Luton v Liverpool: Premier League – live

A win for Liverpool today would send them to second in the table, as Tottenham are playing against Chelsea on Monday.

Curtis Jones misses out over a fitness issue and is not risked.

Luton’s midfield are in for a tricky afternoon. The Liverpool trio of Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai are a pretty exciting combination to watch.

Andros Townsend starts a competitve match for the first time in 18 months! I did suggest this should happen in ‘Things to look out for this weekend’, so I will celebrate my genius.

Luis Diaz returns to the Liverpool squad following the kidnap of his father in Colombia.

Luton: Kaminski, Kabore, Osho, Lockyer, Mengi, Doughty, Nakamba, Ogbene, Barkley, Morris, Townsend.

Subs: Krul, Adebayo, Chong, Mpanzu, Clark, Brown, Giles, Nelson, Luker.

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konate, Gomez, Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Salah, Jota, Nunez.

Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Diaz, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, Matip, Doak, Quansah.

It’s been so long since Luton beat Liverpool at Kenilworth Road that they were playing on the infamous artificial surface. Iain Dowie scored twice that day in a 3-1 win back in 1991 24 hours after Kenny Dalglish’s resignation.

Luton are looking to secure their first-ever Premier League home win but welcome an in-form Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp’s side have only lost once all season and that was at Tottenham where Mr VAR an appalling day.

All I will ever associate with this fixture is Xabi Alonso scoring from the halfway line, so hopefully we will someone trying to replicate that today.

The good news for Luton is they secured their only victory of the season over a team from Merseyside when they defeated Everton at Goodison Park. I think this theory is clutching at straws slightly but I am just trying to help.

Let’s hope for a cracker.

Kick-off: 4.30pm GMT