🏏 Fri, 6 Mar 2026 20:00 GMT
Wolverhampton Wanderers
vs
Liverpool FC
3-5-1-1 vs 4-2-3-1
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- An FA Cup fourth-round tie, as Wolverhampton take on Liverpool at Molineux Stadium. For Liverpool, who are contesting the Premier League title, it is a test of balancing the cup, while Wolves want to chase a giant-killing in a big home match.
- Among Wolves' forwards, Hwang Hee-chan waits on the bench as an option off it. The South Korea international striker joined Wolves via RB Salzburg and RB Leipzig, and combines pace and finishing as an impact player who can change the flow of a game.
- Liverpool start Mohamed Salah. Can the world-class winger show he is as sharp as ever in the cup? Cody Gakpo leads the line, with Curtis Jones and Rio Ngumoha forming a somewhat youthful second line.
- Florian Wirtz waits on Liverpool's bench. The Germany international star, signed from Leverkusen, has the quality to settle a game off the bench. A lavish attacking cast of Federico Chiesa and Hugo Ekitike also lines up among the substitutes.
- Liverpool's Japanese midfielder Wataru Endo is not in the squad this time and is left out entirely. It looks like rotation given the balance with the league, but it is a situation Endo will be mindful of as he weighs his place in the pecking order.
- Wolves set up in a 3-5-1-1 with Angel Gomes in the hole. The likely plan is to create a numerical advantage with a five-man midfield and absorb Liverpool's attacks. How they use that midfield overload against Liverpool's 4-2-3-1 is the tactical key.
- Wolves' Jackson Tchatchoua is a former Liverpool player. Having spent time at Liverpool in his youth, this is a tie he will be fired up for against his old club.
- In Liverpool's back line, Virgil van Dijk starts. He forms a centre-back pairing with Joe Gomez, with Andrew Robertson at left-back. With natural midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai used at right-back, the unorthodox deployment of midfielders in the back line is also one to watch.
- Jeremie Frimpong could come off Liverpool's bench. The attacking right-back, who won the Bundesliga during his time at Leverkusen, would sharply boost the thrust down the right flank if introduced late in the game.