Conor Bradley returns from suspension to replace the injured Joe Gomez in London.
Elsewhere, Jeremie Frimpong is named among the substitutes after returning to fitness.
Liverpool: Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Bradley, Jones, Ekitike, Gravenberch.
Season so far
Thomas Frank's side have taken 22 points from their 16 games in the top flight this term so far.
Six wins and four draws have been offset by six defeats - with three of those coming in the past five outings.
Spurs were beaten 3-0 away from home at Nottingham Forest last time out in the league.
Key players
Richarlison is the leading scorer for Tottenham in the Premier League in 2025-26 with six goals.
Defender Micky van de Ven is next-best with three strikes.
Mohammed Kudus has been their chief creator in league football, registering five assists.
Guglielmo Vicario has made 47 saves - the joint-third-highest figure across the division at this stage.
Team news
Radu Dragusin, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Dominic Solanke, Kota Takai and Destiny Udogie remain sidelined due to injury.
Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr are away at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Previous meetings
Liverpool enjoyed much the upper hand across four clashes between the clubs last season.
They ran out 6-3 victors in this fixture almost exactly 12 months ago, and then sealed their status as Premier League champions with a 5-1 win in the return at Anfield in April.
In between, the Reds defeated Tottenham 4-1 on aggregate in their two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final.
What they said
Frank, Spurs head coach
"It's a very good team that we're facing but we also know if we hit a high level, we can compete very well, I believe we can do something good and we'll go for the three points.
"We worked very hard on our breakthrough phase, worked very hard on our positions there, and how we do that this week. Then, of course, [we] also worked on the defensive side of the game."
Pre-match stats
This is the top-scoring fixture in Premier League history (206 goals). The last three league matches between the pair have seen 21 goals (seven per game), while there have been at least three goals in 14 of their last 16 Premier League meetings.
Richarlison has been involved in seven Premier League goals against Liverpool (four goals, three assists), more than he has against any other opponent. All four of his goals have come at Anfield.
Following their 2-0 win over Brentford, Spurs will be looking to win back-to-back home Premier League matches for the first time since a run of three ending in November 2024.
Tottenham have won seven of their last nine Premier League games kicking off at 5.30pm on a Saturday, a run which includes a 2-1 win over Liverpool in September 2023.
Frimpong has been declared fit for the Premier League encounter in the capital after recovering from the injury he sustained away at Eintracht Frankfurt in October.
Bradley, meanwhile, was absent from last weekend's win over Brighton & Hove Albion due to suspension.
Joe Gomez came off against the Seagulls with a muscle injury and was replaced at right-back by Dominik Szoboszlai, who suffered an ankle issue himself in the closing stages of that game.
Gomez and Cody Gakpo have been ruled out of the meeting with Spurs, but it is hoped Szoboszlai will be able to play.
Arne Slot said at his pre-match press conference on Friday morning: "He [Gakpo] had a scan that looked promising so that means that we are not that worried anymore, as we were maybe one or two weeks ago.
"So that means he might come back a bit earlier than expected two weeks ago, but that's definitely not tomorrow and also not next week.
"Joe is not in the squad as well for the weekend and Dominik trained yesterday, parts of the training [session], for the first time so let's see where he is today and how he is tomorrow. Jeremie is in the squad again as well."
Slot later added that Szoboszlai's involvement in the Reds' matchday-minus-one workout would determine whether he is able to start against Spurs.
"If the player feels comfortable to play and he did all the things he had to do, then he will start," the head coach said. "If he can fulfil the whole session or he fulfils it but he doesn't feel comfortable himself, we will have a discussion."
Mohamed Salah is away at the Africa Cup of Nations, as are Tottenham midfielders Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr.
The hosts have no fresh injury concerns following their defeat to Nottingham Forest last time out.
They do, however, remain without Radu Dragusin, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Dominic Solanke, Kota Takai and Destiny Udogie.
Boss Thomas Frank said: "Everyone is doing fine. Last game, it's the same players available. No-one new is available in the squad."
Like Liverpool, Frank's side come into this game having not played in midweek, which has allowed for greater time on the training pitch.
"It's been nice to finally have a full training week. That helps. I've said a few times, we have a few good players out with a lot of goals and assists in them," Frank continued.
"A full week definitely helps a lot. I would be very surprised if we don't have the energy. If you play in the Premier League and Europe at the same time, it is a massive physical and mental load – but no excuses, that's what we want."
Last match
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Tottenham (December 14): Vicario, Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence, Bentancur, Gray, Simons, Kudus, Kolo-Muani, Richarlison.
Liverpool 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (December 13): Alisson, Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Jones, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Ekitike.
Frimpong è stato dichiarato idoneo per la partita di Premier League nella capitale dopo essersi ripreso dall'infortunio subito in trasferta all'Eintracht Frankfurt a ottobre.
Bradley, nel frattempo, era assente dalla vittoria dello scorso fine settimana contro il Brighton & Hove Albion a causa della squalifica.
Joe Gomez è uscito contro i Seagulls per un infortunio muscolare ed è stato sostituito come terzino destro da Dominik Szoboszlai, che ha subito lui stesso un problema alla caviglia nelle fasi finali di quella partita.
Gomez e Cody Gakpo sono stati esclusi dall'incontro con gli Spurs, ma si spera che Szoboszlai possa giocare.
Arne Slot ha dichiarato nella sua conferenza stampa pre-partita di venerdì mattina: «Lui [Gakpo] ha avuto una scansione che sembrava promettente, quindi significa che non siamo più così preoccupati, come forse una o due settimane fa.
«Quindi potrebbe tornare un po' prima del previsto due settimane fa, ma sicuramente non è domani e nemmeno la prossima settimana.
«Anche Joe non è in squadra per il fine settimana e Dominik si è allenato ieri, parte dell'allenamento [sessione], per la prima volta, quindi vediamo dov'è oggi e come sta domani. Anche Jeremie è di nuovo in squadra»
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Slot ha poi aggiunto che il coinvolgimento di Szoboszlai nell'allenamento della giornata meno uno dei Reds determinerebbe se sarà in grado di iniziare contro gli Spurs.
«Se il giocatore si sente a suo agio nel giocare e ha fatto tutte le cose che doveva fare, allora inizierà», ha detto l'allenatore. «Se riesce a portare a termine l'intera sessione o la completa ma non si sente a suo agio, ne discuteremo
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Mohamed Salah è in trasferta alla Coppa delle Nazioni Africane, così come i centrocampisti del Tottenham Yves Bissouma e Pape Matar Sarr.
I padroni di casa non hanno nuovi problemi di infortunio dopo la sconfitta contro il Nottingham Forest l'ultima volta.
Rimangono tuttavia senza Radu Dragusin, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Dominic Solanke, Kota Takai e Destiny Udogie.
Il
boss Thomas Frank ha dichiarato: «Stanno tutti bene. Nell'ultima partita, sono gli stessi giocatori disponibili. Non sono disponibili nuovi giocatori in rosa».
Come il Liverpool, la squadra di Frank arriva a questa partita non giocando a metà settimana, il che ha permesso di trascorrere più tempo in campo di allenamento.
«È stato bello avere finalmente una settimana di allenamento completa. Questo aiuta. L'ho detto alcune volte, abbiamo alcuni buoni giocatori con molti gol e assist», ha continuato Frank.
«Una settimana intera aiuta sicuramente molto. Sarei molto sorpreso se non avessimo l'energia. Se giochi in Premier League e in Europa contemporaneamente, è un enorme carico fisico e mentale, ma niente scuse, è quello che vogliamo».
Ultima partita
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Tottenham (14 dicembre): Vicario, Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence, Bentancur, Gray, Simons, Kudus, Kolo-Muani, Richarlison
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Liverpool 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (13 dicembre): Alisson, Gomez, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Jones, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Ekitike.
The Reds visit Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a 5.30pm GMT kick-off on Saturday.
Ekitike goes into the game having scored four times in his last two top-flight outings, netting braces against Leeds United and Brighton & Hove Albion respectively.
He could, therefore, become only the second Liverpool player to notch multiple goals in three consecutive Premier League matches after Suarez, who did so in four successive games in December 2013.
Here are more pre-match facts and figures to know, from LFC statistician Ged Rea and Opta…
The clubs have met 66 times in the Premier League, with Liverpool winning 34, drawing 17 and losing 15.
Away from home in that period, the Reds have won 12 times, with Tottenham winning 13 and eight matches ending in draws. Liverpool have scored more goals in those encounters (52-47).
Tottenham have won just two of their last 25 Premier League games against Liverpool (drawn six, lost 17), picking up home wins in October 2017 (4-1) and September 2023 (2-1).
This will be Liverpool’s seventh league visit to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – they have previously lost only once there, in September 2023, winning four times and drawing twice.
Liverpool won both Premier League meetings with Tottenham last season by 6-3 and 5-1 scorelines. Only the Reds themselves have scored five or more goals in three consecutive games against an opponent in the competition, doing so against Norwich between September 2012 and December 2013.
Liverpool have scored 52 times at Tottenham in the Premier League. Only away to West Ham United (55) and Newcastle United (54) have they scored more on the road.
Never in their history have Liverpool scored more than three times in successive league visits to Tottenham.
Liverpool have scored in 25 of their last 26 Premier League games against Tottenham, including the last 19 in a row. Only against Arsenal (a current run of 20) have they had a longer scoring streak in the competition.
Liverpool v Tottenham is the top scoring fixture in Premier League history (206 goals). The last three league matches between the pair have seen 21 goals, while there have been at least three goals in 14 of their last 16 league meetings.
The Reds have recorded five league doubles (wins home and away) over Tottenham in the last seven seasons and 10 in the Premier League era.
Of Liverpool’s last 53 league games played during the month of December they have lost just once, 1-0 at Leicester City in 2021, and of the other 52 they won 38 and drew 14.
Alexander Isak has scored six goals in five Premier League appearances against Tottenham. Against no side has he found the back of the net more often in the competition.
Only two Liverpool players have scored hat-tricks at Tottenham: Billy Liddell in 1951 and Roger Hunt in 1964.
The Reds travel to London for a 5.30pm GMT kick-off on the back of consecutive wins and clean sheets, with victories having been claimed over Internazionale and Brighton & Hove Albion respectively.
Overall, the reigning Premier League champions are on a five-match unbeaten streak across all competitions and Jones told Liverpoolfc.com: “The confidence was always there, I wouldn’t say that it left.
“I say all the time that if I have a look around at the talent around me, you always have that buzz that you can’t wait to go and play with those lads.
“I would say that the past games show that the connection is there, that we’re starting to gel again as a team with how hard we are working, the goals we’re scoring.
“So, yeah, I feel that the buzz is around the place again but at the same time we don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves.
“I feel that it’s just [about taking] each game as it comes and I think that’s what we’ve done well – especially when we’ve had that little bit of a dip, it was just [about] taking the small steps. That was why we think it’s going wrong, then how we change it, then the teams that we picked and then we started to play well and now we are starting to win games.
“So now I don’t want to think that we’re fully back or that we’re going to win all the games, I just feel now it’s that we’re at the point where we’re playing well, the energy is there, the buzz is there, so let’s just go and win each game that we can but don’t think too far ahead.
“Just take each game [as it comes] but yeah, I feel it’s an exciting time again.”
Read the rest of our Tottenham preview with Jones below.
After a really intense period, you’ve had a full week in between last Saturday’s game and the visit to Tottenham. How has that been and do you feel refreshed and ready to go again?
Yeah, 100 per cent. It’s important that we had our week down. I’ve had a chance to have a look back on the games and on stuff we did well and stuff we need to make a change on, so it’ll be good to see how it comes out in this game.
You’ve started and finished the last three games and it was a really special day for you to make your 200th appearance against Brighton. How would you assess your own form and performances recently?
As long as I’m playing I’m always happy and it’s always hard if I’m in and out of the team and stuff. But I always knew that if I had a run of games and a chance like this that I could be a big, big part of the team. That’s always just been on me and that’s the mind frame that I’ve got, and the trust and belief of the gaffer and his staff around, they’re using me, and the trust of the lads in where they’re giving me the ball and that on the pitch is just helping me out even more. But at the same time it’s all about the team. If I’m in this team and doing well while the team is doing well, that’s a bonus.
But there’s obviously been times when I’m out of the team and the team is doing well and obviously I wish I was playing more games, but if the team wins then I’m happy. So, I’m happy that I’m part of the team and as I said with the trust of the gaffer and his staff, they are playing me in a role that I feel suits me and I think the little bit of a change [tactically] suits the team more, so it’s credit obviously to them and credit to the boys around who obviously are making the change as well.
On the change in the team’s shape recently, how have you found that and how has that changed what the coaches are asking from you?
I mean, at the end of the day, as everybody knows I just want the ball at my feet! As long as I’ve got a ball at my feet I’m happy. We’ve obviously made a change that everybody can see where the middle is overloaded with lads that are technically good, that can make the change, that are comfortable on the ball. Then you’ve got the likes of Flo [Wirtz] who can play in between the lines, who can score and create and things like that. But the connection I’m making now more with the likes of Ryan [Gravenberch] about how we can play – we are similar in a way that we are comfortable on the ball and we can drop, we can get on the ball and are not in a rush to get rid of it. We can calm the game down and I feel like for a long time, if you have a look at our games, a big thing about why we lost and we dropped points is because they were end to end and we didn’t really have control in the game.
I feel like that’s a strength of mine, that I can get on the ball, I can calm it down… and I feel like if we’re up a goal or two then it’s on me even more so to go and get the ball off the lads, calm it down and let the opposition think that they don’t have a way back into the game. The more I play and the fitter I get and the rhythm is there and the connections I build even more with the likes of Ryan, you’ll start to see us gel even more and play better as a whole I would say.
Finally, Tottenham have had an inconsistent first part of the season but it’s always a test going there. What kind of game are you expecting?
At the end of the day, it’s still a world-class team. It’s a team that plays in the Premier League and I don’t think there is any team in the Prem that you turn up to play and think we’ve got the points and we’re just going to have a laugh and a joke. So I don’t want to think about their form or anything like that, there have obviously been teams that are in a worse place than them that we’ve dropped points against. That’s just how the Premier League is but I can only speak on us and how well we’re doing and the connections that we’ve built in the team. It looks like the team are starting to gel and starting to click, so we’re going there with a positive mind frame and just to make sure that we outwork them, outrun them, and then when we’ve got the ball that we take care of that ourselves. The most important thing is that we find a way to win and that’s what we’ll go and try to do.
Arne Slot press conference: Facing Tottenham, Liverpool's form, Ekitike, Jones and more
The Reds head to the capital on Saturday for a 5.30pm GMT showdown with Thomas Frank's Spurs.
Arne Slot's men completed a session on the eve of the game at the AXA Training Centre, and our photographers were there to capture it.
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The Dutchman spoke to reporters at the AXA Training Centre this morning, with the game against Thomas Frank's side on Saturday (5.30pm GMT).
See a summary of Slot's briefing below...
On Mohamed Salah...
I've said last week actions speak louder than words. We've moved on. He was in the squad [versus Brighton & Hove Albion] and he was the first substitution I made. Now he's at the AFCON playing big games for himself but also for the country, so I think it's fair to them – but definitely also for us because we are going to play some very important games – that all the focus for him is over there and there should not be any distraction from me saying anything about his time at Liverpool, because what I said: we've moved on after the Leeds interview and he played against Brighton. Now he is there, so it's fair for the country, for him and also for us to talk about Tottenham and other games and for them to be fully focused on their tournament.
On Liverpool's impressive goalscoring record against Tottenham in recent years...
But it took us 92 minutes to score away against Brentford, against a Thomas Frank team last season, so you cannot compare... Yes, you can compare certain things because [it is] mainly the same players. They've added a few players to the team and with Thomas Frank [there is] a new manager, so I don't think you can compare our games of last season with this season. Even more so because we not only added, we lost a lot of players as well, so you cannot compare this team of ours to last season – even with the same manager – and you cannot compare our results of last season [against Tottenham] with facing a Thomas Frank team.
Injury news: Frimpong, Gakpo, Gomez and Szoboszlai
On what potentially going into the top four with a win ' would do for the spirit and the feeling around' the club...
I think winning always gives a good feeling and good spirit for a team that had so many changes during the summer. The league table, the first 12, 13, 14, 15 teams are so close to each other that winning or losing matters a lot, with one exception although [Manchester] City are coming closer and closer to Arsenal now, but Arsenal are quite far away from us. I think the main thing for us is to build on what we are building on in the last five games. I think with the exception of Brighton maybe, because we did concede a lot of chances against them, but the other games we were solid defensively and that's a good base, combined with that the players are getting more and more ready to compete at Premier League intensity as a group. So, I think we can expect more from us in the upcoming part of the season than what we've shown before, but I assume that everybody would expect that [of themselves] as well.
On having a week in between matches...
I think it's always helpful for a manager to work on the training pitch with the players, especially if you bring in players – not all of them but a few of them – a little bit later in the window. With Alex [Isak], for example, he's the best example of that on the first of September. But you can also influence players if you play a game and you do video meetings. So, it's not an excuse for our results, not at all. But I would prefer to have more of these weeks than we have because it's a way of implementing either new things or pointing out more and more or stressing on things we have to do better than we did them before. I liked it and next week is the same, so that is almost a mini-pre-season for us.
On whether Hugo Ekitike has 'surpassed his expectations so far'...
He didn't, because we knew what type of player we signed. I think I said it after the game and this is something I just said as well: he had to go off in the Brighton game after 70 minutes because he had cramp, but he did almost double the amount of work he did three months ago where I also had to take him off with cramp. But his ability to score, his technique, his speed, all these things, that's just what he has, so no-one is surprised to see that. But he improved a lot in terms of how much he runs during a game and how hard he works. That's a big help for the team as well.
Because people are focused only on goals, but he helps us out now defensively as well and that is also very important for a No.9. In the talks I've had with him, I've probably spoken more about what I expect from him defensively than offensively. Before we signed him, he had no problems with that. After we signed him, he sometimes felt like, 'Can we also talk a bit about offence?' But there's not so much to talk about offence with him because that part of his game is very good. Defensively, I'm more and more excited to see what he's doing as well.
On Curtis Jones' form...
He's done really good in the last three games and I think that's not the first time. But maybe since I'm here it's the first time that it's three times in a row that he brings in very, very good performances. He's had in the past also very good performances and a game later I didn't like the performance as much as I did now recently in his last three games. So, I think it's again a challenge for him to go to the fourth, to go to the fifth, to go to the sixth game. But I think I'm not the only one who liked the way he played – with so much confidence, with so much work-rate, giving it all in every single moment for the team and really, really comfortable on the ball as well. His last three performances are the base where we expect him to go on, but that starts tomorrow against a challenging opponent like Spurs.
On whether he feels the team is getting 'closer to finding the balance between being good defensively and offensively'...
I think we are getting closer and closer to the team I want us to be, and that has gone with ups and downs, let's be completely clear about that. But for me that makes complete sense because of all the changes we made during the summer, and we made them on purpose because we thought we needed to. If I'm completely honest, maybe I didn't expect it to take as long as it did. But looking back on it, reflecting on it now, I think I've been too positive, because if you go with a new group where not all of them are completely ready to play every single game 90 minutes in this intensity, you have to adapt – sometimes he can play, then he cannot play. So, it takes maybe a bit of time.
And we've been a bit unlucky with referee decisions, I've said this multiple times. Even [on] Saturday when I said afterwards that the referee was completely neutral, I missed out on a red card, so another influential decision but this time it didn't hurt us. We have to go to that situation that if a referee's decision is against us, it doesn't matter, we are still good enough to win. If we concede a set-piece, no problem, we're still able to win. So, set-pieces are another thing, I think from almost all the losses that we've had except for one maybe, in all the other ones we've conceded a set-piece and that shouldn't influence our result anymore.
That's why we have to improve, that we're not dependent as much on luck or bad luck because we are in that mix too many times from the start of the season, because we were a few times lucky maybe in the start when we scored late-goal winners. We deserved those wins but still they were small margins and we have to make sure that this team gets to a level that either referee decisions or set-pieces don't influence our results as [much] as they've done in recent weeks and months.
The Reds travel to London for a 5.30pm GMT kick-off against Thomas Frank's team.
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The Liverpool goalkeeper will be in green.
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