A high-profile clash in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with Liverpool hosting Chelsea on Wednesday.
It's a return to Anfield surroundings for Xabi Alonso who is coming into the fixture after a dismal 2-0 loss to Tottenham on Saturday. Chelsea will miss a few big players as they strive to achieve some consistency in their results.
Meanwhile, Andoni Iraola's team will be keen to make it five wins out of five. They showed defensive resilience and took their chances against Brighton on Sunday to win the match 2-0.
Here's everything you need to know about the match.
How to watch:
The match will be available to watch on ITV1 and Sky Sports Main Event in the UK, Paramount+ in the U.S., FanCode in India, and beIN Sports in Australia. You can also follow ESPN's live updates here.
Key Details:
Date, kick-off time
UK BST: Wednesday, October 28, 8 p.m.
U.S ET: Wednesday, October 28, 4 p.m.
India IST: Thursday, October 29, 1:30 a.m.
Australia AEST: Thursday, October 29, 7 a.m.
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
Referee: Darren England
Injury and Team News
Liverpool
Hugo Ekitike, F: achilles, OUT
Giovanni Leoni, D: knee, OUT
Conor Bradley, D: knee, OUT
Florian Wirtz, M: ankle, DOUBT
Dominik Szoboszlai, M: hamstring, DOUBT
Jeremie Frimpong, D: hamstring injury, OUT
Víctor Muñoz, F: knock, DOUBT
Chelsea
Cole Palmer, M: suspended, OUT
João Pedro, F: muscle injury, DOUBT
Emiliano Martínez, GK: Broken jaw, OUT
Pep Chavarría, D: knock, DOUBT
Reece James, D: knee injury, OUT
Emanuel Emegha, F: hamstring injury, DOUBT
Jamie Gittens, F: ankle injury, OUT
Expected Lineups
Liverpool
Giorgi Mamardashvili
Konstantinos Tsimikas | Joe Gomez | Jérémy Jacquet | Ronald Araujo
Trey Nyoni | Ryan Gravenberch
Rio Ngumoha | Bradley Barcola | Cody Gakpo
Lewis Koumas
Chelsea
Mike Penders
Levi Colwill | Maxence Lacroix | Josh Acheampong
Jorrel Hato | Jordan Henderson | Moisés Caicedo | Marco Palestra
Geovany Quenda | Morgan Rogers
Danny Welbeck
Talking Points
Liverpool aim to maintain momentum
With four back-to-back wins in all competitions, Iraola's Liverpool will aim to maintain their momentum against Chelsea. After the loss against Manchester City after the international break, Liverpool won twice in the Champions League and Premier League. They are not a perfect team yet or are back to their dominating best, but they are showing plenty of promise and are managing to get the results.
They have faced some tough sides already in Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Manchester City, Atletico Madrid and won all those games barring the Man City one. Iraola will be keen to show that this team is progressing under him by beating another tough team in Chelsea. The attacking players like Bradley Barcola, Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz have been impressive while at the back, Ronald Araújo and Jérémy Jacquet have been superb. It's a team that is improving and moving in the right direction. A place in the quarterfinal of the Carabao Cup will only increase the confidence.
Chelsea's struggle for consistency
Like Liverpool, Chelsea are trying to find their way under a head coach who was appointed at the start of the season. Under Xabi Alonso, the team has secured a few decent wins but are struggling to find consistency. They did well to win against Bournemouth and Everton but suffered a 2-0 loss to Tottenham at the weekend.
Thet team will also miss their key player in Cole Palmer who is suspended for the Liverpool game after picking up two yellows against Spurs. They will be without their starting keeper Emi Martinez while his replacement Mike Penders made a costly error which led to a Spurs goal. The availability of João Pedro is also not clear after he missed the weekend game due to an injury he suffered while training.
Alonso knows his return to Anfield will be a challenging affair. They will miss a few key players while trying to bounce back from a bad loss over the weekend.