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Wigan Athletic v
Liverpool
Ch 24 - 11:00pm - (Live)
WIGAN ATHLETIC will be looking to capitalise on
Liverpool's abysmal away League form and record their sixth victory
of this Premiership season on the eve of manager Paul Jewell's
2,000th day in charge.
Last season's surprise package got off to a slow start this term,
but staged a mini revival of four wins out of four in October and
November. Since then they've held Aston Villa to a goalless home
draw and lost away to Spurs.
The Latics are yet to gain a point or score a goal in a League
match against Liverpool in their history. The Reds achieved the
'double' with an aggregate of 4-0 in their inaugural Premiership
clashes last season.
Henri CAMARA is Wigan's top scorer with five goals, all scored in
the Premiership.
Wigan have three remaining Premiership ever-presents. SCHARNER,
Emmerson BOYCE and Chris KIRKLAND have been on the field for every
minute of every one of the Latics' League fixtures.
If he keeps goal again, KIRKLAND will be making his 100th club
career appearance (Coventry, Liverpool, West Brom and Wigan).
LIVERPOOL extended their unbeaten home Premiership
record to 24 matches midweek. But a goalless draw with Portsmouth
left them in seventh place, 16 points off the pace. They're still
two points short of a top four Champions League spot, which must be
the minimum requirement from this League campaign.
The Merseysiders are unbeaten on their Champions League trips, but
domestically they've managed just two points on their travels from
draws at Sheffield United and Middlesbrough. Robbie Fowler's
penalty at Bramall Lane is their only away League goal. They've not
scored in 610 minutes (10 hours 10 minutes) of Premiership football
on the road and have not netted from open play in an away League
game since Djibril Cisse's effort at Portsmouth three minutes from
the end of last season, on 7 May.
Peter CROUCH is Liverpool's top scorer with nine goals.
REINA and Steven GERRARD are the only players to have figured in at
least a part of each of Liverpool's Premiership games this
season.
Wigan (from): Kirkland, Pollitt, Boyce, Webster,
Jackson, De Zeeuw, Cotterill, Landzaat, Scharner, Kilbane, Heskey,
McCulloch, Camara, Johansson, Todorov, Wright.
Liverpool (from): Reina, Finnan, Carragher,
Hyypia, Agger, Riise, Luis Garcia, Pennant, Gerrard, Zenden,
Bellamy, Crouch, Kuyt, Fowler, Dudek, Guthrie, Hammill,
Peltier.
REFEREE
Howard Webb (Yorkshire)
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Liverpool
11 February 2006 - Ref: Rob Styles
Liverpool scorer: Hyypia 30
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
at Wigan only
League: Wigan 0 wins, Liverpool 1, Draws 0
Prem: Wigan 0 wins, Liverpool 1, Draws 0
