Liverpool vs Wrexham - prediction, team news, lineups

Fresh from triumph past clip out, Liverpool volition proceed their pre-season preparations with a affable against Wrexham astatine Yankee Stadium - portion of the Premier League Summer Series - kicking disconnected astatine 12:30am connected Thursday UK time.

The Merseysiders person a fig of cardinal stars backmost for this week's clash, though the Red Dragons are unbeaten this summertime and volition airs a pugnacious challenge.

Match preview

Andoni Iraola's Liverpool reign began with a 4-2 triumph implicit Sunderland connected Saturday night, acknowledgment successful ample portion to versatile midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai.

The Reds took the pb done 19-year-old Kieran Morrison aboriginal successful the archetypal half, but the Black Cats fought backmost to get their noses successful beforehand soon aft the interval, taking vantage of gaps successful beforehand of the Merseysiders' teenage centre-halves.

However, Szoboszlai - acting arsenic skipper aft being substituted connected - equalised with a superb half-volley, earlier Federico Chiesa and Lewis Koumas secured the triumph for Iraola's side.

The caller manager volition person been pleased to grounds a triumph during his archetypal crippled successful charge, and helium volition person enjoyed seeing the likes of Morrison and Koumas present beardown performances, particularly considering the nine are connected the lookout for attacking reinforcements this summer.

Liverpool volition beryllium bolstered further connected Wednesday nighttime by the instrumentality of Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Ryan Gravenberch to the squad, pursuing their extended post-World Cup break, and the trio volition apt spot minutes successful a lucifer wherever the Reds are overwhelming favourites.

Meanwhile, Phil Parkinson's Wrexham narrowly missed retired connected making the Championship playoffs successful 2025-26, and person enactment unneurotic a beardown pre-season truthful acold arsenic they purpose to spell 1 measurement further adjacent term.

The Red Dragons bushed Liverpool's bitter rivals Manchester United 1-0 connected July 18, courtesy of a first-half effort from Sam Smith to which Michael Carrick's men had nary reply.

Parkinson's broadside past followed that awesome triumph with a dramatic 3-2 triumph implicit Leeds United, a show that showed their perseverance arsenic they were pegged backmost doubly but took the pb 3 times earlier yet getting implicit the line.

With that successful mind, Wrexham person proven their quality to travel retired connected apical against Premier League opposition, and Liverpool would beryllium mistaken to instrumentality this crippled lightly owed to the Welsh club's second-tier status.

Adding to the Red Dragons' assurance connected Wednesday nighttime volition beryllium the information they person kept 2 cleanable sheets from their past 3 outings, portion Iraola's squad are lacking successful elder defenders and whitethorn beryllium vulnerable.  

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Team News

Liverpool volition erstwhile again beryllium without semipermanent absentees Hugo Ekitike (Achilles), Wataru Endo (ankle), Conor Bradley (knee) and Giovanni Leoni (knee).

However, the Reds' fittingness woes were compounded by the wounded to Joe Gomez, who is improbable to diagnostic successful midweek, portion chap centre-back Jeremy Jacquet is acceptable to beryllium rested.

With that successful mind, expect to spot youngsters Ifeanyi Ndukwe and Mor Talla Ndiaye commencement astatine the bosom of Iraola's defence, flanked by Milos Kerkez and Calvin Ramsay, who picked up an assistance against Sunderland.

Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Ryan Gravenberch linked up with the squad astatine the weekend, but considering that the trio volition instrumentality clip to get up to speed, they mightiness not marque the archetypal XI.

Instead, Trey Nyoni could spouse Curtis Jones astatine the basal of midfield, portion Dominik Szoboszlai operates successful a fig 10 relation down striker Lewis Koumas, who impressed against the Black Cats.

As for Wrexham, Kieffer Moore whitethorn pb the line, arsenic helium did successful the triumph implicit Leeds, supported successful onslaught by Bailey Cadamarteri and Nathan Broadhead.

At the other extremity of the pitch, Zak Vyner, Dominic Hyam and Lewis Brunt should beryllium connected manus to signifier a backmost 3 successful beforehand of goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo.

Liverpool imaginable starting lineup:

Mamardashvili; Ramsay, Ndukwe, Ndiaye, Kerkez; Nyoni, Jones; Morrison, Szoboszlai, Ngumoha; Koumas

Wrexham imaginable starting lineup:

Okonkwo; Vyner, Hyam, Brunt; A James, O'Brien, M James, Thomason; Cadamarteri, Broadhead; Moore

We say: Liverpool 3-2 Wrexham

Liverpool volition beryllium the favourites this week, and with Isak and Wirtz backmost available, they should person capable to get implicit the enactment against their second-tier opponents.

However, Wrexham person already beaten Man United and Leeds this month, and volition beryllium competitory against the Reds' inexperienced centre-backs.

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