Can Mizzou & LFC win on the same weekend?

Since the season started, there has only been one weekend when both Liverpool and Mizzou have managed winning results - the weekend of 23 & 24 October when Mizzou won 36-27 against the Oklahoma Sooners to take their winning season to 7-0 and Liverpool began to turn their season around with a 2-1 home win against Blackburn.


This weekend the Mizzou Tigers travel to Iowa State Cyclones and Liverpool host West Ham United.  It looks like a great prospect for a pair of wins.  Here's how the NY Times sees the Tigers-Cyclones match-up.

"Missouri (8-2, 4-2 Big 12) needs a victory over Iowa State on Saturday and a loss by the Huskers to keep its slim hopes for a spot in the final Big 12 title game alive. The Cyclones (5-6, 3-4) need to beat the Tigers in their season finale to become bowl eligible.

"It's do or die. There's no other way to put it. We have to win to get number six," Iowa State safety Michael O'Connell said. "We know that's out there. It's just the position we've put ourselves in."

Missouri has no concerns about getting to a bowl. It's all about what kind of bid the Tigers can land, and they're back on good footing after a solid win over Kansas State last week."

At Anfield, the 11th placed Reds take on the bottom-ranked Hammers.  Here's how BBC Sport see that match-up...

Both Roy Hodgson and Avram Grant received the dreaded vote of confidence this week in a sure sign that pressure is mounting at both these clubs.

Liverpool's malaise was brought into sharp focus with defeat at Stoke last time out, a result that left the Anfield club hovering just three points above the relegation zone and renewed some fans' calls for the return of legend Kenny Dalglish.

John W Henry, the club's new American owner, was quick to back his manager and warned there is no "quick fix" to Liverpool's travails, but Hodgson will be well aware that patience is a virtue in short supply in the world of football. His cause has not been helped by the loss of talisman Steven Gerrard for up to a month with a hamstring strain.West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady also made it clear this week that Avram Grant has the full support of the club's board, despite the Hammers' worst-ever start to a Premier League season.

Grant's side are five points from safety and without a victory since September. Their last win on the road came at Wolves on the opening day of last season, an abysmal record that is unlikely to change at Anfield on Saturday - the Hammers have gone 47 years without winning there.

For my money, it's back-to-back wins for my boys this weekend.  Go Tigers!!! Come on you Reds!!!