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The Valley
Saturday, 16 December
Kick-off: 1245 GMT
Coverage on the BBC Sport website, BBC Radio Five Live, and highlights on MOTD
Charlton are without on-loan keeper Scott Carson as he cannot play against his parent club, so Thomas Myhre plays.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and former Reds defender Djimi Traore are fit and could start, but Radostin Kishishev (calf) and Andy Reid (hamstring) are concerns.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez could be tempted to name an unchanged side, meaning Craig Bellamy and Dirk Kuyt continue their strike partnership.
Bolo Zenden, Mohamed Sissoko and Harry Kewell remain sidelined.
Charlton (from): Myhre, Young, Hreidarsson, El Karkouri, Diawara, Traore, Kishishev, Reid, Rommedahl, Faye, Hughes, Sam, Hasselbaink, D Bent, Andersen, Fortune, Holland, M Bent.
Liverpool (from): Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Agger, Riise, Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Alonso, Pennant, Fowler, Crouch, Bellamy, Kuyt, Gonzalez, Guthrie, Dudek, Paletta.
BIG-MATCH FACTS
CHARLTON ATHLETIC and Liverpool get the weekend's Premiership action underway, as the Saturday lunchtime fixture pits the third lowest and fourth highest teams in the top division's "Last Six Current Form" table. These clubs are coming off contrasting results. The Addicks lost 1-5, away to Spurs, the Reds thrashed Fulham 4-0 at Anfield. But the Londoners won this fixture last season, and Les Reed would clearly love another victory on his 200th day in charge at the Valley.
Athletic have dropped more points and conceded more goals than any other club in the highest League.
The Addicks kept clean sheets and took four points off Liverpool last season.
LIVERPOOL embark on their Premiership travels for the first time since claiming a first away League win of the season, 4-0 at Wigan. A similar score, home to Fulham took their unbeaten run to five and means they've won 50 and lost 25 Premiership matches under Rafael Benitez.
The Merseysiders go to the Valley for their 29th match of the season, seeking a 100th all-time Premier League victory away from home. They're on the longest current run without conceding a Premiership goal of 460 minutes (seven hours 40 minutes), since William Gallas netted Arsenal's third in the Londoners' 3-0 home win on 12 November.
Liverpool have won three of their seven Premiership visits to Charlton. Fernando Morientes and John Arne Riise netted in the 1-2 victory on 1 February 2005 - their only maximum in four visits.
606 DEBATE: Give your thoughts on this match
REFEREE
Howard Webb (Yorkshire)
Premiership referees' table
Howard Webb's 2006-07 Premiership card count
Howard Webb is a late replacement for Alan Wiley.
SEQUENCES/RECENT FORM
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Club stats
Fixtures
19th 12 points
Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 18th
Lowest could fall: 20th
1. Registered only three League wins and 11 defeats, dropping 39 points.
2. Conceded 28 Premiership goals, leaking on average, one every 55 minutes.
3. Won one of the last six League outings, and lost four of the six.
4. Scored one goal in each of the last four Premiership matches, and kept one clean sheet in six.
5. The current tally of 12 points after 17 games is Charlton's lowest ever in the Premiership. The previous lowest to this identical stage was 16 in the relegation season of 1998-99, when they also had 16 after the first 18 games.
6. Scored twice in stoppage time. No club has netted more Premiership goals in added time this season.
7. Picked up eight points from the last 12 at home, with clean sheets in three of the four.
8. Netted only six goals in eight League engagements at the Valley.
9. Two fixtures must be played before Christmas - home to Wycombe in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup, and away to Middlesbrough in the League. The post-Christmas fixtures are home to Fulham and Aston Villa, and away to Arsenal.
LIVERPOOL
Club stats
Fixtures
5th 28 points
Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 3rd
Lowest could fall: 7th
1. Avoided defeat in six of the last seven in all competitions.
2. Lost one of the last eight Premiership matches.
3. Won the last two League games by 4-0 margins, and unbeaten in five.
4. Aiming to take their run of successive Premiership clean sheets to six matches.
5. Won eight top flight matches, only Manchester United (14) and Chelsea (11) have won more.
6. Failed to score in six Premiership away games on the bounce, until the 0-4 victory at the JJB Stadium.
7. Won all seven top tier games in which they have scored first - only Portsmouth can match that.
8. Holding a 100% record when leading at half time - won all five.
9. Lost five away League games - more than any other top six club.
10. A home tie against Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup, and a clash with Watford at Anfield are scheduled before Christmas. Thereafter there's a derby game at Blackburn on Boxing Day, a trip to Tottenham on the following Saturday and a New Year's Day derby, home to Bolton.
KEY PLAYER NOTES/POTENTIAL MILESTONES
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Squad profiles
DARREN BENT has scored eight of Charlton's 18 goals so far this season - six of the 13 in the Premiership.
MARCUS BENT is one shy of 100 club career goals.
Luke YOUNG is the only player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of Charlton's League and Cup matches this season. YOUNG, DARREN BENT, Scott CARSON and Talal EL-KARKOURI have figured in every minute of the Addicks' Premiership games this term.
Scott CARSON is on loan from Liverpool and therefore ineligible to play.
If he participates, Djimi TRAORE will be playing against a former club. TRAORE made 88 Premiership appearances for Liverpool, after joining them in February 1999.
If he gets a run out, Kevin LISBIE will be making his 150th League appearance for Athletic.
If he lines-up for the kick-off, Matt HOLLAND will be making his 100th career League start.
If on the field from the outset, Jerome THOMAS will be making his 50th start for the south-east Londoners.
LIVERPOOL
Squad profiles
Peter CROUCH is Liverpool's top scorer with nine goals.
Jose Manuel REINA is the only remaining player to have been on the field for every minute of the Reds' Premiership matches this season.
REINA and Steven GERRARD are the only players to have figured in at least a part of each of Liverpool's Premiership games this season.
If he plays, Steven GERRARD will be making his 250th Premiership appearance in a Liverpool shirt.
Craig BELLAMY needs one to total 50 Premier League goals (Coventry, Newcastle, Blackburn and Liverpool).
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Charlton Athletic 2-0 Liverpool
8 February 2005 - Ref: Andre Marriner
Charlton scorers: Darren Bent 42 pen, Young 45
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
Home and away
League: Charlton 19 wins, Liverpool 28, Draws 7
Prem: Charlton 5 wins, Liverpool 7, Draws 2
at Charlton only
League: Charlton 13 wins, Liverpool 12, Draws 2
Prem: Charlton 4 wins, Liverpool 3, Draws 0
The Valley
Saturday, 16 December
Kick-off: 1245 GMT
Coverage on the BBC Sport website, BBC Radio Five Live, and highlights on MOTD
Charlton are without on-loan keeper Scott Carson as he cannot play against his parent club, so Thomas Myhre plays.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and former Reds defender Djimi Traore are fit and could start, but Radostin Kishishev (calf) and Andy Reid (hamstring) are concerns.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez could be tempted to name an unchanged side, meaning Craig Bellamy and Dirk Kuyt continue their strike partnership.
Bolo Zenden, Mohamed Sissoko and Harry Kewell remain sidelined.
Charlton (from): Myhre, Young, Hreidarsson, El Karkouri, Diawara, Traore, Kishishev, Reid, Rommedahl, Faye, Hughes, Sam, Hasselbaink, D Bent, Andersen, Fortune, Holland, M Bent.
Liverpool (from): Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Agger, Riise, Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Alonso, Pennant, Fowler, Crouch, Bellamy, Kuyt, Gonzalez, Guthrie, Dudek, Paletta.
BIG-MATCH FACTS
CHARLTON ATHLETIC and Liverpool get the weekend's Premiership action underway, as the Saturday lunchtime fixture pits the third lowest and fourth highest teams in the top division's "Last Six Current Form" table. These clubs are coming off contrasting results. The Addicks lost 1-5, away to Spurs, the Reds thrashed Fulham 4-0 at Anfield. But the Londoners won this fixture last season, and Les Reed would clearly love another victory on his 200th day in charge at the Valley.
Athletic have dropped more points and conceded more goals than any other club in the highest League.
The Addicks kept clean sheets and took four points off Liverpool last season.
LIVERPOOL embark on their Premiership travels for the first time since claiming a first away League win of the season, 4-0 at Wigan. A similar score, home to Fulham took their unbeaten run to five and means they've won 50 and lost 25 Premiership matches under Rafael Benitez.
The Merseysiders go to the Valley for their 29th match of the season, seeking a 100th all-time Premier League victory away from home. They're on the longest current run without conceding a Premiership goal of 460 minutes (seven hours 40 minutes), since William Gallas netted Arsenal's third in the Londoners' 3-0 home win on 12 November.
Liverpool have won three of their seven Premiership visits to Charlton. Fernando Morientes and John Arne Riise netted in the 1-2 victory on 1 February 2005 - their only maximum in four visits.
606 DEBATE: Give your thoughts on this match
REFEREE
Howard Webb (Yorkshire)
Premiership referees' table
Howard Webb's 2006-07 Premiership card count
Howard Webb is a late replacement for Alan Wiley.
SEQUENCES/RECENT FORM
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Club stats
Fixtures
19th 12 points
Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 18th
Lowest could fall: 20th
1. Registered only three League wins and 11 defeats, dropping 39 points.
2. Conceded 28 Premiership goals, leaking on average, one every 55 minutes.
3. Won one of the last six League outings, and lost four of the six.
4. Scored one goal in each of the last four Premiership matches, and kept one clean sheet in six.
5. The current tally of 12 points after 17 games is Charlton's lowest ever in the Premiership. The previous lowest to this identical stage was 16 in the relegation season of 1998-99, when they also had 16 after the first 18 games.
6. Scored twice in stoppage time. No club has netted more Premiership goals in added time this season.
7. Picked up eight points from the last 12 at home, with clean sheets in three of the four.
8. Netted only six goals in eight League engagements at the Valley.
9. Two fixtures must be played before Christmas - home to Wycombe in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup, and away to Middlesbrough in the League. The post-Christmas fixtures are home to Fulham and Aston Villa, and away to Arsenal.
LIVERPOOL
Club stats
Fixtures
5th 28 points
Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 3rd
Lowest could fall: 7th
1. Avoided defeat in six of the last seven in all competitions.
2. Lost one of the last eight Premiership matches.
3. Won the last two League games by 4-0 margins, and unbeaten in five.
4. Aiming to take their run of successive Premiership clean sheets to six matches.
5. Won eight top flight matches, only Manchester United (14) and Chelsea (11) have won more.
6. Failed to score in six Premiership away games on the bounce, until the 0-4 victory at the JJB Stadium.
7. Won all seven top tier games in which they have scored first - only Portsmouth can match that.
8. Holding a 100% record when leading at half time - won all five.
9. Lost five away League games - more than any other top six club.
10. A home tie against Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup, and a clash with Watford at Anfield are scheduled before Christmas. Thereafter there's a derby game at Blackburn on Boxing Day, a trip to Tottenham on the following Saturday and a New Year's Day derby, home to Bolton.
KEY PLAYER NOTES/POTENTIAL MILESTONES
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Squad profiles
DARREN BENT has scored eight of Charlton's 18 goals so far this season - six of the 13 in the Premiership.
MARCUS BENT is one shy of 100 club career goals.
Luke YOUNG is the only player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of Charlton's League and Cup matches this season. YOUNG, DARREN BENT, Scott CARSON and Talal EL-KARKOURI have figured in every minute of the Addicks' Premiership games this term.
Scott CARSON is on loan from Liverpool and therefore ineligible to play.
If he participates, Djimi TRAORE will be playing against a former club. TRAORE made 88 Premiership appearances for Liverpool, after joining them in February 1999.
If he gets a run out, Kevin LISBIE will be making his 150th League appearance for Athletic.
If he lines-up for the kick-off, Matt HOLLAND will be making his 100th career League start.
If on the field from the outset, Jerome THOMAS will be making his 50th start for the south-east Londoners.
LIVERPOOL
Squad profiles
Peter CROUCH is Liverpool's top scorer with nine goals.
Jose Manuel REINA is the only remaining player to have been on the field for every minute of the Reds' Premiership matches this season.
REINA and Steven GERRARD are the only players to have figured in at least a part of each of Liverpool's Premiership games this season.
If he plays, Steven GERRARD will be making his 250th Premiership appearance in a Liverpool shirt.
Craig BELLAMY needs one to total 50 Premier League goals (Coventry, Newcastle, Blackburn and Liverpool).
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Charlton Athletic 2-0 Liverpool
8 February 2005 - Ref: Andre Marriner
Charlton scorers: Darren Bent 42 pen, Young 45
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
Home and away
League: Charlton 19 wins, Liverpool 28, Draws 7
Prem: Charlton 5 wins, Liverpool 7, Draws 2
at Charlton only
League: Charlton 13 wins, Liverpool 12, Draws 2
Prem: Charlton 4 wins, Liverpool 3, Draws 0
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