Europa League
2012-11-08 - Anzhi Makhachkala vs Liverpool
A Sports Betting Pick by Addicted
Football : Europe : Europa League
Thursday, November 8th, 2012, 5:00PM GMT
PREVIEW
Liverpool performed in the reverse fixture and ground out a 1-0 win over the Russians. Now, in an early kickoff, Anzhi get to host Liverpool, except the team they will face will be much inferior to the one they lost to.
Rodgers is set to leave a whole host of players out as they prepare for a massive Premier League match on the weekend against Chelsea, and this gives the ambitious Russians a chance at a very famous scalp.
Anzhi Makhachkala are top of the tables in Russia, and have reeled off 8 straight wins at home. They are managed by a well known and highly experienced manager, Gus Hiddink.
Hiddink will rely on Samuel Eto'o to spearhead this attack against a suspect Liverpool defence that shipped 3 goals when travelling to Swiss side Young Boys. I think you can bet on him scoring here without much worry. Eto'o is this years joint highest scorer in the Europa League.
While Liverpool laboured to a very high scoring win over Young Boys, who were allowed to score 3 goals, Anzhi Makhachkala dispatched the Swiss side 2-0 in clinical fashion. Udinese only just managed to scrape a 1-1 draw against Anzhi Makhachkala with a very late strike, while Liverpool could not hold on to their lead when they faced Udinese and lost 3-2.
As you can see, there are too many questions over the Liverpool defence, which has conceded to everyone, with that last game being a bit of an odd one out.
At home, Anzhi have now won 8 games on the trot, and each time they have scored at least 2 goals. We lost last time with this bet, but let's put our faith in Eto'o and the attack to do damage against Liverpool's shoddy defence.
BETTING VERDICT
Let's take Anzhi Makhachkala to score at least 2 goals at a tasty price much superior to the one on the home win.
The Pick :
Anzhi Makhachkala 3-1 Liverpool
