Liverpool v Nottingham Forest: Team news

Liverpool expect to have Alisson Becker in goal for their meeting with Nottingham Forest but have been dealt fresh injury blows to Conor Bradley and Florian Wirtz.

Alisson has recovered from the issue he sustained in September's Champions League tie with Galatasaray and is expected to start at Anfield on Saturday, should no complications arise.

Bradley and Wirtz, meanwhile, picked up muscle injuries during the recent round of international fixtures.

Arne Slot told reporters on Friday morning: "Alisson trained last week and this week, so he will be able to play tomorrow if things work out well today again.

"But we do have some issues after the international break unfortunately. Conor Bradley is unable to play [and] Florian Wirtz is unable to play. That's far from ideal."

Slot reported that Wirtz could return after the Forest game, though Bradley is set to be out for the next few weeks at least.

The Northern Irishman's absence further reduces the Reds' options at right-back, with Jeremie Frimpong remaining sidelined with the problem he sustained at Eintracht Frankfurt last month.

Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones and Joe Gomez were put forward as potential players to fill in at the position by Slot.

"He [Szoboszlai] has played really well as a full-back and played really well as a midfielder," the head coach said. "Curtis Jones played there last season.

"Joe Gomez can play there but Joe Gomez has played, I think if I'm correct, two times 90 minutes throughout the whole 2025 year. So, if we want to keep him available longer it's maybe a bit of a risk to play him seven times in 22 days.

"He missed out on a training session yesterday, by the way, as well but we are expecting him to train today."

Szoboszlai is a yellow card away from accumulating five in the Premier League this season, which would trigger a one-match suspension.

Alexander Isak, who last featured for Liverpool at Eintracht before being withdrawn at half-time with a groin complaint, played just shy of half an hour for Sweden last week.

Slot said: "We were hoping [for] him to play a little bit more for the Swedish national team.

Unfortunately, he was one yellow away from being suspended, so for obvious reasons they didn't play him the second time."