Liverpool v Como: Full lineups announced for final pre-season friendly
On August 16, 2026, Liverpool, led by Andoni Iraola, take on Cesc Fabregas’s Como in their final pre-season friendly at the AXA Training Centre, with supporters scheduled to be admitted to Anfield a few hours later.
Fabregas travelled north after an emotional return to the Emirates on Wednesday where Como drew with Arsenal; Myles Lewis-Skelly opened for the Gunners before Martin Baturina levelled and Arsenal won the tie on penalties, with David Raya saving a spot kick from Alvaro Morata. Fabregas received a generally positive reception in North London following that match.
Liverpool have scored 18 goals across four summer exhibition games and named the following starting XI: Alisson (GK), Van Dijk, Jacquet, Kerkez, Wirtz, Szobozlai, Isak, Gakpo, Frimpong, Gravenberch, Ngumoha. Their substitutes listed are Davies, Araujo, Nyoni, Koumas, Ndiaye and Wright.
Como enter the fixture unbeaten in pre-season with two victories and three draws; they have scored and conceded in each of their five exhibition matches this summer, totalling ten goals scored and seven conceded. Fabregas selected Butez (GK), Kaiki Bruno, Milla, Douvikas, Ramon, Yano Couto, Rodriguez, Batrunia, Chalobah, Liberali and DA Cunha as his starting lineup.
The two clubs have not met previously in any format, so the encounter at the AXA Training Centre may represent their first-ever meeting. The fixture will be played behind closed doors before a second meeting is staged for spectators at Anfield.
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Both teams will play each other twice: first in the behind-closed-doors session at the AXA Training Centre and then in a separate fixture at Anfield with fans admitted a few hours after the closed session concludes.
