Premiership Betting - Liverpool vs Portsmouth Preview

Premiership - Liverpool v Portsmouth

Liverpool are hosting already relegated Portsmouth this Monday. Many people regard Liverpool as a falling team, but a i really think it has been just a mixture of bad luck and injuries of important players this season. I won't deny the fact that the management sold 2 important players and only bought one player who happened to get injured also, therefore Liverpool had no quality backup players to replace Torres or Gerrard when injured. Today though, both will be available, and even Benayoun will be back to action, so the important trio is ready to work for goals this evening. Liverpool have won their last 6 games at home, the last one being a 2-1 win over Blackburn, but i have to say Blackburn were totally dominated and only had 2 chances all game, while the Reds failed to score on several big occasions.

Portsmouth are as i have said before, a Championship team right now. They are though in the FA Cup semi-finals, so they have a bigger chance than Liverpool at getting a trophy and the focus of the team will be solely on that event in the upcoming weeks. The board are in a procedure to limit costs and tenths of employees have been laied off, while the board is searching for another owner to take over and stop the crash of the team. Utaka will be missing for the visitors, along with Mokoena, Smith and Vanden Borre, while Boateng has an ankle injury and will likely miss too.

Liverpool are still a team to fear at Anfield, no matter what their form is. They are on a very good home run and likely to continue it, while the presence of both Gerrard and Torres will almost ensure the scoring of 2 goals or more. Pompey are in a crisis and players' morale is at a low, since they do not know where and when they will be sold to reduce the debt of the club.

Portsmouth won by 2-0 at home against the Reds, but now it is payback time. As in the MU-Fulham case on Sunday, to day i expect Liverpool to get a comfortable win and even though the price is a bit low considering the hosts' form, i will take it medium stakes for a possible 2-0 or 3-0 score.

Pick : Liverpool -1.5
Odds : 1.83
Stake : 6 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
Match Result : 4-1
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