Watched Liverpool's Europa League game and they weren't brilliant yet they looked reasonably strongly defensively. That's largely to do with Benitez and his use of the 4-2-3-1 tactic with Lucas and Mascheranoused as holding midfielders. This help protect Liverpool's defense and on the whole defensively they are okay. The problem for Liverpool at times this season as been going forward, this is because Gerrard isn't playing anywhere near his best and Torres as been out for large parts of the season and will be without him again on Sunday. These two players are the main attacking threats for the team and when these don't fire they struggle.
However you have to take into account the opponents for this game, Burnley are very much a team on the down yes they got a good win at Hull the other week but that apart they've been very poor since Brian Laws came in. Their defense is probably the worst in the Premiership and despite Liverpool having Torres out they've still got players going forward to cause Burnley problems. Do expect Liverpool to set-up in their usual way and Burnley will find it difficult to break them down, Liverpool have had a poor season but they should have enough quality to overcome Burnley here and I fancy if they get one they may go on and score more.
Tip:
Liverpool (-0.75) @ 1.78 (Bet365)
Liverpool (-0.75) @ 1.78 (Bet365)
Everton v Fulham
Fulham were involved in the Europa League, and got a very good point against Hamburg largely thanks to goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer who has had a very good season for Fulham. People keep expecting Fulham to suffer in the league as a result of their European heroics. Although looking at their league games after European games they've coped reasonable well, after the two legs against Wolfsburg they drew 0-0 with Liverpool at Anfield last week and beat Wigan the week before. This shows despite these Europa Legaue games they are still capable of turning up and putting in decent performances in the league. It's also a common theme if you look through Fulham's games, they very rarily get beat by big scorelines and are usually involved in very tight games with very few goals. Everton have been in good form recentley, but don't think they have been over-impressive in recent games they threw away the lead twice at Villa Park whilst they were only saved by a late goal against Blackburn. Everton also struggled a bit in thier last two home games, only managing a draw against West Ham and a sending off playing a big part in their win over Bolton.
I'm taking Fulham (+1.5) on the Asian Handicap, think they'll set-up defensively and are more than capable of sneaking a goal on the counter-attack, especially because of Everton's recent defensive lapses. If Everton do win this game I fancy it will only be by the one goal, meaning the +1.5 is a good option in my eyes.
Fulham were involved in the Europa League, and got a very good point against Hamburg largely thanks to goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer who has had a very good season for Fulham. People keep expecting Fulham to suffer in the league as a result of their European heroics. Although looking at their league games after European games they've coped reasonable well, after the two legs against Wolfsburg they drew 0-0 with Liverpool at Anfield last week and beat Wigan the week before. This shows despite these Europa Legaue games they are still capable of turning up and putting in decent performances in the league. It's also a common theme if you look through Fulham's games, they very rarily get beat by big scorelines and are usually involved in very tight games with very few goals. Everton have been in good form recentley, but don't think they have been over-impressive in recent games they threw away the lead twice at Villa Park whilst they were only saved by a late goal against Blackburn. Everton also struggled a bit in thier last two home games, only managing a draw against West Ham and a sending off playing a big part in their win over Bolton.
I'm taking Fulham (+1.5) on the Asian Handicap, think they'll set-up defensively and are more than capable of sneaking a goal on the counter-attack, especially because of Everton's recent defensive lapses. If Everton do win this game I fancy it will only be by the one goal, meaning the +1.5 is a good option in my eyes.
Tip:
Fulham (+1.5) @ 1.76 (10Bet)
Fulham (+1.5) @ 1.76 (10Bet)
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