Anfield's first evening league match of the season is also Liverpool's first match of tonight. When players from sunnier climates are signed, often the question is posed, how will they cope with a wet Wednesday against poor opposition, in January. You could forgive the match going fans for not being excited about this fixture. Cold, wet and a match that could so easily disintigrate into Championship football is hardly a salivating prospect and it is also worth remembering that, whilst he has a big fat head, Steve Bruce has an excellent record against us - Head to Head, Bruce has 6 points over Benitez in previous meetings, which put him only behind Wenger, Ferguson and Mourinho in head to heads. What we can expect of his Wigan side is a strong physical presence and a well organised defence, this is the sort of game where we will need the likes of Torres, Gerrard, Babel and Benayoun.
Centre Back again looks like being a problem area, with Hyypia still out. Hobbs or Arbeloa - it is a problem for Benitez and really the front line have to fire to ensure that it isn't a problem.
I expect a win today, but nothing pretty, the atmosphere should be reasonable, generally evening games are better than Saturdays, after all.
Prediction: Liverpool 2 Wigan 0 - First Goalscorer: Torres.
Ian Pankhurst
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