Wigan vs Liverpool preview

Wigan Athletic will host Liverpool at the DW stadium in the late Saturday kick off. The match is one of the round of 28 matches of the prestigious English premier league.

The hosts are currently a spot above the relegation zone while the visitors occupies the 8th position on the league table. These two sides recorded convincing wins in their last league games.

Wigan defeated Reading by 3-0 at the Madjeski stadium, while Brendan Rodgers' team crushed Swansea 5-0 before the latter emerged as Capital one cup champions last weekend.

Fabio Borini will be unavailable for this match due to a long term injury.

Luis Suarez

Liverpool can move up to 6th if they win this match while West Brom and Everton lose their games. The Reds were knocked out of the Europa League about 10 days ago despite a 3-1 win at Anfield.

Aroune Kone and Al Habsi are the key men for Wigan Athletic. If the latter can provide a five star performance between the goal posts, Liverpool may find it difficult to score.

Kone is a man that Carragher or Skrtel will have to watch for 90 minutes. The Ivorian is a fast and strong striker. If Liverpool don't avoid the defensive errors they've been known for, they can be punished by him.



POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
Wigan Athletic
Al Habsi-Scharner,Caldwell,Figueroa-Boyce,McCarthy,McArthur,Beausejour-Maloney,Kone,Santo
Liverpool
Reina-Johnson,Skrtel,Agger,Enrique-Lucas,Gerrard-Coutinho,Downing,Suarez-Sturridge

Stats
Luis Suarez is the leading scorer for Liverpool with 18 league goals and 25 for the entire season.
Today's match will be Liverpool's 800th EPL match.
Aroune Kone was one of the four players that scored a brace last weekend.

Kick Off: 17.30 GMT
Venue: DW stadium
Date: 2nd March, 2013
Our prediction: Wigan 1-4 Liverpool

Liverpool vs Sunderland preview

Liverpool will begin their 2013 soccer calendar with a premier league match against Martin O'Neill's men at Anfield. Liverpool ended the year 2012 with a 3-0 win over QPR in London.

POSSIBLE LINE UPS
Liverpool
Reina-Johnson,Agger,Skrtel,Downing-Lucas,Gerrard,Allen-Suso,Suarez,Sterling

Sunderland
Mignolet-Gardener,Cuellar,Bramble,Kilgallon-McClean,Sessegnon,Colback,Johnson-Fletcher

Suarez has scored 13 league goals this season

The Hosts
Stewart Downing is likely to replace Jose Enrique at the left back position. The Spaniard didn't complete the match against QPR on Sunday due to an injury he sustained in the second half. Downing has been in top form by operating from the right-hand side of the midfield over the past few weeks.

Martin Kelly remains a long-term injury set back for the Reds, but Fabio Borini may start from the bench. Australian keeper, Brad Jones has recovered from the viral infection he contacted some few days ago.

--> Quick Facts

• The Reds have won 5 of their last 15 games against their visitors.
• Luis Suarez will be willing to score in four of out of five games against Sunderland. 
• A win for Brendan Rodgers men will take them up to eight on the log standings with 31 points.
• Liverpool have not beaten Martin O'Neill's men at Anfield in the past three years.
• A hat trick for Suarez will make him the joint top scorer in the premier league with 16 goals.

The Visitors

Sunderland will miss the services of Wes Brown and John O'Shea. The former Manchester United players will be sorely missed by the 'Black Cats'. Titus Bramble will fill in the gap left by John O'Shea who picked up an injury in their last match.

Our prediction: Liverpool 4-1 Sunderland

Kick off: 7:45 PM GMT

Referee: Phil Dowd

QPR VS Liverpool preview

Brendan Rodgers will hope to end the year 2012 on a winning note. Liverpool are currently 10th on the log standings.
POSSIBLE LINE UPS
QPR
Green-Fabio,Ferdinand,Hill,Traore-Wright Phiilps,Faurlin,Mbia,Taarabt-Cisse,Mackie

LIVERPOOL
Reina-Johnson,Skrtel,Agger,Enrique-Lucas,Gerrard,Allen-Downing,Suarez,Sterling

Julio Cesar,Jose Bosingwa, Andy Johnson, Bobby Zamora and  J.S. Park are unavailable for the hosts due to different  kinds of injuries. Harry Redknapp has a very good record against Liverpool right from his days at Portsmouth and Tottenham.

Fabio Borini and Martin Kelly are Liverpool's long-term injured players that will be unavailable for today's clash at the Loftus Road.

The last meeting between these two sides ended in a 3-2 win for QPR in March. The Reds were 2-0 up after 75 minutes, but the Londoners stunned Kenny Dalglish and his boys with three late goals.

Djibril Cisse will face his former side in this encounter. The Frenchman was part of the Champions League winning squad in 2005.

Steven Gerrard-Liverpool captain

Meanwhile, Liverpool will need to win by 4-0 if they want to finish the calendar year in the 9th position. The 'Reds; are currently three points behind Swansea City that is occupying that position and also has a +5 goal difference while Liverpool can boast of 2 goals advantage.

KICK OFF: 16: 00 GMT
VENUE: Loftus Road,London
Our prediction: QPR 2-1 Liverpool