Liverpool v Wolves: Line-ups, stats and preview

Liverpool v Wolves preview

Arne Slot has pointed to Liverpool’s pair of 2-1 wins over Wolves in 2024/25 in an attempt to prevent complacency from his players against doomed-looking opponents at Anfield on Saturday.

The Reds are expected to comfortably beat visitors 16 points from safety and without a win in their opening 17 league games of the season.

“Regardless of their current position, we will expect the kind of test that we faced against them last season,” said Slot, calling those encounters “very difficult”.

“This is just the way the Premier League is, which makes it so, so important to be on the right side of the small margins. Lately, we have been able to do that more often than had been the case in previous weeks.”

While Liverpool are unbeaten in six matches in all competitions and have won their last three, Wolves suffered their 11th consecutive defeat with a 2-0 loss at home to Brentford last Saturday.

“We don’t have time or energy to feel sorry for ourselves,” defender Matt Doherty told Wolves’ website, calling on the squad to “produce some magic” alongside vastly improved defensive resolve.

“We have to just wake up for training every day, chest up, head high and work as hard as we possibly can. At the moment, there are 19 other teams ripping the Premier League away from us.

“We need to fight back, even if the end result is the same. There are ways to go about it, and I’d rather do it a certain way – not the way we’re doing at the moment.”

Liverpool v Wolves team news

Defender Joe Gomez is out for Liverpool but Slot gave Conor Bradley and Cody Gakpo half a chance of featuring.

The full-back departed at half-time of the 2-1 win at Tottenham last time out, while the forward has missed three matches with a muscle injury.

Striker Alexander Isak suffered a broken leg in that game. Wataru Endo is injured and fellow midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai is suspended for five cautions.

Defender Giovanni Leoni has a long-term knee injury and forward Mohamed Salah is at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt.

Centre-back Yerson Mosquera is also banned for Wolves for yellow card accumulations but wideman Hugo Bueno could return from a groin injury.

Goalkeeper Daniel Bentley (ankle) and defender Toti Gomes and midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (both hamstring) are out.

Winger Rodrigo Gomes (groin) and midfielder Marshall Munetsi (calf) are also sidelined, while Leon Chiwome has a serious knee injury and centre-back Emmanuel Agbadou is at the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 with Ivory Coast.

Liverpool v Wolves expected line-ups

Liverpool starting XI: Alisson Becker, Milos Kerkez, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones, Florian Wirtz, Conor Bradley, Hugo Ekitike

Wolves starting XI: Jose, Sa, Matt Doherty, Santiago Bueno, Ladislav Krejci, Ki-Jana Hoever, Fer Lopez, Andre, Joao Gomes, David Moller Wolfe, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Hwang Hee-Chan

How to watch Liverpool v Wolves: TV channel, live online stream

Kick-off on Saturday is at 15:00 GMT (10:00 ET / 07:00 PT). This match is not being shown live in the UK.

Liverpool v Wolves stats

• Liverpool have won 16 of their last 17 Premier League games against Wolves, the exception being a 3-0 loss at Molineux in February 2023
• The Reds have won 17 of their last 20 Premier League matches between Christmas and New Year (D2 L1), including the last five in a row
• Their only defeat on that run was against Leicester in December 2021. At Anfield, they’ve lost one of their last 32 between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve (W25 D6), against Wolves in December 2010
• Hugo Ekitike has scored in each of his last three league appearances (5 goals) and could become the first Liverpool player other than Mo Salah to score in four consecutive outings in the Premier League since Sadio Mane in February 2019
• Only Aston Villa (7) are currently on a longer unbeaten run in the Premier League than Liverpool (5 – W3 D2), with the Reds earning consecutive league victories for the first time since winning their opening five matches of the campaign
• Wolves have lost eight straight Premier League away games against Liverpool since a 1-0 win in December 2010
• In their top-flight history, only at Man City (10 between 1900 and 1937) and Liverpool (11 between 1970 and 1982) have Wolves had longer losing runs on the road.
• They have lost 24 of their last 27 away league games against the reigning top-flight champions, the exceptions being wins at Everton in April 1971 (2-1), Liverpool in January 1984 (1-0) and Manchester City in October 2019 (2-0)
• Rob Edwards’ team Wolves have two points this season and could become the second team in English Football League history to record as few points 18 matches into a league campaign, after Newport County in the fourth tier in 1970/71
• The only top-flight side to go winless 18 games into a season are Bolton Wanderers in 1902/03 (first 22)

Liverpool v Wolves prediction

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