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Live : Sunderland vs Liverpool ( 0 - 0 ) by luvola(m): 12:32am On Jan 10, 2015 |
Sunderland captain Lee Cattermole is still struggling with a groin injury, while Jack Rodwell will be given a fitness test on a muscle strain. Ricky Alvarez and Emanuele Giaccherini are fit again but Sebastian Coates is ineligible against his parent club. Liverpool's Adam Lallana has a calf injury, and Kolo Toure is now on international duty with the Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations. Joe Allen, Glen Johnson, Jon Flanagan and Brad Jones all remain sidelined. Glass half full or half empty? That's the question for Sunderland fans heading for the Stadium of Light this weekend, having witnessed six home draws already this season. In all four divisions, only Charlton and York have more home draws, but accentuating the positive must be getting harder after just one league win in 10, even if that win was at Newcastle. A month ago, these two teams drew 0-0 at Anfield, so is it odds-on another dividing up of the spoils? Well, don't be too sure - Liverpool haven't drawn at all away from home this season, one of only two teams among the 92 league clubs who can say that. Simon Mignolet and Jordan Henderson return to their former club with their careers having taken very different courses since moving to Anfield. Henderson has improved so much over the last 18 months, after a hesitant Liverpool start, that he is now the captain-in-waiting with Steven Gerrard LA-bound. In contrast, Mignolet is on borrowed time, and he knows it. Only injury to Brad Jones handed him a place back in the side after he was dropped "indefinitely"; he's done nothing since to suggest that he's worth a reprieve for any other reason than a lack of alternatives. In mitigation, Mignolet could reasonably suggest that he's playing behind a defence so brittle that the greatest goalkeepers in the world would do well to keep a clean sheet; as it is, he has only four of them in his last 32 games. Gus Poyet had a similar decision to make when he felt he had to drop Vito Mannone following the Italian's own crisis of confidence. Poyet's go-to man was Costel Pantilimon, who has since kept an impressive six clean sheets in 12 appearances, including that shut- out at Anfield. Another draw might frustrate both Sunderland and Liverpool, but the goalkeepers would probably gladly take 0-0. Head-to-head Sunderland have won just one of the last four times they have hosted Liverpool (W1, D1, L2). Liverpool are unbeaten in their last five meetings against Sunderland (W3, D2). Sunderland Sunderland have only won one of their last 10 league games (W1, D6, L3). Their only league victory at the Stadium of Light this season was against Stoke at the beginning of October. The Black Cats have drawn 11 of their 20 league matches this season. They have won just three league games, the joint-lowest tally in the top flight. Gus Poyet's side have failed to score in nine of their 20 league matches this season. Only Aston Villa and Burnley have scored fewer than Sunderland's 10 home goals. They have accrued a league-high 52 yellow cards this season. Liverpool Liverpool have lost just one of their last eight league matches, a 3-0 defeat at Manchester United in December (W4, D3, L1). The Reds have conceded an average of 1.78 goals in their away matches this season (only Burnley and QPR have conceded more). Four times in this league campaign, Liverpool have conceded three goals away from home. While Sunderland are the Premier League's draw specialists, Liverpool are one of only two top-flight teams not to have drawn away from home this season. http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/30663770 |
Re: Live : Sunderland vs Liverpool ( 0 - 0 ) by luvola(m): 12:39pm On Jan 10, 2015 |
Mod do the needful but this match is not going to be easy at the stadium of light.. |
Re: Live : Sunderland vs Liverpool ( 0 - 0 ) by luvola(m): 1:50pm On Jan 10, 2015 |
penalty disallowed. |
Re: Live : Sunderland vs Liverpool ( 0 - 0 ) by Agimor(m): 2:07pm On Jan 10, 2015 |
Op na only come o. |
Re: Live : Sunderland vs Liverpool ( 0 - 0 ) by ArtanK(m): 2:56pm On Jan 10, 2015 |
Tuning in now. #YNWA |
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