West Brom vs. Liverpool: English Premier League - Preview
Former Red’s boss Roy Hodgson will take on Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool in a Premier League clash at the Hawthorns on Saturday, April 2. Hodgson will face Liverpool for the first time since he left the club in January. The reverse fixture between the two sides
ended 1-0 in favour of Liverpool with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 scoring the only goal of the match.
West Brom
The Baggies are just hovering above the relegation zone with 33 points and are only one point above the drop in 16th place. West Brom have had a mixed season this term with eight wins out of 30 Premier League games.
The home side are unbeaten in the last five games in the league and have seen a revival under their new boss, Roy Hodgson. The West Midlands club have gone a staggering 28 games without a clean sheet which shows their defensive problems this season.
Liverpool
Liverpool have never lost to West Brom in the Premier League and have won all the nine fixtures played between the two sides. The Reds are back in contention for Europe thanks to Kenny Dalglish, after having a poor season under the current West Brom boss,
Roy Hodgson.
The Merseyside club currently sit in sixth place with a total of 45 points, four points adrift from Tottenham Hotspur, who have a game in hand. Liverpool have been in stunning form in the Premier League off late and have won six of the last eight games with
the only loss coming at the hands of West Ham at Upton Park.
Team News
West Brom
Peter Odemwingie and Youssouf Mulumbu have been declared fit for the clash and are expected to start the game for the Baggies while Graham Dorrans is out with an ankle injury.
Liverpool
Captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martin-Kelly-c24395 are both out with hamstring injuries. Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez will start for the visitors in the attack and
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jay-Spearing-c18106 is expected to retain his place in the side.
Players to watch
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peter-Odemwingie-c29794
The Nigerian has been in excellent form for the Baggies this season and has scored an impressive 10 goals. The striker also scored a crucial goal against Arsenal in the last league game to ensure a vital point for the relegation threatened side.
Andy Carroll
The former Newcastle striker has started impressively for the Reds after recovering from a knee injury. Carroll scored his first goal for the national side in the game against Ghana and will be looking forward to get his maiden goal for the club as well.
Prediction
West Brom have not won a game against the Merseyside giants in the Premier League and are yet to score their first goal against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 in the last nine games played. The home side’s recent form has been good and they were able to hold back Arsenal but
a win against in-form Reds looks to be unlikely. Liverpool will win the battle 3-1 to pile more misery on the relegation stricken club.
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