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8 Things You Need To Know: West Brom vs Liverpool

West Brom host Liverpool having beaten Midlands rivals Aston Villa in their last Barclays Premier League fixture

West Brom covered 110.005km in that game, with goal scorer Paul Scharner covering the most ground in that game with 11.104km

West Brom lost their top ranked player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, Shane Long, for six weeks in that game. Long had previously scored three goals from eleven attempts at goal with 64% on target.

Jonas Olsson scored his first Barclays Premier League goal of the season against Villa, but the Swedish defender has been using his power in the air for more defensive duties so far this season, having made more clearances than any other player (25)

Liverpool were held to a draw by Norwich in their last game, with Craig Bellamy scoring his first goal since returning to Liverpool

Luis Suarez saw the post and an inspired performance from Norwich ‘keeper John Ruddy prevent him from getting on the score sheet against Norwich

The Uruguayan striker is surely due a change in fortunes, as he has now had 36 attempts returning just 4 goals. Suarez has got 67% of those attempts on target, and is second only to

Robin van Persie in both overall attempts and efforts on target.
Suarez has had just one fewer attempt than van Persie, but the Dutchman has scored three more goals, while Wayne Rooney has scored 9 goals from 2 fewer attempts than Suarez.

Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

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