Liverpool v Wolves FA Cup Predictions & Betting Odds – 28th January 2017

Reds to edge home contest against Wolves

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Liverpool v Wolves Betting Preview – FA Cup 28th January 12.30pm

Wolves have already claimed a Premier League scalp this season in the FA Cup. They went to Stoke in the third round and carded a 2-0 win and now they get their shot at Anfield against Liverpool. Will the Championship side be able to pull off another upset? What could work in their favour is the busy schedule that Liverpool have been having, the Reds having had to go through a midweek EFL Cup semi final second leg against Southampton. The Merseysiders lost out on their shot at Wembley as the lost 2-0 on aggregate against the Saints, so will they pick themselves up for this? Will Jurgen Klopp go full force at this with a massive league game against Chelsea coming up on Tuesday?

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Liverpool v Wolves Betting Tips

Things have just gone off the boil for Liverpool lately. They aren’t ticking along too great at the moment having claimed just one win in their last seven games across all competitions. That win was an FA Cup third round replay down on the south coast at Plymouth. So it has been just a W1 D3 L3 record in that sequence of seven games by Juergen Klopp’s men, so are the Anfield crew running out of steam? January has been incredibly busy for Liverpool because of them having reached the semi finals of the EFL Cup. This game against Wolves will be their eighth game since the turn of the new year and they go again on Tuesday in a huge match up against Chelsea in the Premier League. The extra workload and juggling starting line ups has hit Liverpool and they have failed to hit the back of the net in four of their last seven games. For their powerful attack which had been on show up until the start of January, that’s been a huge drop. Under 2.5 goals with Boylesports is a price of 7/5. Only three of the last ten meetings between the two clubs have gone over the goal line so there is a little trend there.

Liverpool are in winning head to head form at Anfield against Wolves across all competitions because they have gone W3 L1 in their last four against them. The last time that Liverpool and Wolves came together was during the 2011/12 Premier League season, with Liverpool winning both games. Liverpool have lost just one of their last eight meetings with Wolves in a W5 D2 L1 record in that sequence of games. You have an option of 8/11 with Boylesports on both teams not to score. In the anytime goalscorer market, Daniel Sturridge, who missed a sitter against Southampton in the week as the Reds bowed out of the EFL Cup semi final, is 8/11 joint favourite in the anytime goalscorer market with Divock Origi. Roberto Firmino is just out at little longer at 10/11. Liverpool went 12 games unbeaten on home soil from the start of the season in all competitions, but have lost their last two on home soil and are winless in three there now. Shaky times.

Wolves claimed the Premier League scalp of Stoke in the last round, taking a 2-0 away win at the Bet365 Stadium.  Paul Lambert’s men aren’t enjoying a profitable season in the Championship, but this month there have been positive signs that they are getting something going in the right direction. Wolves have gone W4 D1 L2 in their last seven played in all competitions. They have gone W3 D1 L2 in their last six road games and only failed to score in one of those. A trip to Anfield is going to be a tough game for them, but Plymouth went there in the third round and dug in defensively for a 0-0 shock draw, so Wolves can perhaps draw inspiration from that. In the Boylesports correct score market for this one there is a price of 16/1 on a 0-0 draw, with the shortest priced option in the market being a Liverpool 2-0 scoreline. Wolves have shipped at least two goals in each of the last three games against Liverpool. You have 11/2 options like David Edwards and Helder Costa in the anytime goalscorer market for the visitors.

Liverpool v Wolves Betting Odds

Liverpool /15, Draw 11/2, Wolves 12/1

Liverpool v Wolves Predictions

Wolves showed up at Stoke, kept a clean sheet and took out their Premier League opponents. Can they do it at Anfield? Well Liverpool are really off the boil at the moment and aren’t scoring to the level that everyone knows they can. So they are looking just a bit below par which will give Wolves a shot at sticking in there. The Reds too have to have an eye on that Tuesday game coming up against Chelsea as well. It may be worth looking at a draw/Liverpool half time/full time punt on the game.