A Short Look At Wigan V Liverpool

 Liverpool travel to Wigan for the late kick off on Saturday evening looking to carry on where we left off after our last couple of performances. We’ve netted eight times in our last two matches so we’re going into the game with form and confidence. Wigan have also been pretty free-scoring lately and it has the potential to be an open, exciting encounter.

 We haven’t really gone to Wigan and put in a real performance since they were promoted to the Premier League so we’re certainly due a good game there and having had a week and a half to rest and prepare for the match we should be more than ready and familiar with our gameplan.

 We’re in a tight little bunch just below the top five along with Swansea, West Brom and Everton so dropping points could have a big impact on our league position, the same way winning could make the table look a lot better for us.

 It would be difficult to make too many changes to the side that played against Zenit but, if fully fit, Daniel Sturridge should come back in, taking the place of either Lucas or, more probably Joe Allen allowing Jordan Henderson to move back into a more central midfield role and probably putting Luis Suarez wider where he can operate in less congested areas. I wouldn’t expect Philippe Coutinho to start this weekend but you never know, he could well feature if Sturridge isn’t quite fit for the games.

 Wigan have a quick attack and Kone is an experienced forward with pace and intelligence, and Franco Di Santo is the type of forward who plays well but doesn’t score often, exactly the kind we usually concede to… Manager Roberto Martinez held ultimately unsuccessful talks with the Liverpool owners in the summer about becoming our next boss so he may feel he has a point to prove against us.

 It’s one of those fixtures that we should win but you don’t necessarily expect us to, we’ve had too many slip ups at grounds like this over the last couple of decades to take anything for granted. It’s a test of our attitude and mentality as much as our ability, get our mindset right and we will take the three points, but if we’re slightly off we’ll more than likely get nothing.