3. (125 pts)Pick an outcome that will happen when Wolves play Liverpool at Molineux?
Along with Arsenal and Chelsea, Liverpool have won just 2 of their last 7 games to complete a hat-trick of top sides currently in pretty poor form, after Liverpool were comfortably walked over by a struggling Bolton side last week.
Liverpool's usually sturdy defence has now conceded 3 goals twice in their last 3 matches, something they'd managed to do on just one occasion in the entire season prior to these recent games as some uncharacteristically poor defending appears to have been added to their complete lack of ability to score goals.
With the unchanged defence now leaking and only one goal scored in their last 3 matches an away fixture against Wolves may produce more potential for a another slip up. On the basest level the return to Steven Gerrard appears to have done little to create goals so far, but also appears to have resulted in a less structured defence. Though he certainly isn't culpable for the strange performance against Bolton last week Liverpool's mid-week League Cup semi-final against Man City will mean The Reds will come in to game against Wolves the more jaded team and this could provide more than the usual number of opportunities for the home team. With Liverpool having managed to score more than 2 goals in just 2 games this season they will need to shore up their defences if they want to come away from Molineux with all 3 points and someone amongst their ranks is going to have to step up and start delivering goals, the lack of them has gone beyond a joke now and is seriously starting to dent any European ambitions Dalglish may have.
Wolves have just 1 win in their last 10 games, but this doesn't tell the whole story, amongst the losses and 4 draws in that stretch have been some spirited performances and unfortunate losses (like the 3-2 defeat to Villa last week and the 1-1 draw at The Emirates), they''ve also played most of the top 6 during that time so they have more in their tank than their recent results suggest and are capable of causing an upset against an out of form Liverpool team.
If Wolves achieve any sort of early success in this game Liverpool will be in real trouble and probably lose the game, but if the Mersey siders can get back to their old selves and regroup in defence, even with their lack of fire power they will find the break through at some stage. Wolves haven't kept a clean sheet since the end of August, 19 games ago and even Liverpool will have to put 2 past them if they want to come away from this game with their dignity intact.