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Following difficult road trips to Oldham, Arsenal and Manchester City, the Reds will be back in the comforts of home as they welcome West Brom to Anfield tonight.
Liverpool have been finding their rhythm at home of late, earning an aggregate of 12-0 in their past three home matches against Fulham, Sunderland and Norwich. Overcoming West Brom will be no easy task, though, as Liverpool succumbed to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of ex-assistant manager Steve Clarke’s side in their season opener at the Hawthorns.
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Liverpool will remain without the services of Jon Flanagan, Martin Kelly and most likely Coutinho (who is still not match fit just yet), whilst Daniel Sturridge and Raheem Sterling are being closely monitored – given they withdrew from the International fixtures in mid-week after sustaining knocks.
West Brom themselves will be without a few key members of the team, as Gera is out injured whilst Mulumbu and Steven Rein are uncertain of whether they will be playing a part in proceedings tonight.
Form
Form-wise, Liverpool are on the upward trend whilst West Brom are headed the other way. In their previous 6 fixtures, Liverpool have picked up a satisfactory 11 points out of a possible 18, whilst West Brom have dropped all 18 but 1 in the January and February period.
Liverpool will look to exact revenge over West Brom after their humiliating defeat at the Hawthorns on opening day.
My XI
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A few questions about my first XI, and I completely understand. The first would be why Carragher would get the nod ahead of Skrtel for this one. My reasoning is because he has brought stability to that back 4. I think he has done well in the time he has slotted in for Skrtel since the Oldham debacle, and I think given this is his last season, he will be given the nod ahead of the Slovakian for this one.
Henderson is another one that has proven critics wrong with quality performances. His solid passing and forward running has provided Liverpool with dynamism that is almost Steven Gerrard-esque, although Henderson has made the role his own with his industry.
