Liverpool v Red Star Belgrade Betting Tips – Champions League, 24th October 8.00pm
Liverpool know that they have a big scrap on their hands in Group C in having to deal with Napoli and PSG. So they can’t let precious points slip at home against Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday night. Their opponents took a hammering against PSG in their last group game. Read our predictions for Liverpool v Red Star Belgrade.
Liverpool v Red Star Belgrade Betting Odds*
Liverpool 1/18
Draw 16/1
Red Star Belgrade 50/1
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on October 21st, 2018 at 11:40 p.m.)
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Liverpool News and Form
Liverpool posted a comfortable 3-0 away win at Young Boys in their Champions League opener this season. They then lost 1-0 at Napoli.
Liverpool met Red Star Belgrade in the 1973/74 European Cup. The English lost both games and that is their only previous experience against Serbian opposition.
In last season’s campaign Liverpool averaged 3.15 goals per Champions League game. The goals have been drying up for them lately with just three goals in their last five games in all competitions. Under 2.5 goals is at 10/3 odds* (betting odds taken on October 22nd, 2018 at 12:13 pm).
Liverpool were on a six-match winning streak at Anfield in the Champions League before drawing 2-2 with Sevilla on match day one last season. Still, they are undefeated in their last 17 European home games (W12 D5).
Surprisingly now though Liverpool have lost three of their last four European fixtures. They are heavy favourites here though and Liverpool to win to nil is at 1/2 odds* (betting odds taken on October 22nd, 2018 at 12:13 pm).
The home form of Liverpool in all competitions this season is W4 L1 D1 and they are winless in their last two there. Four of those six games produced at least three goals.
Mo Salah is the 21/10 first goalscorer favourite after scoring the only goal of Liverpool’s win over Huddersfield on the weekend in the Premier League.
Liverpool v Red Star Belgrade Head to Head
There have only been the two previous games between Liverpool and Red Star
The previous meetings were in the 1973/74 European Cup
Red Star won their two previous games against Liverpool by a 2-1 scoreline
Red Star Belgrade News and Form
The Serbians held out to a good home point against Napoli in their group opener. But then they trounced 6-1 by PSG away from home, equaling their biggest margin of defeat in European competition.
Still, they actually have a decent record in Europe with only three defeats in their last 19 European games (W7 D9).
Red Star have lost just two of their last nine away games in European action now and they conceded just the four goals in the first eight games in that sequence, before shipping those six against PSG.
They started this season’s campaign in the first qualifying round and they are W3 D6 L1 in their ten Champions League games so far. A Red Star +2.5 Asian Handicap is at 13/10 odds* (betting odds taken on October 22nd, 2018 at 12:13 pm).
Red Star Belgrade are making their Champions League debut this season. Their record against English opponents is W6 D6 L6 but have just one away win in a W1 D4 L3 record against English sides.
The last time Red Star Belgrade met an English club was just last year when they met Arsenal in the Europa League group stage. They took a 0-0 in London before losing 1-0 at home in Belgrade.
Liverpool v Red Star Belgrade Predictions
Liverpool to win: No, the goals are not flowing from Liverpool this season like they were last term, but they still have the quality to win this and it should be fairly comfortable for them. We have to have a shot at Liverpool to win to nil.
