Brighton vs Liverpool LIVE: Reds unbeaten in their last 14 Premier League games without Virgil van Dijk as they look to bounce back against in-form Seagulls

Liverpool can ill-afford to surrender any more ground to their Premier League rivals when they travel to Brighton this afternoon.

The Reds are enduring one of their worst seasons under Jurgen Klopp, having won just two away Premier League games all season.

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Liverpool are down in sixth, seven points outside of the top four, and can be leapfrogged by Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton with another defeat.

The Merseysiders fell to a 3-1 loss to Brentford during their last Premier League outing, while the Seagulls smashed Liverpool's rivals Everton 4-1.

The Reds have not lost in their 10 previous visits to the South Coast side, but were involved in a 3-3 draw at Anfield when these two sides met back in October back in De Zerbi's first game in charge.

Brighton vs Liverpool: talkSPORT coverage

This Premier League match will take place on Saturday, January 14. 

Kick-off at the Amex is scheduled for 3pm. 

Unfortunately, this fixture will not be televised on UK screens due to the 3pm blackout in English football.

However, updates will be live on talkSPORT throughout the afternoon as part of our GameDay Live coverage.

Adrian Durham will be hosting from Molineux for Wolves vs West Ham with all the goals as they go in from the Premier League as well as the EFL.

In addition to Brighton's game with Liverpool, updates will also come from Nottingham Forest v Leicester and we'll have the classified results service at 5pm.

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Brighton vs Liverpool: Team news

Brighton: Sanchez, Gross, Dunk, Colwill, Estupinan, Caicedo, Mac Allister, March, Lallana, Mitoma, Ferguson

Subs: Lamptey, Webster, Welbeck, Sarmiento, Undav, Steele, Gilmour, van Hecke, Veltman

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Konate, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Gakpo, Oxlade-Chamberlain

Subs: Gomez, Milner, Keita, Jones, Elliott, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Doak, Kelleher

Referee: Darren England

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Brighton vs Liverpool: What has been said?

Klopp has been told his tactics are flawed with Thiago in their team after the Reds muddled their way to a 2-2 draw with Wolves in the FA Cup third round last weekend.

Tony Cascarino told talkSPORT: “My biggest problem with Liverpool is that I think Klopp’s idea is flawed around Thiago.

“He is a fabulous, talented footballer but, all the time he is in that midfield, the ball keeps going to him. And, yes, he is really comfortable on it and he can make things happen. He’s technically gifted.

“He’s up there with the very best I’ve seen but I just think it affects Liverpool’s style completely.

“They lose possession and teams keep coming at them and go through Liverpool like a knife through butter. I’ve seen Leeds do it to Liverpool at Anfield this year. I’ve seen Leicester do it to Liverpool. And I’ve seen, yesterday, Wolves, again.

“These are without mentioning Fulham at the start of the season, Napoli in the Champions League, and Man United away.

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“Liverpool are playing a style that I believe is flawed with Thiago in there because I just think it changes the whole way LIverpool managed the midfield before.”

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Brighton vs Liverpool: Match facts

• Brighton forward Evan Ferguson has scored in his last two Premier League appearances – aged 18 years and 87 days on the day of this game, Ferguson could become the third-youngest player to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances, behind Danny Cadamarteri (18 years, 6 days) and Michael Owen (18 years, 12 days). The Irishman would be the youngest non-English player to do so.
• Liverpool will be without the injured Virgil van Dijk for this game – the Reds are, however, unbeaten in their last 14 Premier League games when the Dutchman hasn’t started (W11 D3) since losing 1-0 at home to Fulham in March 2021.
• Among Brighton players to play at least 250 minutes in the Premier League this season, Kaoru Mitoma averages the most touches in the opposition box per 90 minutes (7.1) and most completed dribbles per 90 (2.2). He could also become the first Japanese player to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances.
• Leandro Trossard has scored five Premier League goals for Brighton against Liverpool, including a hat-trick in the reverse fixture in October. Only Pascal Groß (6 vs Man Utd) has scored more goals for the Seagulls against a specific opponent in the competition.
• Liverpool have earned just 28.6% of their Premier League points this season away from home (8/28), the lowest ratio in the division. However, Brighton have won the lowest share of their points in home games this term (41% - 11/27).
• Brighton have scored 32 Premier League goals in their 17 games in the 2022-23 season, exactly twice as many as they had at this stage in 2021-22 (16). It’s the most the Seagulls have scored at this stage of a league season since 1976-77 under Alan Mullery (39).
• Liverpool have lost three of their last seven Premier League games (W4), as many as in their previous 37 games combined (W26 D8). The Reds haven’t started a calendar year with two league defeats in a row since 1993 against Aston Villa and Wimbledon.
• Brighton won none of their first five Premier League games under Roberto De Zerbi (D2 L3) but have won four of their last six under the Italian (L2). The Seagulls converted just 6% of their shots in their first five games under him (4/68) but have scored with 21% of their shots in the last six games (17/80).
• Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 10 away league games against Brighton (W5 D5), winning four of their five visits to the Amex Stadium in the Premier League (D1).
• Brighton have won just one of their 11 Premier League games against Liverpool (D3 L7), a 1-0 win at Anfield in February 2021.