Stoke v Liverpool. Sun Jan 12th. KO 16:00. Live on SS1. Mod Warning post#399

Super-Rush

Stoke City welcome Liverpool to the Britannia Stadium having only lost one game at home in the league this season.

Away to Stoke has been a stumbling block for Liverpool, in fact they have never won at the Britannia in the league and manager Brendan Rodgers will hope to end the hoodoo as he welcomes back Daniel Sturridge who returns from a sprained ankle and centre back Mamadou Sakho. Daniel Agger, Jose Enrique and Jon Flanagan are all sidelined.

Stoke may be forced to call upon 3rd choice keeper Jack Butland as Asmir Begovic is still out injured and his replacement Thomas Sorensen is also a doubt. Liverpool loanee Oussama Assaidi is ineligible.

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Tough game as ever for Liverpool but i think we might sneak it by the odd goal.

Prediction 1-2 to the Christmas champions.

mike65

I'll be watching this between my fingers from behind the sofa.

joe123

Huth is also out isnt he? Will be a big loss for them.

5starpool

We got our arses handed to us there last season. Hopefully Sturridge and Suarez up front will be too much for them, but if they get at us as they usually do I worry about us. I think we'll do well to get a point, but a win would be a big result I feel.

monkey9

Expecting nothing but a Liverpool win here.

RasTa

I expect Adam to do Suarez if he starts.

The_Kew_Tour

Stoke 0-3 Liverpool

monkey9

RasTa wrote: »

I expect Adam to do Suarez if he starts.

That's if he even gets his little pot belly anywhere near Suarez.

Skylinehead

monkey9 wrote: »

Expecting nothing but a Liverpool win here.

Not happened since 1984 in the league. Stoke have drawn 2 and won 3 of the fixtures since they returned to the league. I'd expect other things than a Liverpool win are easily possible.

billy2012

I expect Liverpool to win well tomorrow!!

monkey9

Skylinehead wrote: »

Not happened since 1984 in the league. Stoke have drawn 2 and won 3 of the fixtures since they returned to the league. I'd expect other things than a Liverpool win are easily possible.

I'm not saying Stoke can't get anything from tomorrow. Of course they can. Our away horror show at Hull a few weeks back suggests that.

But that stat above means nothing going into tomorrow's game. Since then, we've played the fixture four times under a Pulis regime. Tomorrow is different. It's a Hughes team and a different day.

Liverpool need to win tomorrow and I fully expect them to.

Turtyturd

Super Rush match thread....Liverpool win.

Super-Rush

Turtyturd wrote: »

Super Rush match thread....Liverpool win.

Delete post.

Jinx alert.

Courtesy Flush

Liverpool will be under pressure given todays results. Its a must win game

~Rebel~

I don't really think there's much point in getting caught up in individual results, giving them such dramatic labels as "Must win".

At this stage, every game gets that label - if our rivals win, it's must win to keep up with them, if our rivals lose, it's must win to take advantage.

We can lose tomorrow and still do perfectly well, as long as we continue getting ~10 points from every 5 games.

Yeah, it's always a day ruiner when we don't get a result, but labels like that only serve to raise pressure and expectation unnecessarily and lead to the knee jerk reactions we're all so familiar with.

Jesus Wept

US

8-10

Skylinehead wrote: »

Not happened since 1984 in the league. Stoke have drawn 2 and won 3 of the fixtures since they returned to the league.

Bizarre that people find stats like this relevant. It's their home form this year, particularly against the bigger sides, that makes this a tricky away fixture for Liverpool, not their past 30 yr record against Liverpool!

Panthro

Today is the 12th not the 11th
/pedantic

Vinz Mesrine

I don't think many Liverpool fans are overly confident of a win today. I'd be delighted with a scrappy 1-0

Super-Rush

Panthro wrote: »

Today is the 12th not the 11th
/pedantic

You are correct sir.

NukaCola

As i said in the LFC thread, Stoke have 12 points out of 18 at home in the last 6 games and have lost only one out of their 10 home games this season. They have 7 goals conceded from those 10 games.

Southampton/ManCity/Chelsea/Everton have failed to win there. Stoke are no pushovers at home.

I'm not expecting a win or think we will win handy as some are suggesting. Three points here and it'll be a very good result.

JohnDee

I think Liverpool will win handily enough 0-2 ?

A certain Charles Adam will try to do Suarez no doubt, that's what I'd be concerned with if I were a Liverpool fan.

budgemook

JohnDee wrote: »

I think Liverpool will win handily enough 0-2 ?

A certain Charles Adam will try to do Suarez no doubt, that's what I'd be concerned with if I were a Liverpool fan.

22/1 to get sent off :rolleyes:

Courtesy Flush

Got a bad feelin about this one

Alls im sayin

barone

any kinda win will do me today thank you very much

jenno86

KO is 4.10pm

billy2012

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

I don't think many Liverpool fans are overly confident of a win today. I'd be delighted with a scrappy 1-0

I am!!!

Stoke of last year I might be worried about.

Blondie919

jenno86 wrote: »

KO is 4.10pm

Is there a good reason why KO is at 4.10pm instead of 4?

niallo27

Stoke are nearly 6/1. That's a huge price with the record they have.

bluefinger

don't get all the must win stuff. some people will be awfully deflated if we don't. having hated this fixture for years I would be pleased with a point but am more optimistic than ever before that we can get a win. from memory didn't Walters score super goal against us last year. can't see him repeating that. just think we've too much firepower and stoke haven't got any.

livinginkorea

Will be a tough game but I expect BR will have prepared the team well enough to keep trying to break them down and with Suarez on such top form, Sturridge knocking on the door to come back - I fancy our chances to scrape a win.

dfx-

Super-Rush wrote: »

You are correct sir.

title amended

KevIRL

Blondie919 wrote: »

Is there a good reason why KO is at 4.10pm instead of 4?

First game of the day is at 14:05.

No idea why that game is on at five past though.

Stargate

bluefinger wrote: »

don't get all the must win stuff. some people will be awfully deflated if we don't. having hated this fixture for years I would be pleased with a point but am more optimistic than ever before that we can get a win. from memory didn't Walters score super goal against us last year. can't see him repeating that. just think we've too much firepower and stoke haven't got any.

Same here bluefinger , in my heart of hearts tho i feel we can win this with the team we have available today , but would be happy with a point , Don't want to jinx it so i will say Stoke 20 -9 Liverpool

bluefinger

Stargate wrote: »

Same here bluefinger , in my heart of hearts tho i feel we can win this with the team we have available today , but would be happy with a point , Don't want to jinx it so i will say Stoke 20 -9 Liverpool

that's my correct score bet jinxed

Sea Sharp

Suarez with an awesome goal in first 20 mins. Stoke get a goal from a corner around the 40 minute mark.
Then Sturridge comes on in the second half and Liverpool score 2 more. 3-1!!

bluefinger

really hope to see the sturridge dance today.

Charlie19

bluefinger wrote: »

really hope to see the sturridge dance today.

Here you go:)

bluefinger

Charlie19 wrote: »

Here you go:)

can't beat it live though.

niallo27

Stokes price is drifting way out on the exchange. There must be a few players out or something.

5live

niallo27 wrote: »

Stokes price is drifting way out on the exchange. There must be a few players out or something.

Or Liverpool fans piling on bets.

passremarkable

pool 1 nil
luis

Vinz Mesrine

20/1 for Butland motm

Kerrigooney

Nevermind a cold,wet and windy afternoon in Stoke,it's a cold,wet and windy afternoon in the NW of Ireland and I have to leave my lovely warm house to go out in it to the pub to watch this.

It'll probably be awful and I'll spend the rest of the night on here whinging like a bitch so I'm just warning ye.

1-1 and much whinging to follow....

kevohmsford

No Assaidi today for Stoke. Liverpool for the win

Kess73

Mignolet,Johnson,Toure,Skrtel,Cissokho,Lucas,Gerrard,Henderson,Sterling, Suarez,Coutinho



Being listed on a few sites are the starting XI

5starpool

Kess73 wrote: »

Mignolet,Johnson,Toure,Skrtel,Cissokho,Lucas,Gerrard,Henderson,Sterling, Suarez,Coutinho



Being listed on a few sites are the starting XI

Confirmed.

The Liverpool XI in full: Mignolet, Cissokho, Skrtel, Toure, Johnson, Lucas, Gerrard, Henderson, Sterling, Coutinho, Suarez.

Substitutes: Ward, Kelly, Ibe, Aspas, Moses, Sturridge, Alberto.

Very attacking bench.

mike65

Confirmed #LFC team v @stokecity:

I suppose

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Mignolet,
Johnson, Toure, Skrtel, Cissokho

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Lucas,

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Gerrard, Henderson,
Sterling----Suarez---Coutinho

Stoke Butland; Cameron, Shawcross (c), Wilson, Pieters; Walters, Nzonzi, Adam, Whelan, Arnautovic; Crouch

kevohmsford

Glad to have Sturridge on the bench. Ibe on the bench aswell

mav79

Pity Sakho didn't make it today but delighted Sturridge is on the bench.

5starpool

#scfc Starting XI vs Liverpool: Butland; Cameron, Shawcross (c), Wilson, Pieters; Walters, Nzonzi, Adam, Whelan, Arnautovic; Crouch

#scfc Substitutes vs Liverpool: Sorensen, Muniesa, Pennant, Palacios, Etherington, Shotton, Ireland.