After seeing their title challenge go up in smoke following five games without a win, Liverpool will be desperate to get their season back on track when they welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Anfield in Saturday’s Premier League clash.
The Reds dropped out of the top four after a shock 2-0 defeat at Hull City last time out but are available at 13/10 (2.30) with Betfair Sportsbook to move back to within one point of their guests by coming out on top here.
By contrast, second-placed Spurs have won nine and lost none of their last 11 matches in all competitions, and are on offer at 12/5 (3.40) to maintain some pressure on leaders Chelsea with victory on Merseyside.
Each of the last three league meetings between these sides have resulted in draws, and you can get odds of 12/5 (3.40) on them playing out a stalemate once again in this one.
New Betfair customers meanwhile stand to profit even more from this mammoth fixture, as they can get either Liverpool to emerge victorious at 10/1 (11.00) or Tottenham to march on in the title race at 16/1 (17.00).
Having always been one of the more high-scoring fixtures in the Premier League, encounters between this pair have become far tighter affairs with the current managers in opposing dugouts.
Both advocates of intense pressing games, Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino have been unable to get the better of one another in three league matches so far, with their teams cancelling each other out on each occasion.
This similarity in styles has served to significantly reduce the amount of goalmouth action, with the three games since Klopp’s arrival producing fewer goals in total than the single final match with Brendan Rodgers in the dugout.
Having struck just eight times in their last 10 matches, the hosts are unlikely to end that record against the division’s strongest defence, while Pochettino’s team have also seen their goal-scoring touch desert them after hitting the net just once in the last two games.
All things considered, odds of 19/20 (1.95) seem to offer strong value on under 2.5 goals being scored for the fourth consecutive league encounter between Liverpool and Tottenham.
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Under 2.5 goals for a 2pt stake at 19/20 (1.95) with Betfair Sportsbook |
