On a slightly more positive note, the manager currently sees right back Conor Bradley and forward Cody Gakpo as both being 50:50 to be available for the first team back following the team’s brief Christmas break, while Florian Wirtz is expected to be in the lineup and will be likely to start.

Wolves have confirmed their starting XI to face Brentford, with Mateus Mane still awaiting his first start for the club. Molineux.news notes that Rob Edwards has surprised with his selection for the Brentford clash. Kick-off is at 3 pm at Molineux, almost a week after a narrow defeat at Arsenal.

Our soccer expert offers his Liverpool vs Wolves predictions, ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash, at 10:00am ET (12/27).

Liverpool will face Wolves in the Premier League on Saturday with players on both sides unavailable for the fixture

Rob Edwards and Keith Andrews will be in the opposite dugouts at Molineux on Saturday afternoon. They were once team-mates in the Wolves dressing room. Their former manager and two team-mates look back.

Head coach Rob Edwards says there could be "more pain to come" at winless Wolves. The strugglers are bottom of the Premier League with just two points and no wins from their opening 15 games. Edwards, 42, has lost all four of his matches since joining from Middlesbrough last month, including Monday's 4-1 defeat by Manchester United at Molineux.