Match Preview: Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest  - Expert Analysis
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Match Preview: Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest - Expert Analysis

Match Preview: Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest - Expert Analysis

Saturday afternoon, Nottingham Forest will travel up the country to face a Liverpool side that are yet to concede a goal in the Premier League this season, the only club to still have 0 goals conceded.

Liverpool and Nottingham Forest Standings

Life in England for Arne Slot could not have started any better. The Dutchman has 3 wins from the first 3 games of the season as well as scoring 7 on the way and conceding 0. Comfortable wins against Ipswich Town, Brentford and Manchester United have allowed Liverpool to cruise through the season so far.

Nottingham Forest, Also unbeaten, have 1 win and 2 draws. 1-1 draws against Bournemouth and Wolves and a 1-0 victory over Southampton have given Nottingham Forest an easy life but Liverpool will be the biggest test yet and one of the toughest opponents to face in the league.

Head to Head

Liverpool and Nottingham Forest have faced 11 times since 1995. Liverpool have come away victorious 7 of those times scoring 24 times. Nottingham Forest have won twice, scoring 12 times. Both sides have also drawn twice in these meetings.

Top Scorers

Liverpool have had a rapid start with their attackers being the main men Luis Dias and Mohammad Salah have scored 3 goals already this season. Diogo Jota has also scored 1.

Nottingham Forest target man, Chris Wood has scored 2 goals and biggest prospect, Morgan Gibbs-White has scored 1.

Predicted Lineups

Liverpool: Alisson(GK), Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz, Jota

Nottingham Forest: Sels (GK), Aina, Milenkovic, Williams, Murillo, Sangare, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Wood, Hudson-Odoi, Elanga

Where To Watch

Liverpool play Nottingham Forest at Anfield at 3pm on Saturday 14th September. This means that the fixture will not be televised in the UK due to the 3pm blackout.

Benji Kosartiyer
Journalist

Charlie Tate

Writer

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