West Brom vs Liverpool: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats for the Premier League clash

By Pa Reporter

Published: 06:48 EST, 24 April 2015 | Updated: 17:37 EST, 24 April 2015

Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for West Brom's home clash with Liverpool...

 

West Bromwich Albion vs Liverpool (The Hawthorns) 

Team news

West Brom

Andre Wisdom is ineligible to play parent club Liverpool when they face West Brom at The Hawthorns.

The defender is sidelined along with Youssouf Mulumbu who serves the final game of his three-match ban while Ben Foster remains a long-term absentee with a knee injury.

Craig Dawson is fit, though, despite limping off against Crystal Palace with a dead leg with the defender set to keep his place.

Provisional squad: Myhill, Rose, Gamboa, Pocognoli, Dawson, McAuley, Lescott, Olsson, Brunt, Baird, Fletcher, Gardner, McManaman, Morrison, Yacob, Sessegnon, Anichebe, Berahino, Ideye. 

Jordan Henderson (right) celebrates scoring Liverpool's winning goal in a 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at Anfield back in October's reverse Premier League fixture

Jordan Henderson (right) celebrates scoring Liverpool's winning goal in a 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at Anfield back in October's reverse Premier League fixture

Liverpool

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge will miss his third successive match as he has still not recovered from a hip injury to face West Brom.

Defender Mamadou Sakho (thigh) and midfielder Lucas Leiva (thigh) are also ruled out of the trip but winger Jordon Ibe returns after being ineligible for last weekend's FA Cup semi-final.

Midfielder Adam Lallana (groin) and long-time absentee Jon Flanagan (knee) have returned to training but are both doubtful.

Provisional squad: Mignolet, Can, Skrtel, Lovren, Ibe, Henderson, Allen, Moreno, Coutinho, Sterling, Balotelli, Jones, Johnson, Manquillo, Toure, Markovic, Gerrard, Brannagan, Lambert, Borini.

 

West Brom vs Liverpool 

Kick-off: Saturday, 3pm

Odds (subject to change):

West Brom 16/5 

Draw 13/5

Liverpool EVENS 

Referee: Roger East 

Managers: Tony Pulis (West Brom), Brendan Rodgers (Liverpool)

Head-to-head league record: West Brom wins 32, draws 34, Liverpool wins 59

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

After failing to score in their first nine Premier League meetings with Liverpool, West Brom have scored in seven of their last eight.

Brendan Rodgers won both PL meetings with the Baggies as Swansea manager but has only won two in five as Liverpool boss (D1 L2).

Tony Pulis has never lost a Premier League home game against Liverpool (W3 D3).

Steven Gerrard would become the 12th player in Premier League history to make 500 PL appearances, should he play this match.

Only Ryan Giggs (632 for Man Utd) and Jamie Carragher (508 for Liverpool) have made 500-plus PL appearances for a single club.

If only goals from English players counted, Liverpool would top the Premier League table on 65 points.

The Hawthorns has seen 11 goals scored in the opening 15 minutes of matches this season; more than at any other Premier League ground.

Mario Balotelli has still scored just one goal in the Premier League for Liverpool (in 14 apps).

The Italian scored two and was sent off in his first ever Premier League game at the Hawthorns for Man City.

15 of Saido Berahino’s 18 goals in all competitions this season have come at the Hawthorns (83%).

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