Liverpool are back in Premier League action tonight as they travel to Villa Park to take on Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa side.
The Reds will be seeking not one but two favours from Gerrard in the coming weeks.
Firstly, tonight; Liverpool need to get back to winning ways after drawing with Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
Villa have little to play for right now and Liverpool would no doubt love a helping hand from Reds legend Gerrard.
Liverpool need to chase down Manchester City and that’s who Villa face on the final day of the season.
Tonight is the main focus though with Liverpool needing a response having been frustrated by Tottenham on Saturday evening.
Jurgen Klopp may look to rotate some of his starting lineup tonight, so here is our predicted lineup for Liverpool’s trip to Villa…
Whilst rotation is important at this time in the season, there is surely no way Liverpool with anybody but Alisson in goal.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has been brought in and out of the team of late but we’re backing him to start again tonight.
On the left side of defence, we can see Andrew Robertson being left out tonight in favour of Kostas Tsimikas.
The Greek ace came off the bench against Tottenham and now seems primed for a start.
Virgil van Dijk will likely keep his place in the team whilst Joel Matip may come back in for Ibrahima Konate at centre back.
Naby Keita didn’t start against Tottenham so looks set to start tonight, possibly joining Fabinho and former Villa star James Milner in midfield.
Diogo Jota was hooked against Villarreal at half time last week and will surely come back in for a start tonight.
It will then likely be two of Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane to fill out the attack, and we’re going with Salah and Mane.
That means Konate, Robertson, Thiago, Jordan Henderson and Diaz would drop to the bench, possibly joining the likes of Caoimhin Kelleher, Joe Gomez and maybe even Divock Origi.
Liverpool predicted lineup: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Fabinho, Keita, Milner; Salah, Mane, Jota.
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