The big Premier League clash of the weekend of course, is Liverpool v Chelsea betting at Anfield. But if the two sides can’t be separated over the ninety minutes, then punters at Ladbrokes can be take advantage of some fantastic insurance on offer.
Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea head north on Sunday, resigned to the fact that the Premier League title is probably out of their reach, even if they were to bag themselves the three points. While a win for Chelsea would delight Manchester City, Mourinho isn’t going to care about anyone other than himself. The Special One has already said that he wants to rest players for this game, because they have to face Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night in the second leg of their semi final.
That is looking far more important of a game than a trip to Liverpool right now.
Liverpool too have been immense at Anfield this season, already amassing the joint highest home points haul in the Premier League this term. They have won their last six league matches in a row there and the last time they failed to win in front of their home support, was back on January 18th against Aston Villa. Liverpool have an attack which is firing on all cylinders and the threat of Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge will challenge Chelsea’s weakened defence, which is missing John Terry and Petr Cech.
Liverpool are running as 4/6 favourites to take the three points on Sunday. As for Chelsea, who are likely to be under strength, they are at 4/1.
Ladbrokes are committed to refunding all losing Win-Draw-Win, correct score, first goalscorer and scorecast wagers up to £25 as a free bet if the Merseyside meeting ends up all square.
What does this mean? It means that you can plow some money on the home side here, who are the strong favourites, with the knowledge that if they get frustrated into a draw, then you would get your lost stake back as a free bet anyway.
The first goalscorer market is going to be highly active for this one too, as Raheem Sterling is looking overpriced at 10/1 considering that he has opened the scoring in Liverpool’s last two games against Man City and Norwich. Luis Suarez of course is the outright favourite in the market, trading at 7/2 to bag the first goal of the game, with Daniel Sturridge at 5/1.
In the Correct Score market, there could be a leaning towards a 2-1 result for Liverpool. The game at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season was won by Chelsea by that scoreline. But Liverpool have won two of their last five fixtures by that very score, and Chelsea lost 2-1 at Sunderland last weekend too. So you could put two and two together and run at a Sterling to score first/Liverpool win 2-1 scorecast for a meaty 50/1 with Ladbrokes.
