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Wayne Rooney would have loved the chance to welcome Liverpool to Plymouth but instead, the Championship strugglers will have to make do without the Manchester United icon.
Miron Muslic took control in January and is coming into this game off the back of a huge win against promotion hopefuls West Brom.
Still, it is a daunting task for any manager to welcome Liverpool to their home and after their rampant Carabao Cup semi-final win over Tottenham on Thursday, those in the South of the country may feel they have no chance against the Reds.
Speaking ahead of the game, Slot said: “We want to be competing for every trophy, so we must not complain about the amount of games we have to play. I don’t see an advantage or a disadvantage. It is what it is.
“I can tell you that we are in a very good place. The players are fit, are ready, not only the 11 from yesterday, but the ones that came in as well.
“We know how long the season is and how many difficult challenges there will be for us. There is one downside of beating Spurs 4-0… because last team we beat them 6-3 and then beat West Ham 5-0, because when we started winning 1-0 people started saying we’d lost form! We’re going to try everything to win every single football match.”
Arne Slot’s first season in charge of Liverpool keeps getting better 📈 pic.twitter.com/dSB8KJFBMZ
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) February 6, 2025
Plymouth vs Liverpool Team News
Plymouth have no major concerns when it comes to injuries ahead of their clash with the Premier League giants.
Brendan Galloway remains out for the season, while Joe Edwards and Kornel Szucs also remain out.
Liverpool however, do.
Arne Slot confirmed Trent Alexander-Arnold will miss the trip to Devon, as will Tyler Morton and there was no word on whether Alisson will return to the starting line-up.
Other than that, the Reds are healthy and ready to continue on their quest for a quadruple.
Plymouth vs Liverpool Expected Line-ups
Plymouth: Hazard, Pleguezuelo, Katic, Talovierov, Sorinola, Randell, Houghton, Puchacz, Baidoo, Wright, Bundo
Liverpool: Kelleher, Bradley, Quansah, Endo, Tsimikas, McConnell, Mac Allister, Elliott, Chiesa, Diaz, Nunez
How to watch Plymouth vs Liverpool: Live stream, TV channel
The game kicks-off at 1500 at Home Park. It is being shown live on ITV One. It can also be streamed on ITV X.
The Stats
- In 10 of the last 12 Plymouth home matches in the FA Cup, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Plymouth home matches in the FA Cup, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Plymouth matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Plymouth home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Plymouth have won 3 of the last 4 home matches in the FA Cup while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 8 of the last 10 Liverpool matches in the FA Cup, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Liverpool have won 3 of the last 4 matches in the FA Cup while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- Liverpool have won 4 of the last 5 matches in the FA Cup while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In the last 3 Liverpool away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 3 Liverpool matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
Prediction
It is very hard to see anything other than a Liverpool win in this game.
Even if Plymouth play the game of their life, the options the visitors have from the bench is overwhelming and the best teams in Europe would struggle to keep them out.
Prediction
Plymouth 0-4 Liverpool
