Brentford vs Liverpool preview: Kickoff time, staff information, the best way to stream – INA NEWS

Who: Brentford vs Liverpool
What: English Premier League
The place: Gtech Group Stadium, London, United Kingdom
When: 3pm (15:00 GMT) on Saturday
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Arne Slot says the second half of the season can be even more durable than the primary as he targets a record-equalling twentieth English top-flight title for Liverpool in his first marketing campaign at Anfield.

The Reds, who journey to Brentford on Saturday, have been the excellent staff in England and Europe this season, shedding simply two of their 31 video games in all competitions.

Slot’s aspect are 4 factors away from second-placed Arsenal within the Premier League with a sport in hand whereas their London hosts, who drew 2-2 with Manchester Metropolis this week, have the joint highest variety of residence wins within the league this season – equal to Arsenal and Liverpool on seven.

“This season, possibly greater than each different season, exhibits the energy of each single staff that’s within the league,” Slot mentioned at a pre-match information convention on Friday.

“Even yesterday night, I feel it was fairly a shock to see Southampton going toe-to-toe with [Manchester] United,” Slot added in reference to the Purple Devils’ restoration from a aim right down to beat the Saints 3-1 at Outdated Trafford.

“It exhibits you that within the second half of the season that it’s even more durable to win your video games than within the first half of the season,” Slot continued. “Groups are longer collectively. Managers are working longer with the staff. You’ve performed already as soon as in opposition to one another, so possibly there’s a unique sport plan. Some groups deliver gamers in to strengthen the squad, and groups are combating for stepping into Europe, successful the league, making an attempt to remain within the league.”

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Brentford have been the opposition in Slot’s first residence league sport in August – a match Liverpool gained 2-0.

“I already thought, ‘If that is going to be the resistance we get each week, then it is a harder league than the Eredivisie,’ which I knew earlier than I got here, but it surely was confirmed that day as effectively,” he mentioned.

The Dutchman mentioned Liverpool, who’ve drawn their previous two video games, weren’t obsessing over the Premier League desk “each second of the day”.

Diogo Jota is a doubt to face Brentford after reporting discomfort following his goal-scoring cameo efficiency in opposition to Nottingham Forest in a 1-1 draw midweek.

Slot performed down solutions that one other ahead, Darwin Nunez, was scuffling with confidence.

The Uruguayan, who just isn’t usually a starter, has scored simply 4 objectives in 26 appearances in all competitions this season.

“For me, it’s the lifetime of a striker. Generally you rating. Generally you don’t,” Slot mentioned. “And he hasn’t began each single sport.

“A very powerful factor for me is that we as a staff have been in a position to rating in each single sport aside from the Tottenham one [in the League Cup] and [Nottingham Forest earlier in the season].

“So it tells me that we’ve got so many objectives in our staff. Darwin will rating his objectives, like he did for this membership already, and he’ll preserve doing this. However I don’t see him struggling that a lot.”

Brentford staff information

Rico Henry and Ben Mee are each in line for a begin after returning to the bench for the Bees’ match with Manchester Metropolis on Tuesday. Henry was launched as a late substitute within the 2-2 draw. The Londoners don’t have any different new damage considerations.

Liverpool staff information

Jota is the primary focus for Liverpool earlier than the match. Nunez returns from a one-match ban whereas Luis Diaz is anticipated to be match regardless of lacking coaching on Thursday on account of sickness.

Head-to-head

Brentford’s final win in opposition to Liverpool got here two years in the past and was their first in opposition to the Reds since 1938. The Reds have since gained the latest 4 encounters and have scored 17 objectives in all seven encounters between the perimeters because the English high flight was reformed because the Premier League. The Bees have failed to seek out the web in 4 of these match-ups.

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