Amidst all the drama of the Tube strike, a clash between 2 teams coming off encouraging results awaits the viewers on Wednesday.
While Fulham coming off a hard-fought 2-2 draw at Old Trafford seem to have started to finally show some mettle; a game at Craven Cottage against an in-form Liverpool side will be a test of nerve and quality. With record signing – Konstantinos Mitroglou and lon signing Clint Dempsey close to fitness, Fulham look to be set to welcome Liverpool to West London for a ravishing battle.
Probable Starting 11 : Stekelenberg ; Reither – Heitenga – Burn – Riise ; Sidwell – Kvist – Parker – Holtby; Bent – Mitroglou.
The Reds are marching on towards an unlikely title-challenge after the 5-1 hammering of leaders Arsenal. There seems to be no stopping this free-scoring Liverpool team other than the simple fact about playing away from home. While the Reds home form has been one of the best, its their away form that has been a constant bother. With the return of Daniel Agger, Glen Johnson and Mamadou Sakho to take a while longer, Brendan Rodgers may persist with the same starting 11 for the 3rd consecutive game.
Probable Starting 11 : Mignolet ; Flannagan – Skrtel – Toure – Cissokho; Gerrard – Henderson – Couthinho; Sterling – Suarez – Sturridge.
Big match stats:
- Fulham have lost 12 of their last 16 Barclays Premier League games at Craven Cottage (W3 D1 L12).
- Liverpool have kept just one clean sheet in their last 11 Barclays Premier League away games.
- Brendan Rodgers’ side have won just two of their last nine Premier League away trips (W2 D3 L4).
- Luis Suarez has scored four goals in four Premier League games against Fulham.
- Daniel Sturridge scored his only previous Premier League hat-trick in Liverpool’s last trip to Craven Cottage to play Fulham (3-1 in May 2013).
- Darren Bent has scored five Premier League goals against Liverpool, perhaps the most famous in a 1-0 win while playing for Sunderland (Oct 2009), where his shot was deflected into the net by a beach ball thrown from the crowd.
- Darren Bent has now equalled his Premier League goal tally from 2012-13 (3), but all three of his goals this season have come after coming on as a substitute.
- Liverpool have scored a league-high 10 goals from headers this season, but only two of these have come in away matches (both by Daniel Sturridge).
- No side has conceded a higher number (15) or proportion (27%) of their goals from outside the box this season in the Premier League than Fulham.
- The Reds have scored more first half goals in the Premier League this season (42) than 16 of the other 19 teams in the league have in total.
Please note: Stats supplied by Opta stats and DailyMail
