Shrewsbury City will look to drag off a well-known FA Cup shock once they go to a depleted Liverpool facet within the third spherical of the competitors this afternoon.
A extreme Covid-19 outbreak within the Liverpool squad this week, which compelled the postponement of the primary leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final in opposition to Arsenal, has left the Premier League facet with out a number of first-team gamers forward of in the present day’s match.
Supervisor Jurgen Klopp and assistant supervisor Pep Lijnders are additionally set to overlook out, with Peter Krawietz anticipated to take cost of a workforce that’s prone to embrace a number of reinforcements from the membership’s under-23s and under-18s.
Shrewsbury, who’re 14th in League One and defeated Carlisle United within the final spherical, compelled Liverpool to a fourth-round replay following a 2-2 draw on the New Meadow in January 2020.
Right here’s every little thing you have to know forward of the match in the present day.
When is Liverpool vs Shrewsbury?
The match will kick off at 2pm GMT on Sunday 9 January.
How can I watch it?
The match isn’t out there to observe dwell within the UK because it was not chosen for broadcast protection. Highlights will likely be out there to observe on BBC One from 10:30pm, or on the FA Cup’s YouTube channel. Here’s a checklist of matches on TV this weekend.
What’s the workforce information?
Liverpool are with out Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita as a consequence of their involvement within the Africa Cup of Nations. Alisson, Roberto Firmino and Joel Matip all recorded constructive Covid-19 assessments earlier than final Sunday’s journey to Chelsea, and there have been extra suspected constructive assessments within the first-team squad since then. These are unlikely to be revealed till shortly earlier than kick off on Sunday. Elsewhere, Thiago, Takumi Minamino and Divock Origi have been damage doubts previous to the postponed Arsenal match.
Kids Tyler Morton, Owen Beck, Conor Bradley, Kaide Gordon, Billy Koumetio have all seen minutes in cup competitions this season and may very well be used at Anfield if wanted.
Shrewsbury’s prime scorer Daniel Udoh is an damage doubt, however supervisor Steve Cotterill has no different reported damage issues.
Predicted line-ups
Liverpool: Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, Gomez, Beck; Morton, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Williams, Jota, Origi
Shrewsbury: Marosi; Pennington, Ebanks-Landell, Nurse; Bennett, Vela, Davis, Leahy, Ogbeta; Bowman, Udoh
Odds
Liverpool: 1/4
Draw: 6/1
Shrewsbury: 8/1
Prediction
Even with a depleted squad, Liverpool need to be favourites to progress at Anfield. Liverpool 2-1 Shrewsbury
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