Bolton v Liverpool: Stats and facts

Steven Gerrard could become only the third Liverpool player to reach the landmark of 700 appearances for the club if he features at the Macron Stadium on Wednesday night. Ian Callaghan leads the way with 857 while Jamie Carragher wore the shirt 737 times.

In major competitive games, the Reds have lost two of 14 penalty shoot-outs. In the FA Cup they have been involved in three, winning them all - the last being the 2006 final against West Ham in Cardiff.

During his Reds career Gerrard has scored seven times in 22 appearances against Bolton - all against former Trotters 'keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen. No Liverpool player in history has ever played more games against Bolton than the Reds captain.

Liverpool's next goal will be their 700th in FA Cup history, while they are five goals short of recording 250 in the competition as the away team.

Jordan Henderson scored his first goal for Liverpool against Wanderers in a 3-1 win in August 2011.

Daniel Sturridge made his debut in professional football eight years ago yesterday as a substitute for Manchester City at Reading.

He spent the second half of the 2010-11 season at Bolton where he scored eight goals in 12 appearances (all in the league). He scored twice on this ground for Chelsea in a 5-1 win in October 2011.

The Reds have lost only one of last 12 games in all competitions and have suffered only two defeats in the last 18.

They have kept four clean sheets in the last six games and since New Year's Day have conceded only three goals in their last seven games in all competitions.

The Trotters have lost just two of the last 15 games in league and cup - both in Yorkshire to Huddersfield (2-1) and Rotherham (4-2).

They are unbeaten in the last nine games at home in all competitions since a 2-1 defeat by Bournemouth four months ago - winning six and drawing three in that sequence.

Neil Lennon took charge of Bolton in mid-October, succeeding Dougie Freedman, and since then he has overseen nine wins in 19 games with four defeats.

Last Saturday, Bolton drew 2-2 at home with Wolves conceding an equaliser in the 96th minute. The other fixture they played since the Anfield clash was that 4-2 defeat at Rotherham.

Goalkeeper Adam Bogdan has suffered an ankle injury which will keep him out for several weeks and as a result Ben Amos has been brought in on loan from Manchester United to bolster the squad.

Andy Lonergan kept goal for Preston against Liverpool in the FA Cup in 2009 with the Reds winning 2-0 at Deepdale.

Since the meeting at Anfield former Red Jay Spearing has left Bolton to join Blackburn on loan for the rest of the season while Adam Le Fondre has arrived from Cardiff - also on loan.