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Liverpool will look to get back on track in their Premier League title defence when they face Brentford on Saturday.
Arne Slot’s side suffered a third consecutive top-flight loss when they went down to bitter rivals Manchester United at Anfield last week.
The Reds returned to winning ways at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League in midweek and will now attempt to make inroads into Arsenal‘s four-point advantage at the top of the table.
Brentford are 15th, five points above the relegation zone, having beaten struggling West Ham last time out.
The Sporting News is following the Brentford vs. Liverpool match live, providing score updates and commentary
Brentford vs. Liverpool score
| 1st Half | Goal scorers | |
| Brentford | 2 | Outtara 5′, Schade 45′ |
| Liverpool | 1 | Kerkez 45+5′ |
Venue: Gtech Community Stadium, London
Referee: Simon Hooper
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Starting lineups:
Brentford (4-2-3-1, right to left): Kelleher (GK) – Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Ajer – Henderson, Yarmolyuk – Schade, Damsgaard, Ouattara – Thiago
Liverpool (4-2-3-1, right to left): Mamardashvili (GK) – Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez – Szoboszlai, Jones – Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo – Ekitike
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Brentford vs. Liverpool live updates, highlights, and commentary
Halftime
There’s a hail of boos at the end of a largely celebratory first half for Brentford. That’s because Kerkez scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time after three were signalled. In fairness, Schade scored almost bang on 45 minutes, so one we’d restarted after the celebrations, playing until 50 minutes was probably about right.
45+5 mins: GOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! Milos Kerkez!!!!
Liverpool back in it as a low cross scoots along the six-yard box and Kerkez finishes at the far post.
45+4 mins: Kayode loops his latest long throw and it goes through everyone. A let-off for Liverpool.
45 mins: GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!! Kevin Schade!!!!!
They don’t make it to halftime! A Liverpool attack breaks down and Damsgaard picks a lovely pass. But it’s just one straight ball and the whole Liverpool team is out of the game. Schade keeps his cool and slots home.
44 mins: Liverpool are the team who look like they need halftime, despite that penalty shout. Kerkez loses his footing but regains it to clear Kayode’s cross away from Damsgaard.
43 mins: Gakpo takes a tumble under pressure from Collins. No penalty. VAR will have a look but it shouldn’t take too long.
41 mins: Kerkez’s cross is cleared to Jones on the edge of the box. He curls a shot straight into Kelleher’s gloves.
39 mins: Van Dijk shovels a clearance into a dicey spot, Damsgaard charges onto it and lets rip. Mamardashvili pushes over. Solid save. Liverpool deal with the corner.
36 mins: Kayode chucks another one into the mixer. Mamardashvili take matters into his own hands and gets a decent punch on this one.
32 mins: Oooooffff, Henderson fizzes a wonderful drive just wide from 25 yards. That would have been quite something.
30 mins: Lots of jostling ahead of a Kayode long throw from about the position he launched the one for Brentford’s goal. Ekitike gets up to this one with a good defensive header. The ball comes back in and Collins nods into Mamardashvili’s gloves.
28 mins: Brentford forced into an early change. Yarmolyuk can’t continue. The experienced and versatile Janelt is about to join us.
24 mins: Gakpo glides inside nicely, leaving Henderson in his wake, only to thump his eventual shot from outside the box way off target.
22 mins: A floated cross from Gakpo is glanced wide by Ekitike. It was always arcing away from him but it’s been better from Liverpool in the past couple of minutes.
21 mins: Wirtz looking for Ekitike now but Collins anticipates the danger and boots clear.
20 mins: Oh, Wirtz has to score! It’s lovely play initially from the Germany star, who finds Ekitike and continues his run. However, he should do better than lashing the return pass wide, left-footed from 12 yards.
18 mins: Brentford pretty settled in their defensive shape and Liverpool lacking ideas. Ekitike seeing very little of the ball.
10 mins: Gakpo pops a pass to Salah into the box. The Egyptian superstar takes a heavy touch and then blunders into Kelleher. He’s very apologetic to his former teammate.
9 mins: Salah looks to find a response, whipping one into the box but Kelleher is behind it all the way.
5 mins: GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!! Dango Ouattara!!!!!
Kayode sends in an absolute. missile, Ayer flicks on and Ouattara volleys home. Simple as that!
4 mins: Liverpool deal with a punt downfield but Kayode gets to hurl in a long throw.
Kickoff: 1st Half
The players take a knee before kickoff as part of the Premier League’s anti-racism campaign during Black History Month, then we’re underway.
5 mins before kickoff: The team are in the tunnel, tunes and a light show blaring around the Gtech. Here they come…
30 mins before kickoff: It’s likely to be an emotional evening for Henderson, who probably didn’t foresee facing Liverpool when he left for the Saudi Pro League in 2023.
Jordan Henderson in the pre-match programme: “That was one of the best things about Liverpool: I know I wore the armband but there were four or five other captains in the dressing room alongside me. That was a big part of the success we had.” #LFC pic.twitter.com/gdrCwAwkiu
— Michael Plant (@MichaelPlant82) October 25, 2025
1 hour before kickoff: Here’s the Brentford XI. Including Jordan Henderson, back in the Premier League to face the team he captained to the title, via Al Ittihad and Ajax.
Your Bees to take on Liverpool#BRELIV pic.twitter.com/lpL9NTbRqk
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) October 25, 2025
1 hr 15 mins before kickoff: The teams are in. Salah and Wirtz both start for Liverpool.
Team news is IN 🔐 #BRELIV pic.twitter.com/YeYbdtb7r8
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 25, 2025
1 hr 30 mins before kickoff: Victory over a porous Eintracht Frankfurt snapped Liverpool’s four-game losing slump across all competitions. They must now build on that against Brentford, who will no doubt have noticed Arne Slot’s candid post-match comments in Germany that Liverpool’s task was made more straightforward by having opponents to press who did not go long at will. Virgil van Dijk and whoever else starting in the Liverpool backline today might want to prepare themselves for a bombardment.
2 hours before kickoff. Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of Brentford vs. Liverpool in the Premier League. Can the champions get back to winning ways domestically, even amid the probable threat of long balls from their hosts?
Brentford vs. Liverpool kick off time
The Brentford vs. Liverpool match kicks off in London at 8 p.m. local time.
Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:
| Date | Kickoff time | |
| USA | Sat, Oct 25 | 3:00 p.m. ET |
| Canada | Sat, Oct 25 | 3:00 p.m. ET |
| UK | Sat, Oct 25 | 8:00 p.m. BST |
| Australia | Sun, Oct 26 | 6:00 a.m. AEDT |
| India | Sun, Oct 26 | 1:30 a.m. IST |
Brentford vs. Liverpool lineups, team news
Brentford have one fresh issue as Aaron Hickey remains out due to a knock sustained on international duty with Scotland.
Gustavo Nunes has been racing to get back fully fit and he is now close to being available, but like Paris Maghoma will need a bit more time.
The Bees remain without big-money summer signing Antoni Milambo, who is unavailable for the rest of this season due to a serious knee injury.
Brentford starting XI (4-2-3-1, right to left): Kelleher (GK) – Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Ajer – Henderson, Yarmolyuk – Schade, Damsgaard, Ouattara – Thiago
Brentford subs: Valdimarsson (GK), Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Nelson, Carvalho, Onyeka, Lewis-Potter, Janelt
Both Jeremie Frimpong and Alexander Isak have had tough starts to their time at Anfield and they are both expected to be sidelined for a while after injuries against Frankfurt.
Fellow summer signings Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike have been left out by Slot of late, but both start here alongside Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool starting XI (4-2-3-1, right to left): Mamardashvili (GK) – Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson – Szoboszlai, Jones – Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo – Ekitike
Liverpool subs: Woodman, Gomez, Endo, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Robertson, Nyoni, Morrison, Ngumoha.
Brentford vs. Liverpool live stream, TV channel
Here is how to watch the match in some of the world’s major regions:
| Region | TV | Streaming |
| USA | USA Network | Fubo, nbcsports.com, NBC Sports App |
| Canada | — | Fubo |
| UK | TNT Sports | discovery+ |
| Australia | — | Stan Sport |
| India | — | JioHotstar |
