Liverpool lineup vs. Newcastle: Predicted XI for Premier League clash as Arne Slot's right-back decided

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot faces the worst kind of right-back dilemma for Saturday's Premier League clash with Newcastle United at Anfield.

The Reds will be without as many as four defenders for the visit of the Magpies, after Jeremie Frimpong came off with a suspected hamstring problem in Wednesday's 6-0 Champions League victory over Qarabag.

The Dutchman faces a few weeks on the sidelines with the issue, joining Joe Gomez, Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni (all knee) in the medical bay, but it is not all doom and gloom for the home side.

Indeed, Ibrahima Konate is back in contention following the death of his father, while Curtis Jones has also recovered from illness.

Slot has one final like-for-like replacement for Frimpong in Calvin Ramsay, but the Scotsman has not played a single minute of Premier League football this season, so the head coach may side with Dominik Szoboszlai as an emergency option instead.

The Hungarian is free to drop deeper thanks to Mohamed Salah's recent reinstatement, and the former could be part of a rearguard also featuring the returning Konate alongside Virgil van Dijk.

Elsewhere, Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister should reprise their double-pivot partnership, behind an unchanged attacking quartet; ex-Magpies striker Alexander Isak will miss out on a reunion with his old club due to his leg fracture.

Liverpool possible starting lineup:

Alisson; Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike

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