When the balls were drawn out of the hat for the FA Cup fourth round it was the Liverpool v Man Utd that was instantly the tie of the round. The pair go head to head for the second time this season on Saturday lunchtime and Liverpool, fresh from beating Man City in the Carling Cup semi-final who have been installed the bookmakers' favourites with Paddy Power going 8/5 about Kenny Dalglish's sides chances. Manchester United can be backed at odds of 7/4 whilst the draw is an 11/5 shot.
Liverpool have won just the once in their last four home games in the FA Cup, but are unbeaten at Anfield this season. The 2-2 draw against Manchester City on Wednesday was enough to see them through to the Carling Cup final on aggregate and now Kenny Dalglish's side are in the position to knock another Manchester club out of a cup competition in the space of days, which would be much to the delight of their supporters.
The pair met in the Premier League earlier in the season at Anfield with the game resulting in a 1-1 draw. That result was somewhat overhadowed by the Luis Suarez race row and if Patrice Evra turns out for United on Saturday he's in for a hostile reception. The French full back may be given the weekend off if Sir Alex Ferguson thinks he may be put off by the Liverpool fans for what will probably be the usual feisty game. If he does play, he's 6/4 to be shown a card with Sky Bet, whilst Charlie Adam looks a decent bet in that market at 10/11.
Liverpool have won three of the last four games at Anfield against Manchester United but this weekend's game could be pretty tight. Both teams have important Premier League games early next week and with Liverpool playing at a high intensity just three days ago it might be wise to action on the side of caution if considering backing the home side.
Liverpool have drawn seven of their eleven home matches in the league this season and struggled to break sides down. Man City had to press for a goal on Wednesday as was the game situation but United are likely to be much more cautious in their approach. Steven Gerard scored from a debatable penalty against City and Paddy Power will refund all losing first, last goalscorer, correct score and scorecast singles on this match if referee Martin Atkinson awards a penalty in the match. Atkinson has awarded three penalties this season in the league inlcuding one in the favour of Liverpool and considering controversy follows nearly every high-profile match at the moment, the bet of 2/1 with Paddy Power that there will be a penalty on Saturday is worth a shout.
Paddy Power go odds of 8/11 that there'll be under 2.5 goals but there maybe more value backing the draw and 1-1 correct score, with a saver on Steven Gerard to score anytime at odds of 5/2.
Liverpool v Man Utd Form
Check the season's statistics for both Liverpool and Man Utd plus the odds ahead of Saturday's match.
Liverpool Stats |Man Utd Stats
Liverpool v Man Utd Tips
Tip #1: The draw @ odds of 11/5 with Paddy Power.
Tip #2: Steven Gerard to score anytime @ odds of 5/2 with Paddy Power.
Tip #3: 1-1 correct score @ odds of 5/1 with Paddy Power.
Steve Claridge's Football Tips
Match Betting
8/5 Liverpool
11/5 Draw
7/4 Man Utd
Correct Score Odds
15/2 Liverpool 1-0
10/1 Liverpool 2-0
12/1 Liverpool 2-1
8/1 Draw 0-0
5/1 Draw 1-1
11/1 Draw 2-2
8/1 Man Utd 1-0
12/1 Man Utd 2-0
12/1 Man Utd 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
9/2 Wayne Rooney
6/1 Andy Carroll
6/1 Craig Bellamy
6/1 Javier Hernandez
6/1 Danny Welbeck
7/1 Dimitar Berbatov
15/2 Dirk Kuyt
15/2 Steven Gerard
15/2 Maxi Rodriguez
10/1 Jonjo Shelvey
11/1 Antonio Valencia
Odds supplied by PaddyPower.com, plus up to 100 other markets on this match and all live FA Cup fixtures, including live betting in-running.
Posted: Thursday, 26th January 2012
Author: Russell Lloyd
Tags: fa cup, liverpool, man utd, manchester united, paddypower,
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