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Liverpool XI vs Brentford: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Premier League today

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Flood, G. (2026, October 17). Liverpool XI vs Brentford: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Premier League today. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-fc-xi-vs-brentford-starting-lineup-confirmed-team-news-injury-latest-premier-league-2026-today-b1301062.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-17 · by George Flood

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Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola announced his starting lineup for the Premier League match against Brentford on October 17, 2026. Key players Szoboszlai, Isak, and Gakpo are injury doubts but Isak starts while Gakpo is on the bench. Ryan Gravenberch serves a suspension after being sent off in the previous game. The lineup features Alisson in goal, with Araujo, Jacquet, Van Dijk, and Kerkez forming the backline. Mac Allister and Szoboszlai play midfield, while Munoz, Wirtz, and Barcola form the attacking trio behind Isak as the striker.
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On Saturday, October 17, Liverpool faced Brentford in a Premier League match that began at 3pm despite the team having less recovery time after their midweek Champions League game against LASK. Andoni Iraola, Liverpool's head coach, expressed concern about his players' fatigue but acknowledged it as part of the challenge.

Liverpool won the match 2-1 at the Gtech Community Stadium in west London. Brentford took an early lead when Lewis-Potter scored a header from Igor Thiago’s cross. However, Alexander Isak and Bradley Barcola helped Liverpool come back to win with goals near the end of the game. Brentford finished the match with nine players after red cards were issued to Yehor Yarmoliuk and Vitaly Janelt for violent conduct.

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Isak PERSON · 6× Gakpo PERSON · 5× Brentford ORG · 3× Iraola PERSON · 3× LASK ORG · 3× Liverpool ORG · 3× Szoboszlai PERSON · 3× Koumas PERSON · 2× Mac Allister PERSON · 2× Nyoni PERSON · 2×

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The absences of Isak and Gakpo have led to Nyoni’s fellow highly-rated youngster Lewis Koumas being offered the opportunity to lead Liverpool’s attack of late, and he scored his first Champions League goal against LASK after initially seeing two disallowed for offside. Read More However, Koumas makes way today as Isak starts, supported from the left by Wednesday’s hat-trick hero Bradley Barcola. Florian Wirtz retains Iraola’s faith as the No10 for now despite more criticism of his performances from the likes of Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher. Fan favourite Rio Ngumoha replaced summer signing Victor Munoz on the right flank in Austria, though that switch is reversed here. That return sees Barcelona loanee Ronald Araujo shift to the right as Van Dijk slots back in alongside Jeremy Jacquet, with the struggling Jeremie Frimpong dropping out.
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🔮 Iraola said in his pre-match press conference the following day that it was too early to tell if Szoboszlai, Isak or Gakpo would return to contention against Brentford, though he confirmed that he was keeping the “chance open”. And he does indeed start along with Isak, with Gakpo on the bench.
2026-10-17 · Evening Standard
Liverpool XI vs Brentford: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Premier League today · assertive framing

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Reds boss Andoni Iraola has not been able to call upon the key trio since before the recent extended international break, significantly weakening his first-choice starting XI. asserted
Iraola → call → XI
Forwards Isak (thigh) and Gakpo (ankle), meanwhile, both returned to Merseyside early during the international window after sustaining problems while playing for Sweden and the Netherlands respectively. asserted
Isak → return → Sweden
Iraola said in his pre-match press conference the following day that it was too early to tell if Szoboszlai, Isak or Gakpo would return to contention against Brentford, though he confirmed that he was keeping the “chance open”. And he does indeed start along with Isak, with Gakpo on the bench. asserted
he → say → bench
Ryan Gravenberch started against LASK but will serve a one-match suspension in west London after his controversial sending off for a second yellow card that completely turned the game against City, with Alexis Mac Allister wisely handed a rest. asserted
Allister → start → rest
Mac Allister is restored to the starting lineup against Brentford, partnered by Szoboszlai with teenager Trey Nyoni on the bench. asserted
Allister → restore → bench
The absences of Isak and Gakpo have led to Nyoni’s fellow highly-rated youngster Lewis Koumas being offered the opportunity to lead Liverpool’s attack of late, and he scored his first Champions League goal against LASK after initially seeing two disallowed for offside. Read More However, Koumas makes way today as Isak starts, supported from the left by Wednesday’s hat-trick hero Bradley Barcola. Florian Wirtz retains Iraola’s faith as the No10 for now despite more criticism of his performances from the likes of Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher. Fan favourite Rio Ngumoha replaced summer signing Victor Munoz on the right flank in Austria, though that switch is reversed here. That return sees Barcelona loanee Ronald Araujo shift to the right as Van Dijk slots back in alongside Jeremy Jacquet, with the struggling Jeremie Frimpong dropping out. asserted
Frimpong → lead → Jacquet
Milos Kerkez also returns at left-back at the expense of Kostas Tsimikas, who captained Liverpool against LASK, with Alisson Becker a familiar figure in goal. asserted
Becker → return → goal
Iraola confirmed on Thursday that Giovanni Leoni would now not return to training until the November international break after a month’s delay that follows more than a year out, while Hugo Ekitike and Conor Bradley remain long-term absentees but are both progressing well. asserted
Ekitike → confirm → year
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