Liverpool team vs Wolves confirmed as Jeremie Frimpong and Alexis Mac Allister decisions made

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has confirmed his starting XI for the first of two visits to Wolves this week, with decisions made on Jeremie Frimpong and Alexis Mac Allister

Jeremie Frimpong applauds the fans before the Champions League game between Liverpool and Qarabag.(Image: Steven Halliwell/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Liverpool has confirmed its starting XI to take on Wolves in the Premier League, three days before another visit to Molineux in the FA Cup, when Arne Slot's side could make changes.

Alisson Becker is in goal, with Jeremie Frimpong coming into the side at right-back. Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Milos Kerkez make up the rest of the defense, with Joe Gomez, who made his first start in a couple of months at the weekend, dropping back to the bench.

In midfield, Alexis Mac Allister is joined by Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai. Florian Wirtz remains sidelined with a back injury, with Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitike and Cody Gakpo the front three.

That leaves the likes of Curtis Jones, Federico Chiesa and Rio Ngumoha as options to come off the bench. Slot brought on another youngster, Trey Nyoni, against West Ham United last Saturday.

Frimpong comes in as the only change to the team that started at the weekend. Slot had hinted that Joe Gomez's fitness would need to be managed, and the Dutchman's ability to beat a man is useful in breaking down a deep-lying defense.

"If he's fit, he can definitely help us, because last week he had the assist against Tottenham and today he had a great assist against Wolves," Slot said of Frimpong in December following the reverse fixture — a 2-1 Liverpool win at Anfield.

Arne Slot, Manager of Liverpool, applauds the fans after the team's victory during the Premier League match between Liverpool and West Ham United at Anfield on February 28, 2026, in Liverpool, England. (Image: Getty)

Liverpool could make several changes when it plays Wolves again on Friday. That will be its third game in seven days, with another one — Galatasaray in the Champions League — four days later.

"It’s not unusual that we play three games in seven days for us," Slot said in his pre-match press conference. "That’s probably the fourth or fifth time this season that we have to do this.

"Does it bring a challenge? Maybe for the second game a little bit more because then you know even better what to expect, but that I also like mainly.

"I also like [it] in the Champions League because the first time you play each other, mainly in the Champions League you don’t play each other that much.

"So, it’s a bit new but the second time you can prepare your team even better. Especially if the team you face does the same again.

"But now, being in the Premier League, we played them [Wolves] already once [and] you see a lot of games of them because they play against teams that we are facing as well.

"You know each other that well that I don’t see that much difference between playing each other twice in three days or that there’s a longer period in between."

Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Ekitike. Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Ramsay, Robertson, Morrison, Nyoni, Jones, Ngumoha, Chiesa.