The surprising Liverpool hosts in Anfield Road a team that is trying to leave the relegation zone with two consecutive wins, Sunderland.
Liverpool is currently in the 2nd place with some surprising performances. However, we’re far from surprised with their success. As you might remember, we picked Liverpool to end this season in the top 4 on our offseason analysis. Jürgen Klopp’s teams are extremely dangerous on the 2nd season with a great intensity. Besides this, Liverpool is not involved in any European competition, a huge advantage for them.
Although they recently draw to nil against Southampton, Liverpool presents a tremendous attack. In 12 games played in the English Premier League so far, Liverpool scored 30 goals. When looking to the teams’ current positions and their statistics on this EPL, this match should be an easy game for the Reds.
After starting their season with very poor results, Sunderland recovered some ground in the last weeks. One of the main reason for their recent success is the return of important players from injury. Besides this, David Moyes is also one of the best managers in EPL with a great record throughout his career.
Sunderland’s current position doesn’t reflect the team’s real value. We already placed a bet on them last week against Hull City and even though we believe in a defeat on this game, we can’t agree with Green Listed Bookmakers on Liverpool’s price to take the three points in this game.
The average price on Liverpool is around 1.17 on the green listed bookmakers with Pinnacle offering the best odd at 1.19, a very low price for Liverpool to win this game. That said, there is some value to bet Sunderland’s +2.50 Asian Handicap in a game where Liverpool can win, but not by a three goals margin.
Besides the bet on Sunderland’s handicap, the Both Teams to Score is also a valuable option at 2.05 Bet365 in a game where Liverpool should concede at least one goal. As we mentioned before, Liverpool only ended 2 of their 12 games with a clean sheet and both games were draws to nil against Manchester United at home and Southampton on the road.
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