{"id":1183681,"date":"2026-09-03T04:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1183681\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T04:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:57:57","slug":"liverpool-lineup-vs-ipswich-town-predicted-xi-as-andoni-iraola-faces-bradley-barcola-debut-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1183681\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool lineup vs. Ipswich Town: Predicted XI as Andoni Iraola faces Bradley Barcola debut decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/liverpool\/\" title=\"Liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> will continue their search for a first <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/premier-league\/table.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Premier League<\/a><\/strong> win on Friday, when they travel to face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/ipswich-town\/\" title=\"Ipswich Town\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ipswich Town<\/a> at Portman Road.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds were held to a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/liverpool\/title-race\/result\/szoboszlai-the-saviour-reds-flaws-exposed-but-escape-with-point-in-toon-draw_603587.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2-2 draw by Newcastle United<\/a><\/strong> in their opener, before repeating the scoreline <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/liverpool\/title-race\/result\/munoz-to-the-rescue-late-equaliser-saves-reds-from-forest-defeat_604009.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">last time out against Nottingham Forest<\/a><\/strong>, but they are hoping to collect maximum points this week with \u00a3123m signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/bradley-barcola\/\" title=\"Bradley Barcola\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bradley Barcola<\/a> in the squad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/andoni-iraola\/\" title=\"Andoni Iraola\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andoni Iraola<\/a> will continue with Alisson Becker in goal, shielded by captain Virgil van Dijk and 21-year-old Jeremy Jacquet at centre-back.<\/p>\n<p>After a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/liverpool\/transfer-talk\/news\/liverpool-fail-in-final-push-to-sign-gbp75m-right-back-due-to-one-key-reason_604225.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">late move for Chelsea&#8217;s Malo Gusto<\/a><\/strong> failed to materialise, Jeremie Frimpong should start at right-back, with Milos Kerkez operating on the left.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gravenberch was dropped from the XI in favour of Alexis Mac Allister against Forest, and the Argentina star should feature alongside Dominik Szoboszlai at the base of the Reds&#8217; midfield once again.<\/p>\n<p>Further forward, Florian Wirtz will start in the number 10 role, flanked by Victor Munoz and Cody Gakpo &#8211; whose\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/man-city\/transfer-talk\/news\/man-city-consider-gbp60m-rated-alternative-after-liverpools-gakpo-concern_604154.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">potential transfer to Manchester City collapsed<\/a><\/strong> when Liverpool could not secure a replacement &#8211; behind striker Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n<p>New arrival Barcola is set to be handed a debut by Iraola, but that will likely come from the bench, where he will be joined by 18-year-old Rio Ngumoha on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alisson; Frimpong, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Gakpo, Wirtz, Munoz; Isak<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/ipswich-town\/predicted-lineups\/one-major-change-for-the-tractor-boys-predicted-ipswich-xi-vs-liverpool_604313.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&gt; Click here to see how Ipswich Town could line up against Liverpool<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool will continue their search for a first Premier League win on Friday, when they travel to face&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1183682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,4230,393,68644,94,707,2826,4884,179,22138,7126,101,4151,93,68303,10938,1068,16,15],"class_list":["post-1183681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-liverpool","tag-britain","tag-cycling","tag-england","tag-epl","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-great-britain","tag-liverpool","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-sport","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117205343062071546","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}