Liverpool (Possible, 4-3-3-): Reina; Wisdom, Agger, Skrtel, Johnson; Allen, Gerrard, Suso; Assaidi, Sterling, Suarez.
Tests: Agger (groin), Skrtel (illness).

Wigan (Possible, 3-4-1-2): Al Habsi; Ramis, Caldwell, Figueroa; Boyce, Watson, McCarthy, Beausejour; Maloney; Kone, Di Santo.
Out: Crusat (knee), Alcaraz (groin).
Test: McArthur (dead leg).

Referee: Kevin Friend


Team News
Goalkeeper Jose Reina is set to return for Saturday's visit of Wigan after a five-week injury absence.

The Spain international has recovered from a hamstring injury and is likely to replace Brad Jones, who has deputised in the last four league matches.

Midfielder Jonjo Shelvey is fit after a thigh problem forced him out of the England squad this week while centre-backs Daniel Agger (groin) and Martin Skrtel (illness) are expected to be included.

Wigan have winger Ryo Miyaichi back. Miyaichi, on loan from Arsenal, has not been involved in the last five games due to a pubic injury but is now training with the group again.

James McArthur, who has been sidelined recently by a dead leg, is a doubt, while fellow midfielder Albert Crusat (knee) and defender Antolin Alcaraz (groin) are not yet ready to return.

Match Notes
A meeting between the two leading candidates for the Liverpool job last summer. Brendan Rodgers got the gig, Roberto Martinez unsurprisingly gives the impression he turned it down (even though he didn’t). The fact there is little between Liverpool and Wigan in the Premier League means it is not entirely beyond the realms of possibility Martinez thinks he had a lucky escape. Wigan won at Anfield last season, contributing to Kenny Dalglish’s demise. Martinez would undoubtedly take as much satisfaction from a repeat performance. Chris Bascombe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/premier-league/9677691/Liverpool-v-Wigan-Athletic-match-preview.html

Goodluck to Liverpool. Better don't let those Wigan folks embarrass you.

We are winning this one
YNWA!

I expect a win today though Wigan has been a hard fixture for more than 3 seasons now.

We'll win this one...easily.
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The last 5 fixtures btw these two sides have seen Livepool loose 2 and drawn 3. But with d kind of BR's formatn i xpet a scoreline of 3-1 to d host. The attacking lineup of Sterling-Suarez-Assaidi will prove unplayable to Wigan who will rely on d defensive appraoch the will use. I xpet a brace frm Suarez and also Assaidi to score on his first start of d Premeir league.

''....walk on with hope in your heart and You'll Never Walk Alone''

Go get 'em reds Go get 'em reds

With reina between the sticks, we will surely loose the match. That guy isn't a quality keeper at all!

Warming up

When would this man start playing assaidi

nil currently

I don't see sterling as a very gud player in my opinion

It's 2-0 is the moderator sleeping?

enrique makes it 3 -0

Liverpool for life

Suarez with two goals and Jose Enrique with the third ! Come on LFC ! YNWA.

Ok, 3-0
Suarez the leading goalscorer in the epl ATM
YNWA

YNWA

jft96 ynwa!

Suarez double helps sink
Wigan
Striker Luis Suarez proved just how valuable
he is to Liverpool with two goals and an
assist to help secure a 3-0 win against
Wigan.
The Uruguay international struck twice in
nine second-half minutes and also played a
part in the third which saw Jose Enrique
score his first goal for the club.
Reports this week that Manchester City were
ready to make a £40million bid for the
striker in January were dismissed by
Roberto Mancini and Brendan Rodgers, with
the latter confidently stating his prize asset
was not for sale.
And in any case, scoring in five successive
matches to take his tally to 10 in as many
appearances would appear to have boosted
Suarez's price tag by several million more.
Not that Liverpool would consider - or could
even countenance - selling a player who is
so vital to any chance of success in the
short- to medium-term.
Without the 25-year-old's input this season -
from goals and assists - the Reds would be
in the bottom three.
It is difficult to put a price on exactly how
much that is worth to a team still growing
into Rodgers' way of working but it is safe
to say it would likely take much more to
replace what he has brought to the side this
campaign.
Yet Suarez was strangely subdued in a first
half which had very few talking points.
With goalkeeper Jose Reina making his first
appearance since October 7, Rodgers
reverted to back four having opted for three
centre-backs at Chelsea last weekend.
Somewhat surprisingly he selected Enrique
on the left of midfield but before the half
was out he had tinkered with his tactical
line-up having seen his side fail to get a grip
on the game.
The hosts began well with Suarez's cross
turned behind by Ben Watson and Daniel
Agger's header from the corner tipped just
wide by the outstretched hand of Ali Al
Habsi.
After Reina shrugged off some of the
rustiness with a routine save from Arouna
Kone's long-range effort both Agger and
Suso headed over.
It was virtually the young Spaniard's last
involvement as just past the half-hour he
was replaced by Jordan Henderson with
Gerrard moving forward to play in the hole
by Suarez in an attempt to get more support
for the Uruguay international.
By then Wigan had lost Watson to a painful
shin injury after he was caught by Raheem
Sterling, with Ivan Ramis' subsequent free-
kick deflected behind off the wall.
There followed plenty of possession without
much penetration from both sides.
Whatever was said by Rodgers to his team -
and Suarez in particular - at half-time had
the desired effect as Liverpool came out a
side with much greater purpose.
It took them just over two minutes to prove
it with a swift drive forward for the opening
goal.
Andre Wisdom's pass into space gave
Sterling, who had also had an
uncharacteristically quiet 45 minutes, the
chance to nip in front of Maynor Figueroa
and run at the Wigan defence.
When he crossed for Suarez the
Uruguayan's first-time shot, assisted by a
slight deflection of Ivan Ramis, beat Al Habsi.
If the goal energised the home side it
ignited Suarez, who was rampant after that.
Enrique drove infield from the left and
poked in a through-ball which still required
plenty from Suarez but in his current form
there was only going to be one outcome
and he easily beat the goalkeeper.
The third goal had a touch of fortune but
only in its origin.
A throw-in down Wigan's left should have
gone to the visitors but the officials
awarded it to Liverpool and it was from that
they finished off the game.
Suarez again had major part to play, sliding
a pass through the inside-right channel to
Sterling whose shot was parried by Al Habsi
into the path of Enrique who could not miss
from a few yards out.
The Spaniard, benefiting from his advanced
position, celebrated only his second goal in
five years in English football, his first coming
for Newcastle against Nottingham Forest in
March 2010.
Confidence was now surging through a
Liverpool side who had previously been so
timid and reticent in front of their own fans
in 2012 - having previously only won three
league matches at Anfield all year.
That was typified by Glen Johnson's run,
starting on the halfway line close to the left
touchline, which saw the England defender
drive just wide with his right foot from the
edge of the area.
Suarez eventually departed to a well-
deserved standing ovation late on as
Rodgers protected his investment on the
back of seven-match unbeaten run.

I love liverpool Fc with all my life..We are the best.

Welplayed joo.

Whether liverpool is at the bottom or middle. The club will always get my support. It's a club with charisma and a lot to show for in terms of trophies. No one club can rule forever. Check out their fans and stadium. The song itself is entertaining. The way Liverpool swings passes from one end of the field to another thrills me.