Liverpool team news: Mitoma returns

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Fabian Hurzeler's team are 12th in the Premier League ahead of Saturday's game.

2026-03-20T14:30+00:00

Kaoru Mitoma has made 129 appearances for Albion. 📸 by Paul Hazlewood.

Albion will look to make it four wins from five when they take on Liverpool at the Amex on Saturday, kick-off 12.30pm.

Team news

Fabian Hurzeler confirmed in his press conference on Friday that Kaoru Mitoma is fit to play against Liverpool after missing last week's 1-0 win against Sunderland.

Mo Salah is set to miss the game for the Reds, while Joe Gomez's fitness will be assessed.

Definitely ruled out are Stefan Bajcetic, Conor Bradley, Wataru Endo, Alexander Isak and Giovanni Leoni.

Their last line-up

Our team to take on Tottenham 👊 #LIVTOT
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 15, 2026

The Reds drew 1-1 with Tottenham in their last Premier League run out, with Dominik Szoboszlai opening the scoring from a free-kick before Richarlison levelled for Igor Tudor's team in second-half stoppage time.

Match facts

Brighton have won two of their last three home league games against Liverpool (D1), beating them 3-2 in this fixture last season. They’d only won one of their first 13 against the Reds (D6 L6).

Following their 2-0 win at Anfield in December, Liverpool are looking to complete the league double over Brighton for the first time since 2019-20.

Liverpool have won 2-0 (Premier League) and 3-0 (FA Cup) against Brighton this season. They last won three games without conceding in a season against an opponent in 2021-22 (vs Arsenal), while Brighton last lost three without scoring in 2006-07 (vs Bristol City).

After a run of just one win in 13 Premier League games from the start of December (D6 L6), Albion have now won three of their last four (L1).

Liverpool have conceded eight goals in the 90th minute (including stoppage time) in the Premier League this season, with only Leeds shipping more (9). All eight of these goals against the Reds have resulted in them drawing (3) or losing (5) the match.

Albion are one of just three sides to have conceded more goals in the first half of games (19) than they have in the second half (17) in the Premier League this season along with Burnley and Tottenham Hotspur. Indeed, only league leaders Arsenal (14) have conceded fewer goals after half-time than Albion.

Liverpool have lost nine of their 30 Premier League games this season (30%), their highest loss rate in a single campaign since 2014-15 (32% - 12/38). They last lost 10 games in a season in 2015-16 (10).

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is both the top scorer (10) and top assister (7) against Brighton in the Premier League. He is one of only three players to be outright top for both goals and assists against a particular opponent in the competition, along with Alan Shearer (Nottingham Forest – 10 goals, 7 assists) and Les Ferdinand (Wimbledon – 9 goals, 6 assists).

Only Jérémy Doku (63) has had more successful dribbles in the Premier League this season than Brighton’s Yankuba Minteh (54).

No player has scored more goals from outside the box than Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai this season (4). All four of his strikes have been from direct free-kicks, with only David Beckham (2000-01) and Laurent Robert (2001-02) netting more in a single campaign (both 5).

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