Follow build-up, team news, scores & text updates as Wycombe Wanderers host Fulham, Grimsby Town face Brentford & Wrexham host Cardiff City.

No title defence is over after nine league games, but Liverpool’s attempt feels like it is heading that way quickly. Title winners do not lose four games in a row, but they also rarely look as disjointed as Slot’s side currently do.

Federico Chiesa (28) has described a “silent” Liverpool dressing room in the aftermath of their 3-2 defeat to Brentford, a result that marked the Reds’ fourth consecutive Premier League loss

Champions Liverpool suffered a fourth successive Premier League defeat to continue their miserable run of form in the capital.

"Fans can always get excited. I wanted all the staff to go over and engage with them because it was a long way for them to travel. That's what it's about: players and fans. The fans can get as excited as they want." After making his full Bees debut and registering a goal and an assist, winger Reiss Nelson said:

Fourth-tier Grimsby's impressive run in the English League Cup came to an end with a thrashing by Premier League team Brentford on Tuesday. Brentford won 5-0 at Blundell Park, the scene of Manchester United's stunning loss to Grimsby in the second round in August.

Liverpool suffered two injury setbacks in Germany midweek, with Jeremie Frimpong sustaining a hamstring injury and Alexander Isak withdrawn due to a groin issue. The Dutch full back is “not in a good place’ according to Arne Slot and will be sidelined for the foreseeable future, while Isak is a “question mark” for the weekend’s match.

Keith Andrews faced a daunting task when he took over at Brentford this summer, but Saturday's win over Liverpool demonstrated how he has successfully gone about his business.