TEAM NEWS
Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina is set to return after a five-week injury absence. The Spain international has recovered from a hamstring injury and is likely to replace Brad Jones, who has deputised in the last four league matches. Midfielder Jonjo Shelvey is fit after a thigh problem forced him out of the England squad this week while centre-backs Daniel Agger (groin) and Martin Skrtel (illness) are expected to be included.
Wigan have winger Ryo Miyaichi back available. Miyaichi, on loan from Arsenal, has not been involved in the last five games due to a pubic injury but is now training with the group again. James McArthur, who has been sidelined recently by a dead leg, is a doubt, while fellow midfielder Albert Crusat (knee) and defender Antolin Alcaraz (groin) are not yet ready to return.
MANAGER QUOTES
Brendan Rodgers on Suso: "I think his best position is that number 10 role and we'll nurture that over the next couple of years. He's a young kid that's just come up to work with us over the course of the summer. He's played some games and done very, very well. I've asked him to play in that false winger, that seven-and-a-half role, where he's more on the inside."
Roberto Martinez on talks with Liverpool in the summer: "There is always a right time and a wrong time to leave a football club. There were conversations with the chairman surrounding my position at Wigan, so it's not like I had the final call. There were approaches, some more high profile than others, but it was the right time to do that in the summer. Right now we're five months into the season so it's the wrong time to look back."
MATCH FACTS
After winning seven and losing none of the first nine league meetings with Wigan, Liverpool have won none of the last five (W0 D3 L2).
Last season's 2-1 win at Anfield was only the second time Wigan had scored more than one goal in a game against Liverpool.
Liverpool have won just three of 15 Premier League games at Anfield in 2012 (W3 D6 L6).
Wigan are the only team in the Premier League this season not to earn any points from a game where they have fallen behind at some stage.
Wigan have won just two of their last nine Premier League matches (W2 D2 L5).
Luis Suarez has scored or assisted 10 (eight goals, two assists) of Liverpool's 14 Premier League goals this season.
Suarez has attempted 53 of Liverpool's 140 shots at goal this season in the Premier League; no player has had a higher proportion of their sides' shots (37.9%).
Wigan have won five and drawn two of the last seven games that Franco Di Santo has scored for them in the Premier League.
Only Wigan (18) have conceded more penalty kicks in the Premier League since August 2010 than Liverpool (16).
Only Man City (17) and Everton (8) are on a longer unbeaten streak in the Premier League than Liverpool (six games) currently.
MATCH ODDS
Liverpool 4/9, Wigan 13/2, Draw 10/3.
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