[Liverweb] Birmingham Match preview

Liverweb Match Preview

Opponents : Birmingham City

Date : Wednesday February 1 @ 8pm

Venue : Anfield

TV Coverage : C+ Deporte 1, Supersport 7SA, Sky Calcio 2, ART Sport 6

Head to Head - Premiership Head to Head

LAST corresponding Fixture : Liverpool 0 Birmingham City 1

Squads : Robbie Fowler will hope to play some part in this one and
makea second Reds debut. Luis Garcia is also hoping to push his
claims for a game. Dan Agger is yet to play in the first team yet.
Jan Kromkamp is a doubt due to an ankle injury.

The Reds come in to this game on the back of a cup win at the
weekend but previous to that came a rare Premiership defeat.
Birmingham meanwhile were held to a 1-1 draw in the FA Cup against
Reading. Prior to that Birmingham thumped Portsmouth 5-0 at home.

Liverpool : Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Agger, Riise, Warnock,
Traore, Kewell, Gerrard, Hamann, Alonso, Sissoko, Cisse, Morientes,
Crouch, Fowler, Kromkamp, Carson

Birmingham : Taylor, Upson, Latka, Tebily, Melchiot, Bruce,
Lazaridis, Pennant, Izzet, Kilkenny, Johnson, Jarosik, Forssell,
Heskey, Dunn, Sutton, Clapham, Vaesen, Oji.

Team Stats : The Reds have played Birmingham three times in the
Premiership at Anfield and have an even split of results - one win,
one draw and one loss. The Reds have scored five goals to
Birminghams four.

Overall in the Premiership the Reds have just two wins from seven
games whereas Birmingham have won three. The two sides drew 2-2 in
the reverse fixture back in September.

In all competitions the Reds have won 54 and lost 29 of 107 matches.
At Anfield in league football they have won 31 times and lost just
seven. One of those seven games though did come last season when
Birmingham netted a 1 goal win thanks to a Darren Anderton strike
fourteen minutes from time.

Player Stats : Harry Kewell is one goal away from double figures in
the league for the Reds.

Peter Crouch will make his 20th league appearance for the Reds in
this one.

Florent Sinama Pongolle is one goal away from double figures from
the Reds. He is also one substitution away from double figures in
the premiership for the Reds.

Should Steven Gerrard start the match it will be the 199th time he
has done so for the Reds in the league.

Referee : Uriah Rennie - averages just over two yellow cards per
game this season but is yet to send anyone off.

Betting : Liverpool 2/7, Birmingham 7/1, Draw : 7/2

Liverweb Prediction : Liverpool 3 Birmingham City 0

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