{"id":9713,"date":"2011-12-09T13:20:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T13:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/liverpool-v-qpr\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T13:20:50","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T13:20:50","slug":"liverpool-v-qpr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/09\/liverpool-v-qpr\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool v QPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1b4d55338823_hi009932071.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Wilson\" \/><span>By Steve Wilson<\/span><br \/><span>BBC Match of the Day commentator<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Barclays Premier League<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Venue:<\/em> Anfield<\/li>\n<li><em>Date:<\/em> Saturday, 10 December<\/li>\n<li><em>Kick-off:<\/em> 1500 GMT<\/li>\n<li><em>Coverage:<\/em> Watch highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC Radio Merseyside 1485 MW and DAB; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<h2>Live text and stats<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 10 December 2011<\/p>\n<p>Premier League<\/p>\n<table summary=\"This table is for live text and stats\" caption=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Home Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Score<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Away Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Time<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Liverpool<\/td>\n<td>v<\/td>\n<td>QPR<\/td>\n<td>15:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>TEAM NEWS<\/h2>\n<p>Liverpool will be without Jay Spearing, who begins a three-game ban following his sending off at Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>With Lucas Leiva out for the season and Steven Gerrard still missing, Jordan Henderson could switch to a central midfield role.<\/p>\n<p>QPR are still without Paddy Kenny and Brian Murphy, so third-choice keeper Radek Cerny will start in goal.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Connolly could be in line for a recall after playing 45 minutes for the reserves on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2>MATCH PREVIEW<\/h2>\n<p>I wrote a few weeks ago that Manchester United&#8217;s ability not to drop points against the so-called lesser clubs, despite some instantly forgettable performances, has been the key to their seasons of success in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are the exact opposite. Their habitual dropping of points against the relative minnows of the Premier League has consistently undermined their usually excellent results against the big guns.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"31\">\n<blockquote readability=\"5\">\n<p>All clubs have &#8216;if only&#8217;s&#8217; at the end of the season &#8211; Liverpool may have more than most<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>So a home game against a newly-promoted side should set the Anfield alarm bells ringing. For the record, Liverpool have won only one of their last seven matches against newly-promoted sides &#8211; it&#8217;s four wins from the last nine against Premier League new boys at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>This season Sunderland, Norwich and Swansea have already drawn at Anfield. Last season, Liverpool failed to win at home against Blackpool, Wolves and Wigan. In the 2008\/09 season when Liverpool finished second, four points behind Manchester United, they drew at home to Stoke, Fulham, West Ham and Hull.<\/p>\n<p>All clubs have &#8216;if only&#8217;s&#8217; at the end of the season &#8211; Liverpool may have more than most.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers have been really interesting this season. They lost 4-0 to Bolton and 6-0 to Fulham yet beat Chelsea and were unlucky to lose to Manchester City. Whilst some pundits predicted that last season&#8217;s top man Adel Taarabt would not quite cut the mustard a division up, even Mrs. Helguson might be a little surprised that husband Heidar has scored six goals in his last seven games against top-flight defences.<\/p>\n<p>This one could be fascinating.<\/p>\n<h2>MATCH FACTS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This will be their first meeting since February 1996, which ended in a 2-1 win for Liverpool at Loftus Road.<\/li>\n<li>QPR have won just one of their 20 league visits to Anfield &#8211; a 3-1 victory in March 1991.<\/li>\n<li>The Londoners have just one victory from eight Premier League encounters with Liverpool &#8211; a 2-1 win October 1994.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Liverpool and Manchester City are the only teams unbeaten at home in the Premier League this season.<\/li>\n<li>The Reds have drawn their last four league games at Anfield.<\/li>\n<li>Liverpool&#8217;s tally of 17 goals from their first 14 games is their third lowest in Premier League history (15 in 2006-7, 16 in 2010-11).<\/li>\n<li>They have hit the woodwork 12 times in the league this season &#8211; more than any other team. Stewart Downing has done so three times, more than any other player.<\/li>\n<li>Charlie Adam will be playing on his 26th birthday.<\/li>\n<li>A goal for Dirk Kuyt would be his 50th in the Premier League.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>QPR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>QPR have won more games away from home (3) than at Loftus Road (1) in the Premier League this season.<\/li>\n<li>They have already won on Merseyside this season &#8211; a 1-0 victory against Everton.<\/li>\n<li>Neil Warnock&#8217;s side have kept just one clean sheet in their last nine league games &#8211; the 1-0 victory against Chelsea.<\/li>\n<li>Heidar Helguson could make his 250th start in English league football.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Steve Wilson BBC Match of the Day commentator Barclays Premier League Venue: Anfield Date: Saturday, 10 December Kick-off: 1500 GMT Coverage: Watch highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC Radio Merseyside 1485 MW and DAB; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles Live text and stats \u00a0 Saturday, 10 December 2011 Premier League Home Team Score Away Team Time Liverpool v QPR 15:00 TEAM NEWS Liverpool will be without Jay Spearing, who begins a three-game ban following his sending off at Fulham. With Lucas Leiva out for the season and Steven Gerrard still missing, Jordan Henderson could switch to a central midfield role<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool v QPR - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/09\/liverpool-v-qpr\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Liverpool v QPR - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Steve Wilson BBC Match of the Day commentator Barclays Premier League Venue: Anfield Date: Saturday, 10 December Kick-off: 1500 GMT Coverage: Watch highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC Radio Merseyside 1485 MW and DAB; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles Live text and stats \u00a0 Saturday, 10 December 2011 Premier League Home Team Score Away Team Time Liverpool v QPR 15:00 TEAM NEWS Liverpool will be without Jay Spearing, who begins a three-game ban following his sending off at Fulham. 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