Liverpool vs Wolves preview, team news, kick-off time, prediction
Trent Alexander-Arnold could feature for Liverpool; Wolves without Raul Jimenez and Jonny; Follow Liverpool vs Wolves in our dedicated live blog with highlights published shortly after the final whistle
Sunday 6 December 2020 19:22, UK
Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Liverpool vs Wolves in the Premier League on Sunday; kick-off 7.15pm.
Team news
Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher is in contention for his Premier League debut after making his European bow in midweek deputising for Alisson Becker (thigh).
Defender Trent Alexander-Arnold (calf) and Naby Keita (hamstring) have returned to training and could rejoin the squad.
Wolves' Raul Jimenez remains in hospital following surgery on a fractured skull after clashing heads with David Luiz in the win at Arsenal but is expected to be discharged early next week.
Romain Saiss is training again after recovering from coronavirus but Jonny is out with a knee injury.
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Jones Knows' prediction
Everything has its price. And the key to becoming a winning punter in this game is to know when to act when the odds are just too good to sniff at. This is one of those situations. Wolves are just too big to ignore at 5/1 to end Liverpool's club record unbeaten run at home.
Jurgen Klopp's men have shown enough vulnerability in recent weeks to present an argument that a well-drilled, top-six side in the Premier League can roll them over. Wolves tick those boxes.
Yes, Liverpool were magnificent against Leicester but woeful against Atalanta, distinctly average against Brighton and second-best for long periods until they went ahead against Ajax. And now, with Alisson joining their long list of absentees for this encounter, it's time to take them on.
The sample size is small, granted, but in the 11 games without Alisson since he signed for Liverpool, Klopp's men have conceded 1.5 goals per fixture in comparison to 0.7 with him in the team. And, for the two games without him this season, Liverpool were thumped 7-2 at Aston Villa and drew at Everton.
Caoimhin Kelleher made two brilliant saves as he was catapulted into the limelight against Ajax but his inexperience wasn't really targeted by the Dutch champions. I'm sure Wolves will be doing more to test him whenever possible from set-pieces, crosses and shots from outside the box. With Adama Traore back in full-flow and previous encounters between these two being tight - remember, Wolves have beaten Liverpool twice in the FA Cup under Nuno - it's time to jump on the Wolves train.
JONES KNOWS PREDICTS: 1-2 (16/1 with Sky Bet)
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Opta stats
- Liverpool have lost just one of their 12 Premier League meetings with Wolves (W9 D2), winning each of the last seven in a row by an aggregate score of 15-2.
- Wolves' only Premier League victory against Liverpool was back in December 2010, with Stephen Ward netting the only goal in a 1-0 win at Anfield.
- Wolves won 2-0 at reigning champions Manchester City last season - they could become just the third team to win away against the reigning Premier League champions in consecutive campaigns, after Liverpool (2000-01/2001-02) and Tottenham Hotspur (2016-17/2017-18).
- Liverpool (6) have dropped more points from winning positions this season than they did in the whole of last season (5), with their 1-1 draw at Brighton last time out the third time this campaign they'd let a Premier League lead slip.
- Liverpool are currently enjoying the second longest unbeaten home run in English top-flight history - 64 games. The Reds have won 53 of these (D11), scored 169 goals (2.6/game) and conceded 42 (0.7/game).
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