Both matches ask whether an away side can keep creating after the home team's first attacking spell. Brighton have several rested league links that can meet Liverpool's press. Frosinone can test an improvised central defence with recoveries, crosses and second balls. The answer in each case depends on actual receiving roles rather than the headline strength of the home attack.
Liverpool can release Wirtz and Isak behind a high line, but Brighton's Palace league group already created chances and recovered second balls without the widely listed absent wingers. Groß can deliver restarts, Gómez and Ayari can connect a central regain, and Kostoulas provides a box target. Liverpool's Szoboszlai missed Villarreal and its right-back cover is reshuffled; Brighton changed much of its side for the midweek trip, preserving several league starters. I expect Brighton to answer Liverpool's first wave, and I'm siding with Brighton to take something from the match.
Atalanta retain finishers in Krstović and De Ketelaere, but their usual central defenders missed Ajax and Kristensen and Obrić played together in their place. Frosinone's Masini and Calò can press the first pass, then send Ghedjemis or Kvernadze toward Raimondo and the second ball. Grillitsch already missed Frosinone's last game, while its main supply roles remain in the current squad picture. Atalanta's shorter turnaround also makes repeated central coverage a demanding task. I'm siding with Frosinone to keep this a close contest.
