Michael Owen offers worrying prediction for Brighton at 'world-class' Liverpool

Michael Owen believes Liverpool will have have too much firepower for Brighton at Anfield tonight

Liverpool returned t top form in style last time with a ruthless 3-1 victory at West Ham, including two sublime goals from Mo Salah.

Brighton, though will also arrive with their confidence boosted following an encouraging 1-0 home win against Toittenham last Sunday.

It was Brighton's first win at the Amex this season and moved Graham potter's team seven points above the drop zone.

Brighton will assess Joel Veltman and Alexis Mac Allister ahead of the trip to Anfield.

Defender Veltman was feeling muscle tightness following the weekend win over Tottenham, while creative midfielder Mac Allister has a minor gluteal issue.

Forward Danny Welbeck, who has not featured since December 27 due to a knee problem, remains out but could be fit for the weekend trip to Burnley. Tariq Lamptey and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (both hamstring) also continue to be sidelined.

New Liverpool signing Ben Davies could cap a whirlwind 48 hours with inclusion in the squad to face Brighton at home.

Fellow new arrival Ozan Kabak, from Schalke, will not feature as the club are still awaiting international clearance.

Midfielder Fabinho will miss his third successive match with a muscle problem so Jordan Henderson and Nat Phillips are set to start in the centre of defence once again, while Sadio Mane remains out so Divock Origi could retain his place.

"It’s back-to-back wins in the league for Liverpool," wrote Owen in his BetVictor predictions blog.

"The champions have looked more like the side we’ve become accustomed to over the last few years, especially in Sunday’s win against West Ham where they scored a couple of world-class goals.

"They look to make it three on the bounce against a Brighton side that shocked Spurs on Sunday night.

"That was a huge result for the Seagulls in their fight for survival, however, Liverpool are starting to look very dangerous and I think the Reds will have more than enough to win."

Michael Owen prediction Liverpool 3-0 Brighton

Liverpool provisional squad: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Henderson, Phillips, Robertson, Thiago, Wijnaldum, Jones, Salah, Firmino, Origi, Kelleher, Adrian, N Williams, R Williams, Davies, Tsimikas, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Milner, Shaqiri.

Brighton provisional squad: Sanchez, Walton, Steele, White, Webster, Dunk, Burn, Veltman, March, Bissouma, Khadra, Propper, Lallana, Moder Mac Allister, Alzate, Gross, Trossard, Izquierdo, Maupay, Tau, Zeqiri, Connolly.