Premier League match time begins at Bloomfield Road as Blackpool are ready to host Liverpool on 12 January.
This is another leg meeting between the sides that was originally scheduled to be held on December 26 and was postponed due to snow. Blackpool played the first leg away at Anfield on October 3, winning that game 2-1. Blackpool took the lead in the 29th minute via an Adam penalty, and Varney doubled the lead at the break. And although Kyrgiakos reduced the lead eight minutes after the interval, the Reds could not break down a hard Blackpool defense in the second half and Ian Holloway’s divisions ran out of winners.
The game was in central midfield for Blackpool by Adam and Vaughan, and Merseysider’s losses could be partly attributed to a heavy toll taken by the then current management battle at Anfield. Liverpool have since come out of the relegation zone with some honorable performances, but one thing that has not changed is that their manager Hodgson’s head is on the block, all the more so after the defeat at Ewood Park to Blackburn.
The first leg meeting on October 3 was the only occasion the sides met in a league match. Ranked 13th in the standings, Blackpool have not had a very good home ground in their debut season, having only won 2 out of 7 games hosted, while losing 3 and drawing the remaining 2. This is matched by Liverpool’s poor away consisting of 7 wins in 10 games on the road while drawing 2 and winning only one เลื่อนแข่งพรีเมียร์.
Blackpool, who have had 4 wins and 3 losses in their last 10 league games, come into this match with 2 defeats on trot, the last being a 2-1 defeat against Birmingham in match week 22. Liverpool have had 4 wins and 5 losses in their last 10 games, including a 3-1 away loss to Blackburn. In its current form, Blackpool seem to have the edge, but Liverpool, where Gerrard and Torres are starting to combine well and Maxi is starting to score consistently, are likely to test Blackpool’s defense, which has recently been porous.
Blackpool had the following men in their starting eleven in Game 22 against Birmingham: Kingson, Eardley, Cathcart, Evatt, Crainey, Vaughan, Campbell, Adam, Phillips, Varney and Taylor-Fletcher. Southern, Ormerod and Euell highlighted as substitutes.
The following men were in Liverpool’s start eleven against Blackburn in match week 22: Reina, Johnson, Kyrgiakos, Skrtel, Konchesky, Cole, Gerrard, Lucas, Maxi, Torres and Ngog. Babel, Agger and Kuyt were used as substitutes.

