Nottingham Forest and Liverpool face off in a game which could have huge implications in the Premier League relegation battle and race for Champions League qualification.
Vitor Pereira takes charge of his first league game for Forest with the East Midlanders two points above the drop zone and win can take them five points clear of West Ham in 18th following their goalless draw at home to Bournemouth.
Liverpool can climb above Chelsea into fourth with a victory at the City Ground but they have won just one of their last seven league games.
Check out all the confirmed lineups for the 2pm clash and also read our in-depth preview for the game.
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Nottingham Forest confirmed lineup
Vitor Pereira names an unchanged Nottingham Forest side from the team that won at Fenerbahce in Turkey on Thursday.
Nottingham Forest XI: Ortega; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Anderson, Sangare; Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Hutchinson; Jesus
Subs: Gunn, Morato, Ndoye, Dominguez, Lucca, Yates, Cunha, McAtee, Bakwa
Liverpool confirmed lineup
Arne Slot makes two changes from the side that beat Brighton in the FA Cup, with Ryan Gravenberch coming in for Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo replacing Federico Chiesa.
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Szoboszlai, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike.
Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Chiesa, Jones, Robertson, Nyoni, Ramsay, Morrison, Ngumoha
Where to watch Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool
Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool is available to watch on Sky Sports Main Event in the UK. It can be streamed on Peacock in the US.
Stats for Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool
- Following their 3-0 win at Anfield in November, Nottingham Forest are looking to complete their first league double over Liverpool since 1962-63.
- Liverpool have won just one of their last 15 away league games against Nottingham Forest (D8 L6), beating them 1-0 in March 2024 thanks to a late Darwin Núñez strike.
- Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last three league games against Liverpool (W2 D1), last having a longer run against them between September 1962 and September 1963 (W3 D1).
- Nottingham Forest have drawn each of their last three home league games. They last had four consecutive draws at the City Ground in November/December 1998, in the last campaign they were relegated from the Premier League.
- Liverpool have won just three of their last 11 Premier League away games (D3 L5). However, they did end Sunderland’s unbeaten home run last time out, and are looking to win consecutively on the road for the first time since September.
- Nottingham Forest have failed to score in 12 Premier League games this season, with only bottom side Wolves failing to in more (14 before their meeting with Arsenal). Two of Forest’s last five Premier League games have finished 0-0, as many goalless draws as in their previous 124 games in the competition.
- Excluding penalties, Nottingham Forest have scored six and conceded 13 goals from set-pieces in the Premier League this season (-7), while Liverpool have scored eight and conceded 14 (-6). These are the two worst negative differences between set-piece goals of any side in 2025-26.
- This will be Vítor Pereira’s first league game in charge of Nottingham Forest. The last six Forest managers have lost their first Premier League game at the club, with Dave Bassett the last to avoid that fate in March 1997 (1-0 vs Tottenham Hotspur).
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