Brighton vs Liverpool
Premier League 2018-19
Venue: Amex Stadium
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019
Kick-off: 3pm GMT
Premier League leaders Liverpool are back in top-flight action as they head to the south coast to take on Brighton and Hove Albion.
Liverpool enjoyed a perfect end to 2018 as they sat seven points clear at the top of the table, but a defeat to Man City saw the champions cut the gap to just four points.
Jurgen Klopp's side followed that up with a surprise FA Cup third-round exit at Wolves, and the Reds need a return to winning ways if they are to avoid seeing their title advantage evaporate in January.
Team news and starting line-ups
Brighton: Button, Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, March, Gross, Stephens, Propper, Locadia, Murray
Subs: Saltor, Kayal, Andone, Knockaert, Balogun, Steele, Sanders
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Shaqiri, Firmino, Mane, Salah
Subs: Milner, Keita, Moreno, Mignolet, Origi, Matip, Camacho
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Score prediction: Brighton 1-2 Liverpool
Klopp's men may be a little short of confidence in general following back-to-back defeats, but enough regular starters coming back should ensure a return to winning ways.
Brighton will fancy their chances of causing a weakened Liverpool back line problems, though the odds are on the League leaders to come away with three points.
Brighton vs Liverpool tickets
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Match odds
- Brighton to win: 19/2
- Draw: 9/2
- Liverpool to win: 3/10
First goalscorer odds
- Mohamed Salah: 11/4
- Glenn Murray: 9/1
- Roberto Firmino: 9/2
- Sadio Mane: 4/1
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TV channel and live stream, and online coverage
The match will not be televised live in the UK. You can follow the match with Standard Sport's Liverpool correspondent David Lynch LIVE at Amex Stadium.
Head to Head history (h2h)
The teams have met three times in the Premier League, with Liverpool winning every time.
The Reds beat Brighton 5-1 on the south coast last season, won 4-0 at Anfield in the return fixture, and secured a 1-0 win at home earlier this season.
