Liverpool na karɓar Brighton a Anfield a wasan da ake tsammani zai zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa na kakar Premier League 2026/27. Farkon wasan an tsara shi da karfe 2:00pm GMT, inda masu kallo a Burtaniya za su iya kallon shi a Sky Sports Premier League, masu sha'awar Amurka a Peacock da karfe 10:00am ET, da masu sha'awar Ostiraliya a Stan Sport da tsakar dare AEDT ran Litinin.

Ƙungiyoyi biyu masu zura ƙwallo da yawa sun haɗu

Liverpool sun shiga wannan wasan da kyakkyawar hali ta farmakin — ko da yake a tsaro suna da damuwa. The Reds sun zura ƙwallaye 22 a wasanninsu na ƙarshe huɗu, amma kuma sun karɓi goma. A wasansu na ƙarshe, sun dawo daga baya bayan sun rasa ƙwallaye 2 don doke Villarreal 4-3 a UEFA Champions League Talata, bayan nasara ta 2-1 a waje da Brentford Asabar da ta gabata.

Brighton, daga nasu ɓangare, sun isa Anfield suna cikin mafi kyawun hali nasu a wannan kakar. Ƙungiyar Fabian Hurzeler ita ce mafi yawan zura ƙwallaye a Premier League a farkon wannan karshen mako, tana da ƙwallaye 23 a wasanni bakwai na gasar kawai. Suna matsayi na uku bayan sun lallaɓe abokin hamayyarsu Crystal Palace 5-0 Lahadi da ya gabata — wasan da ya haɗa da ƙwallon ban mamaki daga tsakiyar filin wasan daga Diego Gomez — kuma yanzu sun ci nasara a wasanni shida a jere a dukkan gasar.

Brighton sun yi canjaras 0-0 da ƙungiyar Czech Jablonec a UEFA Conference League Alhamis, ko da yake Hurzeler ya yi canje-canje takwas a cikin ƙungiyarsa ta farko a wannan wasan, don haka duk wani raguwa a cikin ƙarfi ba zai yi tasiri a yawo zuwa Merseyside ba.

Labarai kan 'yan wasa

Liverpool za su kasance ba tare da ƙarshen Victor Munoz ba, wanda yana cikin shakku saboda rauni a gwiwa. Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley, Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong, da Dominik Szoboszlai duk sun ci gaba da zama a waje da filin wasan.

Brighton za su yanke hukunci a ƙarshe kan lafiyar mai tsaro Pascal Struijk. Yankuba Minteh da Mats Wieffer kowannensu yana kusa da dawowa daga rauni, amma za su iya rashin shiga wasan.

Hasashe

Tare da ƙungiyoyi biyu masu iya zura ƙwallaye da yawa, da tsaro na Brighton wanda har yanzu bai fuskanci ƙalubale na gaske ba a kan ƙungiya mai ƙarfin farmakin kamar Liverpool, wannan wasan yana da alamun wani taron ƙwallaye mai yawa. FourFourTwo sun annabta canjaras na 2-2.