Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest Preview

Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest

Competition – English Premier League

Stadium: Anfield

Date: 29th August 2026

Kick-off time – 12:30 GMT

Liverpool host Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Saturday lunchtime as both sides look to find some early-season rhythm after mixed starts to the campaign.

Liverpool’s form has been underwhelming through the closing weeks of the summer. Their most recent outing ended in a 2-2 draw away at Newcastle in the league after a last second penalty saved their bacon. Prior to that, a 2-0 win at home over Como was a bright spot. Before that, a goalless draw with the same opponents was less convincing. Earlier in this run, a 2-3 home defeat to Monaco and a 2-4 loss to Leeds complete a five-match sequence of one win, two draws and two losses.

Nottingham Forest arrive in similarly patchy shape. Their most recent outing brought a 0-1 home defeat to Leeds in the league. Prior to that, a 2-0 home win over Brest was an encouraging win. Before that, a 2-1 home win over Bayer Leverkusen started a good run of two wins. Earlier in this run, back-to-back 1-0 defeats away at Barcelona and at Udinese complete a five-game spell of two wins and three losses.

The head-to-head record between the two sides is evenly poised, with Liverpool and Nottingham Forest winning two of the last five meetings apiece and one draw. Most recently, Liverpool won 1-0 away at Nottingham. In the previous encounter, Nottingham Forest won 3-0 away at Liverpool.

In the UK and Ireland, the match is live on TNT Sports 1 and available to stream via HBO Max, with TNT Sports Ultimate also carrying the fixture. In the United States, viewers can catch the action on fuboTV and USA Network. Coverage also extends to Germany on Sky Sport Premier League and to Australia via Stan Sport.

Possible Lineups

Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Alisson, Frimpong, Jacquet, van Dijk, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Ngumoha, Wirtz, Gakpo, Isak

Nottingham Forest (3-4-2-1): Sels, Cunha, Murillo, Milenkovic, Aina, Sangare, McAtee, Williams, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, Igor Jesus

Liverpool Form

Result Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
🤝 Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool Premier League 23.08.26
Liverpool 2-0 Como Club Friendly 16.08.26
🤝 Liverpool 0-0 Como Club Friendly 16.08.26
Liverpool 2-3 Monaco Club Friendly 09.08.26
Liverpool 2-4 Leeds Premier League Summer Series 02.08.26

Nottingham Forest Form

Result Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Nottingham 0-1 Leeds Premier League 22.08.26
Nottingham 2-0 Brest Club Friendly 16.08.26
Nottingham 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen Club Friendly 12.08.26
Barcelona 1-0 Nottingham Club Friendly 08.08.26
Udinese 1-0 Nottingham Club Friendly 08.08.26

Head-to-Head

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Nottingham 0-1 Liverpool Premier League 22.02.26
Liverpool 0-3 Nottingham Premier League 22.11.25
Nottingham 1-1 Liverpool Premier League 14.01.25
Liverpool 0-1 Nottingham Premier League 14.09.24
Nottingham 0-1 Liverpool Premier League 02.03.24

TV Listings / Streaming

Country Channel
Great Britain TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, HBO Max
Ireland Republic TNT Sports 1, HBO Max
USA fuboTV, USA Network, SiriusXM FC
Germany Sky Sport Premier League, Sky Go, WOW
Australia Stan Sport
Spain DAZN Spain, DAZN1 Spain, Movistar+
France Canal+ France, Canal+ Foot, myCANAL
Canada DAZN Canada, fuboTV Canada
India Star Sports Select HD1, JioHotstar
New Zealand Sky Sport Premier League

Table

POS TEAM MP W D L GF GA GD P
1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Brentford 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Everton 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Hull City 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
7 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Ipswich Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Newcastle United 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Fulham 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Sunderland 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 AFC Bournemouth 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Manchester United 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Tottenham Hotspur 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Coventry City 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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