Good afternoon and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Wigan!

Gerrard takes the short throw, but after much hesitation the attempt at an attack is swept up by Figueroa.

Sharp Liverpool attack forward ends with nothing more than an attacking throw on the right.

Now the visitors are beginning to enjoy some sustained possession, though the back line of the Reds are for the most part keeping them out of their final third.

There were appeals from the left-back for a foul as he lost out, but it looked more of a hope in vain of salvaging pride at losing the ball to me.

Moses mugs Enrique for possession and attempts to cut inside Skrtel for the shot at goal, but the centre-back manages to block on the slide.

A scuffed shot by Suarez looks to be going wide and out for a goal kick, until Downing manages to knock it away for a Wigan throw at full stretch.

Wigan clear their lines at the first corner of the match, but a subsequent attempt to break is also dealt with.

Whipped towards the far post by Gerrard, Skrtel tries to head it across goal! Boyce intercepts at the expense of a corner.

Suarez is fouled just outside the right-hand corner of the box by Figueroa. Free-kick with potential, this.

The hosts finally starting to dictate the tempo as they were expected to do pre-game. Some neat flowing passes around the pitch.

Liverpool win a throw-in out on that same right-hand side.

Flanagan is unable to latch onto a Downing through pass down the right, and it's seen out safely by Figueroa for a goal kick.

Both sides remain glued to Wigan's left wing with a series of throw-ins and some protracted head tennis battles. The sunlight appears to be part of the cause for the slow start, several players squinting and holding their arms over their eyes while trying to play.

Moses insists he was barged off the ball by Spearing as he bombs down the right, but referee Lee Mason says the challenge was a fair one and Liverpool take a goal kick short.

The home side get the first half started.

The teams are out on the pitch at Anfield, and kick-off is coming up next.

Only Wigan (8.4%) have a lower chance conversion rate than Liverpool (9.1%) in the Premier League this season.

Only Wigan (7) and Wolves (5) have picked up fewer points than Liverpool (8) in 2012.

Wigan have won just one of their last 14 Premier League matches (W1 D7 L6).

Liverpool have won none of the last four league meetings with Wigan, with the last three in a row ending as draws.

Wigan keeper Al Habsi, who starts between the sticks today, was the star of the reverse fixture just before Christmas as the relegation battlers held the Europe chasers to a goalless draw at the DW.