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Liverpool v Steaua Bucharest Odds: Reds to Claim Points in Group K Europa League Match

Get the latest Steaua Bucharest v Liverpool Odds for the Europa League match on Thursday 2nd December 2010

Liverpool have been made 1/3 odds on favourites by Bet365 ahead of this opening Group K, Europa League match at Anfield against Steaua Bucharest from Romania this Thursday. The Romanian side are not given much chance at all according to the same Bookmakers who make them 15/2 to win with the draw at 4/1.

The stats certainly point to a Liverpool win, they beat Steaua the last time the two teams met in the 2003/4 UEFA Cup, drawing 1-1 in Romania but winning by a goal to nil in the return. The ‘Reds’ have a very strong recent record at Anfield in European competitions, winning their last six games, they have not lost at Anfield in fact since Celtic beat them 2-0 in 2003. Conversely, Steaua have yet to win a competitive European match on English soil, managing just two draws in six matches played. Their recent European record away from home is not too hot either, with no wins from their last four matches.

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Whilst their recent European record is not much to write home about, Steaua are currently top of the Romanian League, with four wins and two draws from six matches played. They are coached by the former Spurs player, Ilie Dumitrescu, whose ambition is to take the team back to the highs of the mid-80s when the great Georghes Hagi was pivotal in a huge run of success at the club at that time, which culminated in winning the European Cup in 1985/6; they were also runners up three years later. Hagi scored an incredible 76 goals in 97 appearances.

These days the goal scoring burden is the principle responsibility of players like Pantelis Kapetanos, a Greek international, who has 26 goals in 55 appearances for the club and Bogdan Stancu, with 24 goals in 61 appearances. They are both around the 5/1 mark with Bet365.com to be on the scoresheet at Anfield on Thursday evening.

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Liverpool boss, Roy Hodgson has yet to name his side, but it seems certain that he will be resting Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher for the match. He will also be without the injured Dirk Kuyt, which means that new signings, Joe Cole and Milan Jovanovic should feature in very prominent roles and that £7 million pound new boy from FC Porto, Raul Meireles will be making his full debut. The highly talented, Jay Spearing should also get a full 90 minute run out.

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Liverpool of course reached the semi final of the Europa League last season, losing out to eventual winners, Atletico Madrid, but their overall European pedigree is well known and a big run in this competition is expected. Roy Hodgson, who guided Fulham to the final last season is now at the helm and although their start to the season has had more downs than ups they are sure to come good very soon.

We take them to win this match therefore, but without a full strength side on the pitch we do not think the win will be by a big score. A 2-0 scoreline would be a very satisfactory result for Hodgson and it is a scoreline that we would back with odds of 9/2 available from bet365. As mentioned above Milan Jovanovic should be playing a full part in the game, he averaged a goal every other game for his last club, Standard Liege and would be our tip to get the opening goal of this match for which he has odds of 8/1, also available from Bet 365.

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Liverpool v Steaua Bucharest Tips

Selection 1: Liverpool to win 2-0 @ 9/2 (£25 bet wins £112.59)
Selection 2: Milan Jovanovic to open scoring @ 8/1 (£25 bet wins £200)

Liverpool v Steaua Bucharest Odds

Match Odds

1/3 Liverpool
4/1 Draw
13/2 Steaua Bucharest

First Goalscorer Odds

12/5 Fernando Torres
4/1 David Ngog
5/1 Daniel Pacheco
11/2 Joe Cole
11/2 Steven Gerrard
6/1 Ryan Babel
7/1 Nathan Ecclestone
8/1 Milan Jovanovic
10/1 Raul Meireles
11/1 Bogdan Stancu
12/1 Maxi Rodriguez
16/1 Pantelis Kapetanos

Odds supplied by Bet365 Online BookmakersWho have many more markets including betting live in-running on this live Europa League match.

Posted: Thursday, 16th September 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: europa league, anfield, liverpool, steaua bucharest, bet365,

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