The final Premier League match of 2014 sees
Liverpool host Swansea City live on Monday
Night Football.
Brendan Rodgers guided Swansea to
promotion to the Premier League in 2011 and
his former club currently sit three points clear
of his current one in the table.
Both sides enjoyed 1-0 victories on Boxing
Day, with Swansea beating Aston Villa at
home and Liverpool winning at Burnley, but
the Reds have won just two of their last eight
Premier League games at Anfield.
Team news
Simon Mignolet will return to starting XI at the
expense of the injured Brad Jones. The
Belgian had been "indefinitely" dropped by
Rodgers, but was called upon from the bench
when Jones suffered a thigh injury against
Burnley.
Fabio Borini returns to the squad following
suspension but defenders Dejan Lovren and
Glen Johnson (both groin) and Jon Flanagan
(knee) are still not fit.
Swansea winger Jefferson Montero is set to
miss the game after he damaged a hamstring
against Villa, although he will be assessed in
the next 24 hours.
Garry Monk is set to rotate his squad with
possible recalls for Jazz Richards, Wayne
Routledge and Bafetimbi Gomis, while on-loan
Spurs midfielder Tom Carroll could replace
former Liverpool man Jonjo Shelvey.
Opta stats
After just one goal being scored in the first
three Barclays Premier League games between
Swansea and Liverpool, there have been 16 in
the last three.
There have been three goals scored in the
opening five minutes of the last two league
meetings between these two teams.
Shelvey has scored in both of his appearances
for Swansea against his former club.
Last season’s 3-4 defeat is the highest
scoring away match that Swansea have been
involved in away from home since they
reached the Premier League (seven goals).
Wilfried Bony has scored the first goal of the
game in three of his last four starts away from
home for Swansea.
Paul Merson’s prediction
“I’m going for a Liverpool win here but it’s a
very hard game. Swansea are a very good
football team and they’ll go to Anfield and
pass the ball as well as Liverpool. But
Brendan Rodgers will be happy with his side’s
performances of late and they are starting to
string a few results together. They can
continue that and pick up a hard-fought 2-1
win.”
PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1

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Daniel sturridge set for a comeback in the next coming days therefore a win for the red will trigger top 4 race.

Go red and sink Swansea.

Mod front page please.

Goal !!! Moreno scores

moderators update ohhh its 4-1 to liverpool ynwa

full time 4-1...liverpool end the year with an emphatic victory over swansea!!! ynwa

4 - 1 ...

chelseabmw:
lol boring liverpool with their 19th century football ... So your thread can't even make front page Shame!!!

yeah right...boring football indeed....
we like them that way....
i'd rather have them playing "boring" football and winning than playing good football and losing...
but come to tink of it,which clubside had that infamous reputation of "parking the bus"??
is this a case of an extremely black pot calling a kettle black? ynwa