Under fire Roy Hodgson and his Liverpool team host Sunderland this weekend at Anfield in what has become for them a crucial Premier League fixture. The Bookmakers make them big odds on favourites however to gain the three points with Ladbrokes offering the best price of 1/2 odds on, with the draw next best at 3/1 and they go 6/1 against a Sunderland victory.
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Having been humiliatingly dumped out of the Carling Cup by League Two team, Northampton in midweek, Hodgson, must be wondering what he has to do to get his team fired up for the battles to come. He knows however that they must win on Saturday or the pressure on him will become huge. So far in the league, the ‘Reds’ have played five times securing only one win against West Bromwich Albion and two draws. They were beaten by Man Utd last weekend, although they can be regarded as a tad unlucky after coming back, thanks to Steven Gerrard, from 2 goals down, only to be sunk by a late winner; it leaves them in 16th place in the table just two spots above the relegation zone.
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Hodgson at least will have Gerrard back for this match and he will be pleased that Fernando Torres showed signs against Man Utd that he was rekindling some form and he was on target to score the winner against West Brom a couple of weeks ago. However if Liverpool are to win they will need Torres ‘firing on all cylinders’ and for him to get amongst the goals, like he has in the past against the ‘Black Cats’ where he has scored four times in four matches. No wonder then that Ladbrokes Bookmakers make the Spanish international the 3/1 favourite to score the opening goal of the match; he is also a 10/1 shot to score a hat trick.
Hodgson should at least be able to take some encouragement from the stats which tell him that Liverpool have won 10 of their last 13 home games and that Sunderland have only won 2 of their last 31 Premier League away games. The ‘Black Cats’ have also only scored once in their last 8 Premier League games against Liverpool which came via the infamous beach ball deflection last season. On the downside however is the startling fact that Liverpool have won just once in their last 7 league games.
Liverpool v Sunderland Statistics
Get up to date with comprehensive match statistics and all the very latest match betting on this crucial Premier League clash between Liverpool and Sunderland at Anfield .
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Despite being knocked out of the Carling Cup in midweek by West Ham, Steve Bruce, will be reasonably pleased with his side’s performance so far this season. That said he will want to turn the draws into victories as soon as possible, after drawing three of the five league games played so far. The draw nonetheless, his side earned, albeit at home last week against a rampant Arsenal team reflected their excellent attitude and also proved that England man, Darren Bent is continuing where he left off last season after he scored the late equaliser to stun the Gunners. As usual Bent is amongst the favourites to be first goalscorer with odds of 7/1, however although not such a great price, it may be wiser to back him at 9/4 to score at anytime during the match. Record signing, Asamoah Gyan who has settled in very well, with two goals already to his credit, is also worthy of consideration to score at anytime too with odds of 5/2.
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Under normal circumstances the obvious prediction would be a home win for Liverpool, but the circumstances at Anfield are anything but normal currently, which could easily influence the outcome of this match. Our instincts say a draw is a good bet at 3/1, but with top quality strikers on both sides we think a score draw, possibly 1-1 is the best bet and which can be backed with odds of 6/1 from Ladbrokes.com.
Liverpool v Sunderland Tips
Selection 1: Match ends in a 1-1 draw @ 6/1
Selection 2: Fernando Torres to score the first goal @ 3/1
Selection 3: Darren Bent to get on the scoresheet anytime @ 9/4
Match odds
1/2 Liverpool
3/1 Draw
6/1 Sunderland
First Goalscorer Odds
3/1 Fernando Torres
9/2 David Ngog
9/2 Steven Gerrard
6/1 Joe Cole
7/1 Darren Bent
8/1 Ryan Babel
8/1 Asamoah Gyan
8/1 Milan Jovanovic
Odds supplied by Ladbrokes.com who offer several more markets including betting live in-running on this crucial Premier League match at Anfield.
Posted: Thursday, 23rd September 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: english premiership, anfield, liverpool, sunderland, ladbrokes,
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