English Premier League Preview: Blackpool vs Liverpool
Liverpool are looking to take on Blackpool, in a game that was set to take place last month, but ended up getting postponed. Blackpool don’t posses under-soil heating at their ground, as a result of which the FA deemed the pitch not fit to be played on.
However, the teams will be looking to go at it tonight, with neither one looking to hold anything back for the game. Over the course of the last month, the most notable change that has occurred is the dismissal of Roy Hodgson as Liverpool manager. The team
has since been handed over to Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish, who lost his inaugural game to Manchester United in the FA Cup. The new manager will however be looking to have a completely different outcome in the teams outing tonight.
Liverpool will be operating with almost their full strength squad, with the exception of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-c29347 Konchensky. Johnson is set to miss the game if his wife goes into labour, while Cole and Konchesky are set to face late medicals to decide
whether or not they can participate in the game.
Blackpool on the other hand are set to be operating at full strength and Ian Holloway, the manager at Blackpool is reported to have said, "I can't wait. How can there ever be a bad time to play http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809?"
"Liverpool is just down the road - they've always been miles ahead but now we're on the same playing field. Three points available in the same league. It's fantastic for us, but not so much for them. It's probably a game their fans will think they should
win, so that brings its own pressures.'', added Holloway.
Match Facts
Liverpool vs Blackpool: Head to Head
Out of the thirteen times that Blackpool and Liverpool have met in the league, only one of the games has ended as a win for the home side.
Blackpool have already defeated Liverpool in the league, in a game which they won by two goals to one at Anfield, earlier this season.
Liverpool
Liverpool have managed to score only seven goals in the last eleven games that they have played away from home in the Premier League and have not managed to score more than one goal in either one of those games.
Blackpool
Blackpool have not managed to keep a single clean sheet, while playing at home this season.
D.J. Campbell is one of the most in-from strikers in the league at the moment, having scored four goals in the last four outings he has made for the team.
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