Fulham vs Liverpool: Confirmed line-ups in Premier League
Team news from Fulham vs Liverpool in the Premier League
Fulham start their Premier League match at home to Liverpool on Sunday on a run of four top-flight matches unbeaten.
The Cottagers had won three in a row in the league before drawing 1-1 at Crystal Palace on Thursday, putting them three points behind sixth-placed Chelsea.
Liverpool had won four straight games in all competitions before an uninspired 0-0 draw at home to Leeds United on Thursday.
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Fulham starting lineup vs Liverpool
Fulham make three changes.
Forward Rodrigo Muniz and defender or midfielder Ryan Sessegnon are out with hamstring issues and defender Calvin Bassey, winger Samuel Chukwueze and midfielder Alex Iwobi are part of Nigeria’s AFCON squad.
Fulham starting XI: Bernd Leno, Issa Diop, Joachim Andersen, Jorge Cuenca, Timothy Castagne, Sasa Lukic, Tom Cairney, Antonee Robinson, Harry Wilson, Raul Jimenez, Emile Smith Rowe
Fulham substitutes: Benjamin Lecomte, Harrison Reed, Adama Traore, Sander Berge, Jonah Kusi-Asare, Kevin, Samuel Amissah, Seth Ridgeon, Alfie McNally
Liverpool starting lineup vs Fulham
Liverpool also make three changes, with forward Hugo Ekitike out with a minor issue. Cody Gakpo and Florian Wirtz start. Milos Kerkez comes in for Andy Robertson.
Defender Joe Gomez returns from injury on the bench. Midfielder Wataru Endo is injured and striker Alexander Isak has a broken leg.
Defender Giovanni Leoni has a long-term knee injury and forward Mohamed Salah is at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt.
Liverpool starting XI: Alisson Becker, Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch, Florian Wirtz, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones, Cody Gakpo
Liverpool substitutes: Giorgi Mamardashvili, Joe Gomez, Federico Chiesa, Andy Robertson, Freddie Woodman, Jeremie Frimpong, Trey Nyoni, Calvin Ramsay, Rio Ngumoha
How to watch Fulham vs Liverpool: Live online stream, TV channel
Kick-off on Sunday is at 15:00 GMT (10:00 ET / 07:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Ultra.
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Fulham vs Liverpool stats
- Fulham won this exact fixture 3-2 last season, last winning consecutive home league games against Liverpool in May 2007
- They were one of three teams Liverpool failed to beat in their Premier League title-winning campaign last season (D1 L1), along with Nottingham Forest (D1 L1) and Arsenal (D2)
- One of their last 19 Premier League games against the reigning champions (D3 L15) has ended victoriously, although that did come against Liverpool in March 2021 (1-0 at Anfield)
- Five of their last eight Premier League home games (L3) have been victories, keeping a clean sheet in four of those
- Those four clean sheets are already twice as many as they kept at Craven Cottage last season.
- Boss Marco Silva has lost 11 of his Premier League games against the reigning champions, the highest 100% loss rate of any manager in the competition.
- The last four Premier League games between Fulham and Liverpool have produced a total of 20 goals, with both teams scoring at least twice in three of those four matches
- Harry Wilson has been involved in four goals in his last seven home league appearances (3 goals, 1 assist), which is more than he had in his previous 20 at Craven Cottage (3 goals)
- After losing five consecutive Premier League away games against London sides, Liverpool have now won their last two
- The Reds have also scored in their last 20 league games in the capital since a 0-0 draw at Chelsea in April 2023
- Liverpool have earned seven points from their last three Premier League away games (W2 D1), which is more than they had in their previous eight on the road (6 – W2 D0 L6)
- Hugo Ekitike has three goals in his last two Premier League away games, having scored just once in his first six on the road for Liverpool. The France forward last scored in more consecutive away league games in December 2021 (4 with Reims)
Premier League fixtures and results this weekend
Matches start at 15:00 GMT / 07:00 ET / 04:00 PT unless stated otherwise.
Saturday, January 3
Aston Villa 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Burnley
Wolves 3-0 West Ham
Bournemouth 2-3 Arsenal
Sunday, January 4
Leeds vs Man United (12:30)
Everton vs Brentford
Fulham vs Liverpool
Newcastle vs Crystal Palace
Tottenham vs Sunderland
Manchester City vs Chelsea (17:30)