Liverpool travel to the Romanian capital of Bucharest this week to take on Romanian champions, Unirea, hoping to preserve or improve upon their slender 1-0 lead following the first leg tie at Anfield last week.
The Bookmakers are unanimous in their belief that they will achieve their aim and make them clear odds on favourites to win with Ladbrokes.com offering them at 4/6 odds on. The match can be seen live on ESPN from 1800 (GMT).
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez however, has acknowledged that the Romanians are a ‘tough nut to crack’ and that Liverpool will not be able to rest on their laurels to get through.
Unirea are a very strong side defensively and play with good discipline throughout the team, but this time they have to come out and score a goal or two, rather than defend. For the neutral soccer punter however, Unirea look great value at 7/2 to turn Liverpool over in this match and the draw also looks good value at 23/10.
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Liverpool are unlikely to start with Fernando Torres, who is returning after injury, but will include him on the bench and would not hesitate to use him should they need to score a goal. Instead his place is likely to go to David Ngog, scorer of the late goal that gave Liverpool victory last week. That said, Torres as favourite to score the opening goal of the night with odds of 7/2, while Ngog, who looks a much more realistic possibility to achieve this is a 6/1 chance. These odds are available with Ladbrokes.
Liverpool have had a season with more ‘downs’ than ‘ups’ and need a boost to their flagging morale – a victory over Unirea and a prolonged run in this competition might be just the tonic they need. We therefore take them to get through this tie, but would rather back the draw as the most likely outcome of this match. The best Correct Score Betting Options are listed below.
Match Odds
4/6 Liverpool
23/10 Draw
7/2 Unirea
Correct Score Odds
1-1 Draw – 11/2
0-0 Draw – 7/1
2-2 Draw – 14/1
Odds Courtesy of Ladbrokes
Posted: Thursday, 25th February 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: europa league, bucharest, unirea urziceni, liverpool, ladbrokes,
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