Arne Slot is missing just two players through injury from his squad to play against Crystal Palace in the Community Shield.
While the result will be quickly forgotten, Sunday’s outing at Wembley provides a chance for Liverpool to rehearse ahead of their Premier League opener against Bournemouth five days later.
Liverpool should line up with a strong team before making use of the six substitutions on offer in the second half.
While two players will likely be absent from proceedings, Liverpool have a further two men, in Virgil van Dijk and Alisson, who are available after missing Monday’s friendlies against Athletic Club.
Here is who could miss out for Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace and Slot’s updates:
As mentioned above, Van Dijk returns following illness, while Alisson also comes back into the fold, having had some time off for personal reasons.
Unfortunately, Liverpool will be without Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley, however.
The latter didn’t train on Friday and was also not involved in either of the games against Athletic Club. This leaves Jeremie Frimpong to start at right-back for the Reds.
In addition, Gomez is out with an Achilles problem that forced him to fly home early from Liverpool’s pre-season tour in Asia.
Slot said on Friday that though “he has a minor injury at the moment,” the 28-year-old “will be back with the team very soon.”
The other fitness issue with which Slot has to contend is regarding Alexis Mac Allister.
The Argentine has only played 84 minutes of Liverpool’s pre-season so far and is still regaining match sharpness following a series of problems over the summer.
Slot explained: “He was out for two months I think, or longer because we didn’t play him in the last four games of the season. He trained with us since a week now, played 30 minutes, 45 minutes.
“So that’s not a situation where you would start a player [and] play him for 90 minutes. Starting is possible but definitely not for 90 minutes.”
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Liverpool’s available squad vs. Crystal Palace
Goalkeepers: Alisson, Mamardashvili, Pecsi, Woodman
Defenders: Van Dijk, Konate, Frimpong, Robertson, Kerkez, Tsimikas, Stephenson
Midfielders: Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Jones, Gravenberch, Endo, Elliott, Nyoni
Forwards: Salah, Gakpo, Wirtz, Ekitike, Chiesa, Ngumoha, Doak, Danns, Wright