English Premier
2006-11-29 - Liverpool vs Portsmouth
A Sports Betting Pick by Gooner
LIVERPOOL
Liverpool's home form is becoming a bit of a punters delight - especially because their dodgy away form is keeping the bookmakers undecided about the Reds, and consequently we are getting great prices.
Liverpool were not at their best on the weekend - squeezing past Manchester city 1-0 - although the result was a little more comfortable than the score line suggests.
Overall Liverpool are 6-1-0 here this season, and they finished 15-3-1 at Anfield last season too - showing how well they manage to get the right result here.
Liverpool Home Form
25/11/06 W 1-0 v Man_City
04/11/06 W 2-0 v Reading
28/10/06 W 3-1 v Aston_Villa
14/10/06 D 1-1 v Blackburn
23/09/06 W 3-0 v Tottenham
20/09/06 W 2-0 v Newcastle
26/08/06 W 2-1 v West_Ham
PORTSMOUTH
For their part Pompey had a great start to the season, winning away at Middlesbro and Charlton, although the league tables now suggest that those opponents are not the best.
Portsmouth's losses to ManYoo, Chelsea and Spurs were not unexpected, but the 0-1 loss to Newcastle was a poor result and their 4th away loss in a row.
Injury problems in defence will not make this any easier for Harry Redknapp's men, and it's hard to pick them suddenly turning it around here.
Portsmouth Away Form
26/11/06 L 0-1 v Newcastle
04/11/06 L 0-3 v Man_Utd
21/10/06 L 1-2 v Chelsea
01/10/06 L 1-2 v Tottenham
16/09/06 W 1-0 v Charlton
28/08/06 W 4-0 v Middlesbrough
23/08/06 D 0-0 v Man_City
HEAD TO HEAD
Portsmouth having won at Anfield for 55 years but that's a bit of a freak statistic based on the sides not actually playing each other often.
In the last three league games here Liverpool have won two of them comfortably, and drawn the other match 1-1.
Head to Head Form
19/11/05 Liverpool 3-0 Portsmouth
14/12/04 Liverpool 1-1 Portsmouth
17/03/04 Liverpool 3-0 Portsmouth
THE VERDICT
Liverpool don't concede too many goals here, and if they can score first then I expect to see another solid defensive display and "a win to nil".
The Pick :
Liverpool 2-0 Portsmouth
BEST BETTING TIP :
The price on LIVERPOOL to win is fair.(Best price is 1/2 (1.50) at PremierBet who are a good solid bookie for UK punters.)
A riskier play is LIVERPOOL CLEAN SHEET which pays out at even money (2.00) at BetDirect
