Two sides separated by 16 places and 36 points in the Premier League table butt heads at the City Ground on Saturday afternoon, as Nottingham Forest host Liverpool.
The Reds - yet to win a Premier League game at the City Ground - beat Southampton 3-0 in their FA Cup fifth-round tie in midweek, while the Tricky Trees were subjected to a 1-0 loss to Manchester United, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST vs. LIVERPOOL
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Out: Ola Aina (unspecified), Nuno Tavares (unspecified)
Doubtful: Ibrahim Sangare (knee), Chris Wood (thigh), Willy Boly (unspecified)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Sels; Williams, Niakhate, Murillo, Toffolo; Danilo, Dominguez; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Awoniyi
LIVERPOOL
Out: Ryan Gravenberch (ankle), Mohamed Salah (thigh), Joel Matip (knee), Ben Doak (knee), Curtis Jones (shin), Trent Alexander-Arnold (knee), Stefan Bajcetic (calf), Thiago Alcantara (muscle), Diogo Jota (knee), Alisson Becker (thigh)
Doubtful: Andrew Robertson (illness), Wataru Endo (knock), Darwin Nunez (unspecified), Dominik Szoboszlai (thigh)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Elliott, Gomez, Mac Allister; Gakpo, Danns, Diaz
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
Ben Knapton
