Brighton and Hove Albion continue a gruelling period of travelling with a trip to the North West to face Liverpool. On the back of a difficult evening against Jablonec in the Europa Conference League, Fabian Hürzeler's side will be looking to return back to winning ways, but it won't be easy!

Liverpool have had a fair start to the season themselves. Alexander Isak has found his shooting boots for the first time since signing for the club, with Andoni Iraola's side sitting 5th in the Premier League table and on the back of a 4-3 win over Villarreal in the Champions League.

Familiar face Alexis Mac Allister scored a brace in the week and starred for the Reds in an entertaining clash between the two sides. 

We spoke with our Liverpool correspondent at Roundtable...

Liverpool have begun this season looking like a much more solid outfit than last, but are still in the early stages of a philosophical transformation from Arne Slot's control-based style to Andoni Iraola's more direct way of playing.

Despite what has been an improved defensive showing so far this campaign, Liverpool have conceded a significant number of goals - particularly in their most recent three matches.

The Reds seem to struggle to defend against wide players, in the sense that a significant number of Liverpool's goals conceded have been scored by opposition wide players (Wingers, Fullbacks, Wingbacks).

Liverpool won't change anything in terms of style and are likely to still go man to man in moments against Brighton despite the threat that your dynamic attack carries.

As I said before, I can see Liverpool struggling at times to keep a handle on Brighton's wide players.

In terms of changes, we might see Ryan Gravenberch make some minutes in the right-back position after what Iraola spoke about in his press conference today. Gravenberch played the second half against Villarreal there, and it helped add some fluidity and dynamism to our build-up play.

Absolutely, but he's not likely to score a goal out of nothing. He's become more of a poacher/fox in the box at Liverpool.
So yes, if a chance falls to him, he's likely to make it count. But if the team's performance isn't there, he isn't necessarily the type of player, at the moment, to take the game into his own hands. In that sense, you should worry more about the likes of Rio Ngumoha and Bradley Barcola – who often create something out of nothing.

It almost looked certain to happen in the summer and did feel like a blow when it didn't.

However, Victor Munoz and Rio Ngumoha are having superb starts to the season from the right side, so the actual impact of missing out on Minteh looks minimal. He would have been a good fit for Iraola's style of play, though.

I feel like Brighton's attack, in the form it's in, is likely to, at some point, manipulate Liverpool's man-marking scheme (which is still a work in progress) and score.

Liverpool do have players who should thrive in transitionary moments, so if Brighton come to play and keep a high line, I can see a high-scoring draw. I'll go with 2-2.

It is, first and foremost, very interesting to hear that Liverpool fans are worried about our wide players. While they are high-scoring attackers, they aren't ones to cause damage in a traditional winger-style sense. They could hurt Liverpool with box-crashing runs and shots from both inside and outside the box, though.

Albion will be on their guard, but Liverpool's questionable defence could make for an entertaining game between the two sides. The Seagulls have been very good at taking their chances, as they are massively overperforming their xG so far this season (23 goals from 16.3 xG). 

It seems like it could be a very open game, which could go either way. A 2-2 prediction seems fair when considering both sides' defences and attacks, but from an Albion perspective, I feel like this team truly can beat anyone at the moment.

My prediction is 3-2 to the Albion.