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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool welcome Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers to Anfield in the FA Cup for the Saturday lunchtime kick off.
Jurgen Klopp’s side are in their worst run of form this season having only won once this month and just been knocked out of the EFL Cup at the semi-final stage by Southampton on Wednesday night.
Wolves are 18th in the Championship but the Reds were taken to a replay by League Two side Plymouth Argyle in the previous round so there is still a fighting chance for Paul Lambert’s side.
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What time is kick-off?
Kick-off time: 12.30pm on Saturday 28 January.
Where can I watch it?
TV: Live on BT Sport 2; highlights on BBC1 at 10.30pm.
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It’s a big game for…
Jurgen Klopp. An FA Cup game against a lower-league opponent may not sound like the most pressurised of ties but Liverpool are on a torrid run of form and have only won once in January, and that was an FA Cup replay against Plymouth. The Reds look like they are fatiguing a little and the last thing Klopp will want is another game added to their schedule.
Remember when…
Stephen Ward poked the ball past Pepe Reina to give Wolves their first win over Liverpool since 1984, which was also at Anfield.
Player to watch…
Philippe Coutinho. The Brazilian is back to full fitness after a layoff with an ankle injury but has struggled to find the form he was in before. A home game against a Championship side seems, on paper, the ideal opportunity for Coutinho to get his groove back ahead of a mammoth Premier League clash against Chelsea on Tuesday night.
Past three-meetings…
Wolves 0 Liverpool 3 (Carroll, Bellamy, Kuyt)
31 January, 2012, Premier League
Liverpool 2 (Johnson o.g, Suarez) Wolves 1 (Fletcher)
24 September, 2011, Premier League
Wolves 0 Liverpool 3 (Torres 2, Meireles)
22 January, 2010, Premier League
Form guide
All competitions
Liverpool: DLDWLL
Wolves: WLDWWL
Odds
Liverpool to win: 1/4
Wolves to win: 19/2
Draw: 24/5
(from 888sport)
GOAL! Liverpool 1 Wolves 2 – Divock OrigiLiverpool get one back! Poor clearing header from Doherty from a corner and Sturridge heads it across the face of the goal for Origi to smash home from a yard out.
Liverpool 1 Wolves 2: Burgoyne with a great stop! Very similar situation to Liverpool's goal, they get a corner and the ball makes its way to the far post but this time the keeper gets down well to make a block and keep the ball out. Finally Liverpool doing something. Is there time for a comeback?
Liverpool 1 Wolves 2: Bodvarson nearly scores a fantastic solo goal, he races down the right flank, just keeping the ball in, gets to the byline cuts back into the area and fires off a grubber of a shot which was sneaking in but just clips Lucas' ankle and is diverted away from the goal.
Right. Half an hour to go until the 3pm kick offs. Team news coming up shortly...
3 - Liverpool's last three FA Cup defeats at Anfield have all been to second tier sides (Barnsley 2008, Reading 2010, Wolves 2017). Upset.
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3 - Jurgen Klopp has suffered three consecutive home defeats as a manager for the first time since April 2007 (with Mainz). Tamed.
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Chelsea v Brentford
Chelsea: Begovic, Azpilicueta, Terry, Zouma, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah, Fabregas, Ake, Pedro, Batshuayi, Willian.
Subs: Ivanovic, Hazard, Moses, Costa, Matic, Eduardo, Kenedy.
Brentford: Bentley, Dean, Egan, Bjelland, Colin, McEachran, Yennaris, Woods, Barbet, Sawyers, Vibe.Subs: Hogan, Hofmann, Bonham, Kerschbaumer, Clarke, Jota, Field.
Referee: Michael Oliver
Middlesbrough v Accrington Stanley
Middlesbrough: Konstantopoulos, Friend, Bernardo, Gibson, Da Silva, Fischer, Clayton, Leadbitter, Downing, Bamford, Gestede.
Subs: Negredo, de Roon, Stuani, Fry, Valdes, Forshaw, Traore.
Accrington Stanley: Rodak, Rodgers, Hughes, Beckles, Donacien, Davies, Clare, Conneely, Boco, Kee, McConville.
Subs: Clark, Gornell, McCartan, Hewitt, Chapman, Edwards, Shaw.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
Blackburn v Blackpool
Blackburn: Steele, Nyambe, Greer, Lenihan, Williams, Bennett, Lowe, Akpan, Conway, Graham, Gallagher.
Subs: Stokes, Guthrie, Tomlinson, Mahoney, Brown, Raya, Travis.
Blackpool: Slocombe, Aimson, Aldred, Robertson, Mellor, Payne, McAlister, Pugh, Taylor, Samuel, Cullen.
Subs: Odelusi, Nolan, Yeates, Philliskirk, Matt, Daniel, Lyness.
Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)