Premier League betting – Liverpool vs Newcastle

Liverpool vs Newcastle betting odds, tips & free bets

Liverpool League Position: 6th League Form: WLWDW

The big story surrounding this game will be the return of Andy Carroll to his childhood club after his £35 million move to Liverpool on the January transfer window deadline day. The question is, after being rested for Liverpool’s rout of Birmingham will he be risked against his old club, and if so will he come back to haunt the Toon Army? Carroll is tipped at 5.0 on Bet365 to open the scoring at Anfield in this fixture and the controversial among you must definitely be tempted by that figure.

The other big story surrounding Liverpool’s players of late is the emergence of young full backs John Flanagan and Phil Robinson who have ably stepped into the first team after injuries to Glen Johnson, Martin Kelly and Fabio Aurelio left King Kenny short on options at full back. In the last week both have put in assured first team performances which are sure to give Daglish a selection headache when injuries have cleared up. In the 3 games since John Flanagan made his debut at right back, in games against Arsenal, Manchester City and Birmingham the Reds have only conceded 1 goal, and that was only a Robin Van Persie penalty. So with Newcastle struggling to find the goals after Carroll’s departure why not bet on a home clean sheet at odds of 2.2 with Bet 365.

Liverpool’s top scorer Dirk Kuyt has also been in deadly form of late netting in all 3 of Liverpool’s last games so a bet on the battle hardened Dutch forward score could be a promising one with odds of 2.63 on Bet365 could prove to be a valuable one.

Newcastle League Position: 11th League Form: LWLDD

Newcastle’s season has been one marred by injuries to their valuable midfielders and this week they were dealt a further blow, after news of Stephen Irelands injury keeping him out until the end of the season. This coupled with injuries to Frenchmen Hartem Ben Arfa, youngster Dan Gosling, veteran Alan Smith and occasional injuries to captain Kevin Nolan and defensive midfielder Joey Barton has left Newcastle a disappointing 7 points from relegation.

That said for a team only promoted last season mid table obscurity had to be the most expected from Pardew’s men, especially after the loss of their prize asset in the winter. Newcastle’s striking problems are not eased by the fact that Leon Best is injured now meaning that the Toon will have to partner out of form hitman Shola Ameobi and seasoned pro Peter Lovenkrands, who between them have only scored 10 goals in 45 appearances.

Instead Newcastle will rely on their midfield hero and top scorer Kevin Nolan to provide the goals today and with odds of 5.5 to score at any time on SkyBet.

Highlighted Bets:

First Goalscorer Andy Carroll 5.0 Bet365
Home Clean Sheet 2.2 Bet 365
Anytime Goalscorer Dirk Kuyt 2.63 Bet365
Anytime Goalscorer Kevin Nolan 5.5 SkyBet

By John Fernandez

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