Overview
- Arne Slot confirmed Alisson is fit after a seven‑week hamstring layoff, with Giorgi Mamardashvili set to drop to the bench.
- Conor Bradley is ruled out for roughly 22 days and Florian Wirtz also misses out, while Jeremie Frimpong remains unavailable.
- Liverpool must improvise at right‑back, with reports pointing to Dominik Szoboszlai, Joe Gomez or Curtis Jones as potential solutions.
- The champions resume in eighth after 11 matches following a 3-0 defeat at Manchester City, having lost five of their past six league games.
- Forest have improved under Sean Dyche but are likely to be without several players; kickoff is 3 p.m. GMT at Anfield with no live UK TV due to the blackout, Andy Madley referees and James Bell is lead VAR.