Back down to Earth for Liverpool, as they travel to the West Midlands to face 19th-place Wolverhampton. It's a stark contrast from the action of the past week, facing opposition at the bottom of the table, away from Anfield, and with nothing immediately at stake. And if you've paid attention to Liverpool at all this season, it's cause for concern, with form against the mid- and lower-table sides worlds apart from the displays we've seen the last two times out.

Team news, quotes and facts ahead of the Premier League clash between Wigan Athletic and Arsenal at the DW Stadium.

TEAM NEWS

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has no fresh injury concerns. Emmerson Boyce, who has not featured in the squad for the last two matches, is back in training working on his fitness.

Team news, quotes and facts ahead of the Premier League clash between Wigan Athletic and Arsenal at the DW Stadium.

TEAM NEWS

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has no fresh injury concerns. Emmerson Boyce, who has not featured in the squad for the last two matches, is back in training working on his fitness.

By Alan Duffy

Everton 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League 19th November 2011

Both sides benefited from penalty kicks in this rather dour encounter at Goodison Park.

Wolves' Stephen Hunt opened the scoring from the penalty spot on 37 minutes after Marouane Fellaini fouled David Edwards in the Toffees' box.

By Alan Duffy

Caught in the act: the offending spit in action

Poor old Roberto Martinez is having a hard old time of it. Not only does the doe-eyed Spaniard have to find a way to wake his underperfoming Wigan side from its early season coma, but he now has to deal with the likely suspension of his Paraguayan defender Antolín Alcaraz.

Antolin Alcaraz spits at Richard Stearman- Photo Alcaraz spitting Stearman Wigan Wolves is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Antolin Alcaraz spits at Richard Stearman- Photo Alcaraz spitting Stearman Wigan Wolves is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Wigan Athletic's Paraguayan centre half Antolin Alcaraz has been charged by the FA for spitting at Wolverhampton Wanderers' Richard Stearman in the two sides' Premier League game on Sunday 6, November, 2011.

By Chris Wright

Pies pick of the photos from last night's League Cup third round action...

The sun sets dramatically behind Elland Road before kick-off of Leeds' game against Manchester United

Wolves' Richard Stearman and Millwall's John Marquis do battle in the air over Molineux.

Premier League chalkboard analysis | Michael Cox

Manchester City allow Samir Nasri to roam, Mick McCarthy uses his bench to good effect and Charlie Adam keeps it simple City allow Nasri to roam Samir Nasri made a wonderful start to his Manchester City career with a great performance in the 5-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur .

*A version of this post appeared on WolvesBlog earlier this week.
** All chalkboards courtesy of The Guardian and powered by Opta data.

Five Things We Learned From Wolves vs Fulham August 21st 2011
by Adam Bate

Johnson to the Rescue

The signing of Roger Johnson has obviously excited Wolves fans.

*A version of this post appeared on WolvesBlog earlier this week

by Adam Bate

Johnson to the Rescue

The signing of Roger Johnson has obviously excited Wolves fans. It seems too much to dare to hope that one man can transform last season's 17th leakiest Premier League defence into a formidable unit.

Fulham was a better team than Wolves, no question about it. They had a better passing game and dominated the match. At the same time they were not effective going forward. Thank God for that! With Craddock pairing with Berra in the middle and Stearman and Ward on the full-back positions we also looked stronger [.

Lineups are in:
Arsenal: Starters: Wojo, Sagna, Djourou, Koscielny, Clichy, Wilshere, Song, Cesc, Theo, Arshavin, Van Persie Bench: Almunia, Denilson, Squillaci, Eboue, Gibbs, Chamakh, Bendtner

Wolves: Starters: Hennessey, Berra, Stearman, Zubar, Elokobi, Milijas, Henry, Jarvis, Hammill, Doyle, O'Hara Bench: Foley, Fletcher, Ebanks-Blake, Jones, Ward, Hahnemann, Craddock

Discuss.

Lineups are in:

Arsenal: Starters: Wojo, Sagna, Djourou, Koscielny, Clichy, Wilshere, Song, Cesc, Theo, Arshavin, Van Persie Bench: Almunia, Denilson, Squillaci, Eboue, Gibbs, Chamakh, Bendtner

Wolves: Starters: Hennessey, Berra, Stearman, Zubar, Elokobi, Milijas, Henry, Jarvis, Hammill, Doyle, O'Hara Bench: Foley, Fletcher, Ebanks-Blake, Jones, Ward, Hahnemann, Craddock

There's nothing all that surprising in that lineup for us.