Liverpool vs Shrewsbury confirmed line-ups: Team news ahead of FA Cup fixture today
Everything you need to know ahead of the FA Cup third round fixture
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool host Shrewsbury Town in the third round of the FA Cup this afternoon with the Premier League club in the midst of a severe Covid-19 outbreak.
The Reds saw the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal postponed this week after further positive cases left Liverpool unable to field a team for Thursday’s fixture.
The club’s training ground only reopened on Friday ahead of this weekend’s match, with assistant manager Peter Krawietz expected to take charge after Jurgen Klopp and Pep Lijnders both recorded suspected positive tests.
Liverpool could rely on a number of players from their under-23s and under-18s, with as many as 11 first-team players unavailable for the visit of the League One side.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match this afternoon.
When is Liverpool vs Shrewsbury?
The match will kick off at 2pm GMT on Sunday 9 January.
How can I watch it?
The match is not available to watch live in the UK as it was not selected for broadcast coverage. Highlights will be available to watch on BBC One from 10:30pm, or on the FA Cup’s YouTube channel. Here is a list of matches on TV this weekend.
Confirmed line-ups
Liverpool: Kelleher; Bradley, Konate, Van Djik, Robertson; Fabinho, Morton, Dixon-Bonner; Gordon, Jones, Woltman
Shrewsbury: Marosi; Bennett, Pennington, Ebanks-Landell, Nurse, Ogbeta; Vela, Davis, Leahy; Bowman, Udoh
Odds
Liverpool: 1/4
Draw: 6/1
Shrewsbury: 8/1
Prediction
Even with a depleted squad, Liverpool have to be favourites to progress at Anfield. Liverpool 2-1 Shrewsbury
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