Bolton Wanderers vs Liverpool FC
Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Saturday 29 August 2009
Kickoff: 16:00
This weekend at the Reebok Stadium Bolton take on Liverpool. Both of these teams are out of form at the moment and have struggled to find any real momentum so far in the Premier League. Liverpool are still trying to adapt to life without the influence of Xabi Alonso in their midfield. This is hampered by the fact that new boy Alberto Aquilani is still not available through injury and will be missing for at least a few more weeks.
Although Liverpool's start this season hasn't been great, the teams who have beaten them are actually very good sides in their own right. Spurs are a much stronger outfit this year and will be fighting for European places at the end of the season. I don't think that LFC will be the last side to get beat at White Hart Lane this year. Aston Villa have not shown consistency lately, but still possess a squad with fantastics pace and ability and will also climb the table this year as they starts to put things right.
Bolton's losses have come at home to Sunderland and away to Hull City who with all due respect are not of the same quality of Aston Villa or Spurs. Liverpool had no problems defeating Stoke 4-0 last week, while at the time of writing this preview Bolton have just scraped through their Carling Cup game by beating League 1 side Tranmere 1-0. What I am trying to say here is that there is a much lower standard of opposition than Liverpool which is causing Bolton problems and also beating them at the moment. While Liverpool are finding it difficult against stronger Premiership sides but look capable of comfortably beating the weaker Premiership sides.
Liverpool have had the best of the recent meetings between these two sides over the past few seasons and you would have to go back to September 2006 to find the last time Bolton managed a league victory in this fixture. Since then they have played 5, lost 5, scored 1 and conceded 15. Bolton have tried to make their back line more solid with the signings of Zat Knight and Sam Ricketts during the summer. But I do not feel that they have the same quality that they had under Sam Allardyce and will find it much more difficult to cause the same problems to the top sides in the way they did back then.
I think that there is every chance that this Bolton side will be up against a Liverpool side who will be looking to put a few things right and get their title challenge back on track in this fixture. I also feel that player to player Liverpool have the quality to overcome this fragile Bolton side. A lot depends on Liverpool's key players turning up in the right frame of mind here and finally kick-starting their season. I would be very surprised If Liverpool don't manage to take this one by at least one goal.
Although Liverpool's start this season hasn't been great, the teams who have beaten them are actually very good sides in their own right. Spurs are a much stronger outfit this year and will be fighting for European places at the end of the season. I don't think that LFC will be the last side to get beat at White Hart Lane this year. Aston Villa have not shown consistency lately, but still possess a squad with fantastics pace and ability and will also climb the table this year as they starts to put things right.
Bolton's losses have come at home to Sunderland and away to Hull City who with all due respect are not of the same quality of Aston Villa or Spurs. Liverpool had no problems defeating Stoke 4-0 last week, while at the time of writing this preview Bolton have just scraped through their Carling Cup game by beating League 1 side Tranmere 1-0. What I am trying to say here is that there is a much lower standard of opposition than Liverpool which is causing Bolton problems and also beating them at the moment. While Liverpool are finding it difficult against stronger Premiership sides but look capable of comfortably beating the weaker Premiership sides.
Liverpool have had the best of the recent meetings between these two sides over the past few seasons and you would have to go back to September 2006 to find the last time Bolton managed a league victory in this fixture. Since then they have played 5, lost 5, scored 1 and conceded 15. Bolton have tried to make their back line more solid with the signings of Zat Knight and Sam Ricketts during the summer. But I do not feel that they have the same quality that they had under Sam Allardyce and will find it much more difficult to cause the same problems to the top sides in the way they did back then.
I think that there is every chance that this Bolton side will be up against a Liverpool side who will be looking to put a few things right and get their title challenge back on track in this fixture. I also feel that player to player Liverpool have the quality to overcome this fragile Bolton side. A lot depends on Liverpool's key players turning up in the right frame of mind here and finally kick-starting their season. I would be very surprised If Liverpool don't manage to take this one by at least one goal.
Last Bolton - Liverpool Highlights (0-2)
0 comments:
Post a Comment