Rafa Benitez will be hoping that his Liverpool side can bounce back to form with the visit of sturggling Portsmouth to Anfield on Monday night. The Reds boss has been coming under increasing pressure of late after a poor run of results has seen the Merseyside club slip completely out of the title race and facing an uphill battle to finish fourth.
Just one win in their last four mathces has seen Liverpool slip to sixth in the Premier League table and bookmaker Paddy Power have lengthened the odds of Rafa's men finishing 4th out to 11/4. Defeat to Lille in the first leg of last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday also saw the Reds drift in the betting to win that competiton fuelling speculation that Benitez could be leaving come the end of the season.
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However, Liverpool have the chance to get back to winning ways on Monday against a Portsmouth side who have far worse troubles. Rooted to the bottom of the table, in administration and facing a nine point deducation, it is understandable to see Liverpool as the odds on 1/4 favourites to beat Pompey, whilst the visitors are chalked up to spring a major shock at odds of 12/1 with Victor Chandler.
In the six meetings between the two teams since Portsmouth joined the Premier League in 2003, Liverpool have only managed to beat Portsmouth on three occasions with the other three meetings resulting in a draw, the price of which is 9/2 for Monday's live ESPN fixture.
Liverpool will be hoping that a morale boosting victory will kick start a late challenge to secure fourth place and automatic qualification into next season's Champions League and a convincing win will be the expectation of the Anfield faithful. A 3-0 and 4-0 win can be backed at odds of 7/1 and 10/1 respectively (with Victor Chandler). The most likely scorers are the ever reliable Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, with Gerrard a best price 11/2 to open the scoring with Bluesquare, whilst Torres is best priced 3/1 in Coral's first goalscorer market.
If you think that Portsmouth are going to add to Liverpool's misery, a third consecutive 1-0 defeat for the Reds can be backed at 28/1, also with Bluesquare.
Liverpool 1/4
Draw 9/2
Portsmouth 12/1
First Goalscorer
Torres 23/10
Kuyt 4/1
N'Gog 19/4
Gerrard
Babel 19/4
Benayoun 13/2
Pacheco 13/2
Rodriguez 15/2
Odds courtesy of Victor Chandler
Posted: Friday, 12th March 2010
Author: Tony Smith
Tags: english premiership, steven gerrard, fernando torres, liverpool, victor chandler,
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