ALL eyes will be on the ‘Battle of Britain’ tonight as last season’s league runners-up in England and Scotland go head-to-head at Anfield.
Both sides were also losers in European finals last term in a season of what-might-have-been for both clubs. Liverpool have yet to hit the heights of previous seasons while Rangers find themselves within touching distance of champions Celtic in the Scottish Premiership.
The Reds desperately need a win to ignite their season. A 9-0 win over Boruenmouth looked like that would be the catalyst to get things going but they’ve followed that up with just two wins in their next five matches including a heavy 4-1 defeat to Napoli in the Champions League.
Jurgen Klopp has admitted the team’s confidence has taken a knock but is still at a bit of loss to explain their form which has seen the 2019 European Champions win just one of nine this season.
Rangers have found the going tough in Group A, losing their opening two games and conceding seven goals without reply in the process. They might take some hope from the troubles Klopp’s team are experiencing at the moment but they’re well aware that this Liverpool team can be devastating when they click.
The bookie aren’t taking any chances on Liverpool, pricing them up at 1/6 to win, which makes it difficult to find any kind of value in the game if you fancy the home side and it should be a bit closer than the odds suggest.
Bet365 have priced up a few player markets. Mo Salah is 5/6 to have two shots on target, while former Celt Virgil Van Dijk is 9/4 to have an attempt on target against his former rivals. Rangers striker Antonio Čolak looks a good option for the Gers at even money.
Rangers corners could provide some profit. They’re 8/13 to win just two and 13/8 to win 3 or more.
Also in that Group tonight Ajax welcome first-placed Napoli. The Italians are flying at the top of Serie A, unbeaten after eight and have won both Champions League matches so far.
Ajax have wobbled in recent weeks. Defeat at Anfield has been followed by a further defeat to AZ and a draw with Go Ahead Eagles at the weekend which has seen them relinquish top spot in Eredivisie.
It’s agame that could go either way but BTTS looks an obvious choice, however it’s just 1/2 so best left for accas.
Inter v Barcelona is the night’s glamour tie at the San Siro. After narrowly missing out on the title last season Inter’s campaign appears to have hit the skids. They lie ninth in the table and have struggled to compete with the teams in the upper half of the Serie A table so far.
Barcelona reclaimed top spot in La Liga at the weekend after the 1-0 win over Mallorca was followed up by Real Madrid dropping points at home to Osasuna. It may not be a vintage Barca side, and they’re unlikely to be involved in the business end of the Champions League but the bookies reckon they’re in the driving seat to claim all three points against a below-par Inter.
Porto suffered a shock defeat at home to Club Brugge last time out but can bounce back with a win over struggling Bayer Leverkusen. That 4-0 loss to the Belgians was a bit of a freak result and a bad day at the office for Porto. They’ve won four at home in the league averaging 3.75 goals per game and will be out to get things back on track at 11/10 against the Bundesliga side who have won just once domestically.
In the Championship Sunderland look a good option at 20/21 at home to an ailing Blackpool side who were beaten by Norwich at the weekend to make it just one win in seven. The Black Cats are threatening to break in to the top six and a win tonight could take them as high as fourth.
Second-placed Norwich have won their last three visits to Reading by two goals to one and will be given a stern test tonight. The Royals sit just two points behind the Canaries and a close encounter looks on the cards. A win for either side by a single goal pays 7/5 (see Bet365 BetBuilder) and a repeat 2-1 scoreline for the visitors is 8/1.
In Scotland Queen’s Park look a handy price at ‘home’ to Morton. The Spiders are still playing their games at Stenhousemuir’s Ochilveiw Stadium but that hasn’t dented their promotion push. They’ve strung together an impressive run of results to move up to second in the table under Owen Coyle and at 23/20 make plenty of appeal against a Morton side who’ve lost their last three in the league and were thumped 5-1 by Partick Thistle at the weekend.
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Rizzel was unlucky not get a winner yesterday but he has two more over the jumps for Tuesday’s racing.
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