel to Brighton in an attempt to get back to winning ways following two straight defeats against Wolves and Manchester City.
Mo Salah celebrating the only goal of the match, the last time these teams locked horns (image via Liverpool FC)
The Reds lost their first league game of the season last Thursday against the champions, before crashing out of the FA Cup against Wolves on Monday.
Whereas Brighton are unbeaten since just before Christmas, but would've been disappointed to give away a two-goal lead against West Ham last Wednesday.
These sides met earlier in the campaign and a Mohamed Salah goal was enough to separate the sides at Anfield.
Team News
Brighton are without defender Bernardo, who suffered a hamstring injury in their draw to West Ham.
Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Jose Izquierdo and Mat Ryan are all still unavailable.
Virgil van Dijk is set for a recall after being left out of the FA Cup game last week, but the Reds remain short of defensive options.
Dejan Lovren limped off with a hamstring injury against Wolves and is out of the Brighton game.
Joe Gomez and Joel Matip are still unavailable, so Fabinho could play in central defence again.
The Managers
Brighton manager Chris Hughton on his team's recent form: "Can we go into the game with some comfort? We can until kick-off time and then it's about how you perform on the day.
"They will be big favourites, as everybody would imagine, and it will be us doing as well as we can on the day.
"I'd certainly rather be going into the game in good form than in bad form."
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp on whether he will look for more defensive options in the January transfer window: "The only country that asks a question like this is England!
"Everything is sorted with buying players. We have four centre-halves. Three, maybe two and a half, are injured so we'll have to try and come through in the moment."
Match Stats
- Brighton have lost their last six games against Liverpool in all competitions.
- The Reds have won all three Premier League meetings against the Seagulls, scoring 10 times and conceding just the one goal.
- Chris Hughton has lost all six of his previous Premier League games against Liverpool as a manager.
- Roberto Firmino has scored four goals in his last two Premier League matches - as many as he had in his first 19 top-flight games of the season.
- Mohamed Salah has scored twice and assisted twice in his three league matches against Brighton.
Betting Odds
- Brighton & Hove Albion: 10/1
- Draw: 5/1
- Liverpool: 3/10