Liverpool team news

Liverpool begin the round fifth in the Premier League on 12 points.
Their latest league game was a 2-1 win at Brentford on 17 October.
They came from 2-0 down to beat Villarreal 4-3 in midweek.
Alexander Isak has five goals in six Premier League appearances.
Giovanni Leoni and Hugo Ekitike are listed as long-term absentees.

Brighton & Hove Albion team news

Brighton arrive third with 16 Premier League points.
The Seagulls have won their last four league matches, scoring 15 goals and keeping four clean sheets.
Brighton have won eight of their 12 matches in all competitions this season.
Charalampos Kostoulas has three league goals and two assists.
Brighton have lost each of their last four visits to Anfield.

Predicted lineups

Liverpool (predicted): 4-2-3-1 — Alisson; Ronald Araujo, Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez; Trey Nyoni, Alexis Mac Allister; Bradley Barcola, Florian Wirtz, Rio Ngumoha; Alexander Isak

Brighton & Hove Albion (predicted): 4-2-3-1 — Bart Verbruggen; Ferdi Kadioglu, Lewis Dunk, Luka Vuskovic, Olivier Boscagli; Pascal Gross, Yasin Ayari; Diego Gomez, Carlos Baleba, Maxim De Cuyper; Charalampos Kostoulas