Liverpool’s predicted XI vs Wolves as Arne Slot decides between Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo

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Liverpool don’t have much time to enjoy their 5-1 win over West Ham on Wednesday, with another game just around the corner.

The Reds hammered the Hammers in the Carabao Cup to make it six wins from seven games this season.

But while that represents a phenomenal start to life at Anfield for Arne Slot, the Dutchman will know that there is still so much work to do.

That starts again on Saturday as the Reds head to Molineux to face Wolves in the Premier League.

Liverpool are down in the Saturday evening kick-off and could go top of the table depending on how Man City fare in their lunchtime fixture away at Newcastle.

With the game coming so soon after the game against West Ham, we’ve taken a look at how we expect Slot to line Liverpool up for this one.

Defence

Slot has confirmed that Alisson Becker has returned to fitness and is expected to return in goal. It’s perhaps harsh on £25m rated Caoimhin Kelleher, but if Alisson is ready, he has to play.

The Liverpool head coach changed the whole of his defence to face West Ham and we think he is about to now do the same for Wolves.

That will mean Trent Alexander-Arnold coming back in for Conor Bradley at right-back and Andy Robertson resuming duties on the left.

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Jarell Quansah and Joe Gomez were labelled ‘a bit chaotic‘ for their midweek display and that should see first choice duo Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk return at centre-back.

Midfield

There was debate surrounding who Slot would pick in midfield in the Carabao Cup and the boss eventually surprised everyone by going with an extra forward instead.

We’d expect Liverpool to back to usual against Wolves, though and that should mean Dominik Szoboszlai coming back into the team.

Szoboszlai remained on the bench throughout the 90 minutes against the Hammers, while Ryan Gravenberch was not even in the matchday squad. The Dutchman will surely come back in for this one.

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Alexis Mac Allister did get on the pitch for a half-hour cameo on Wednesday but that should not impact his ability to start on Saturday.

Attack

If defence and midfield are relatively straightforward for Slot, then the attack is where the questions really lie.

Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo have their own personal battle for who will start on the Liverpool left. Gakpo made his point again on Wednesday by scoring two lovely goals.

However, it has already been reported that Slot has decided to start Diaz, with the Colombian forward in superb form himself.

Slot also has a decision to make between Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota. But unlike Gakpo, we think Jota will keep his place after his own West Ham brace. On the right, it’ll be who else but Mohamed Salah.

Liverpool’s early predicted XI vs Wolves: Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai; Salah, Jota, Diaz