The Reds come back from the International break and get ready to play at Anfield for the first time this season when they welcome reigning league champion Leicester City.
While summer signing and expected No. 1 keeper Loris Karius returned to full training this week, the job is still Simon Mignolet’s for now and he gets the start in goal for the fourth-straight game to start the season.
(Editor’s note: this Liverpool starting XI prediction and corresponding analysis was composed by Will Willems (@willdub88)
The rest of the line-up should be the same as to the line-up that Liverpool ran against Spurs right before the international break.
The back-four of Clyne, Matip, Lovren and Milner is the best Liverpool can do right now. Ragnar Klavan and Mamadou Sakho are still working their way back to fitness, while Alberto Moreno is out of favor.
With Emre Can still coming back from injury, there is a set three in the midfield it seems for Liverpool at the moment. Marko Grujic and Kevin Stewart are the other options, but neither should supplant Wijnaldum, Henderson or Lallana at the moment.
Sadio Mane has proved to be a difference maker in his first couple weeks in the Liverpool red. He starts again at the right wing, with Coutinho on the left. The big question in the lineup will come with who leads the line?
Roberto Firmino seems to be first choice, starting ahead of both Daniel Sturridge and Divock Origi in the opening weeks of the season. After a strong performance against Spurs, it is hard to see Firmino getting replaced in the starting XI at the moment, giving Liverpool some firepower on the bench if needed.
Predicted Liverpool Starting XI vs. Leicester City 4-3-3
GK Simon Mignolet
RB Nathanial Clyne – CB Joel Matip – CB Dejan Lovren – LB James Milner
MF Georginio Wijnaldum – MF Jordan Henderson – MF Adam Lallana
RW Sadio Mane – FW Roberto Firmino – LW Phillipe Coutinho
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