Wolves vs. Liverpool: FA Cup 2026 Preview & Team News

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS VS. LIVERPOOL FC

| Friday, March sixth |FA Cup | Molineux Stadium8PM GMT/3PM EST

After struggling a humiliating 2-1 defeat by the hands of relegation-bound Wolves within the Premier League on Tuesday night in a sport during which Liverpool in all probability performed simply barely effectively sufficient to win most of the time—albeit, once more, in opposition to a relegation-bound, in all probability the worst within the Premier League Wolves aspect—Arne Slot’s struggling Reds head straight again to the West Midlands to tackle the identical opponents within the FA Cup.

On paper, Liverpool ought to be favourites even when there’s some rotation, however given this season has offered a gentle stream of Liverpool delivering lower than you’d anticipate from the defending league champions, effectively, no one is more likely to be taking issues as a right on Friday which raises an attention-grabbing query of what that might imply from a lineup perspective with a Champions League Spherical of 16 tie in Istanbul in opposition to Galatasaray up subsequent.

After going with a stronger lineup than anticipated within the earlier spherical of the FA Cup we’re going to imagine extra of the identical from Slot this time round, however given the doubts and query marks round this Liverpool version—doubts and query marks that actually don’t appear any nearer to being answered in March than they have been again in October—nothing can be a shock.

Predicted Liverpool Lineup (4-3-3)

Alisson; Frimpong, Konaté, Gomez, Robertson; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Ekitike, Ngumoha

Accidents may effectively restrict the doable adjustments Slot could make even when he desires to shift issues round a bit, with proper again creating into a specific drawback spot this season. That might imply Joe Gomez drafts in to present the just lately returned Jeremie Frimpong a sport off—however as no outfield Premier League participant this season has performed greater than Virgil van Dijk, it does actually really feel as if perhaps we’re previous time the captain will get a weekend off.

In midfield, the one actual query is whether or not Curtis Jones is available in for Alexis Mac Allister or maybe Dominik Szoboszai, although Soboszlai may at all times be requested to fill in at proper again to supply one other reply to how issues shake on the market. In the meantime, after various impactful appearances off the bench, it could be time for Slot to just accept a success to defensive stability in favour of a bit of extra attacking creativity by giving Rio Ngumoha a begin.

The Managers Have Their Say

Arne Slot: “We’ve got to be higher than we have been the final time we performed Wolves.”

Rob Edwards: “They’ll need to get the win and need to show they’re higher after Tuesday night time, however we have now to attempt to make them relive it.”

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