Luton Town vs Liverpool: Reds battle against unwanted record as Salah and co visit Kenilworth Road – kick-off time, team news and how to follow
Liverpool will be desperate to avoid a banana-skin fixture when Jurgen Klopp makes his first visit to Kenilworth Road to face Luton Town this weekend.
The Reds have enjoyed a flying start to the season with only one defeat in all competitions so far but have struggled against the newly promoted sides in recent times.
The Merseyside outfit battled to a 2-1 win over Bournemouth in midweek, with Darwin Nunez's stunner sending the club into the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
Liverpool now return to Premier League action where they sit in fourth on 23 points, three adrift of table-toppers Tottenham.
Luton are languishing in the relegation zone after seven defeats and only one win from their opening ten games of the season.
However, the Hatters can take comfort from the fact that their sole top-flight victory came against Merseyside opposition in Everton.
Liverpool also curiously have a poor record against newly promoted sides having lost their last two away games against teams coming up from the Championship.
But the Reds are only behind Aston Villa and Newcastle for goals scored this term and Luton are yet to keep a Premier League clean sheet.
The hosts were not in Carabao Cup action in midweek but long-term absentees Mads Andersen and Dan Potts remain sidelined but both Reece Burke and Arsenal loanee Albert Sambi Lokonga are closing in on comebacks.
The visitors will continue to be without Luis Diaz following the situation surrounding his family in his native Colombia.
Liverpool also have several injury concerns to contend with, as Andy Robertson, Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic and Ben Doak are all out.
Yet Curtis Jones made his comeback from a domestic suspension against Bournemouth and is available here.
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