Liverpool vs West Brom
English Premier League.
Date: Saturday, 22nd October, 2016,
Kick-off at 17:30 UK
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool.
Liverpool face a potentially tricky test at home to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday evening as they look to continue their strong run of form.
The Reds won four games running before being held to a goalless stalemate by Manchester United on Monday, while the Baggies come into the game unbeaten in their last four after drawing with Tottenham Hotspur last time out.
Team News
Per Uche Amako of the Express, Liverpool duo Georginio Wijnaldum and Joe Gomez returned to training with their team-mates on Wednesday.
Jonny Evans will miss the trip for the visitors after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season last time out.
Predicted Liverpool Lineup: Loris Karius; Nathaniel Clyne, Joel Matip, Dejan Lovren, James Milner; Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Adam Lallana, Philippe Coutinho, Sadio Mane; Roberto Firmino
Predicted West Brom Lineup: Ben Foster; Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Jonas Olsson, Allan Nyom; Darren Fletcher, Claudio Yacob, Matt Phillips, Nacer Chadli, James McClean; Salomon Rondon
Preview :
Liverpool couldn’t get the better of arch rivals Manchester United on Monday as they were held to a goalless draw at Anfield. The visiting Manchester United dominated the opening half of the match, but Liverpool improved significantly after the break and applied some pressure, but to no avail.
This ended Liverpool’s five match winning streak and denied them the top spot in the Premier League, but their unbeaten streak has now extended to eight matches. During this time they have scored an impressive 22 goals and conceded just five.
Four of Liverpool’s 18 Premier League goals this season have come from the penalty spot, with James Milner leading the scoring charts thanks to his stature as head penalty taker. Four penalties in eight games is quite a lot, with half of those coming at Anfield. This is thanks to the individual skill of the likes of Phillipe Coutinho, Sadio Mane, and Adam Lallana. West Brom commit an average of 14 fouls per game as well, so odds of 4/1 for Liverpool to Score a penalty look excellent value for money.
Liverpool’s lethal quartet of Coutinho, Lallana, Mane, and Roberto Firmino have been on fire this season as well. They have netted three goals apiece in the Premier League and Coutinho and Firmino have added one each in the League Cup as well. Lallana probably won’t last the full 90 minutes after his recent injury, so the best odds seem to be Coutinho to Score Anytime at 6/5 with bet365.
If you fancy a flutter on a West Brom goalscorer than you can look no further than Nacer Chadli. The former Spurs winger is the Baggies leading scorer this season with four Premier League goals and has netted all of these in West Brom’s last four matches. He comes in at a very well priced 5/1 to score anytime, much higher value than Salomon Rondon at 7/2 considering his excellent form of late.
West Brom getting on the score-sheet certainly isn’t out of the question. They have scored in seven of their nine games in all competitions this season and in four of their five away days. Liverpool have conceded in seven of their eight league games as well, with the goalless draw against Manchester United being their only clean sheet this term.
This makes odds of 21/20 for Both Teams to Score on Saturday look excellent value for money. Liverpool are huge favourites for this one, and despite West Brom being unbeaten in four matches I think it’s justified that they are such heavy favourites. Liverpool are looking lethal at the moment, so I’m going for a 3-1 correct score prediction at 12/1 as well.
Liverpool vs West Brom: Head to Head statistics
The last three meetings between Liverpool and West Brom have all ended in stalemates. The paid of meetings of last season saw a 1-1 score line at The Hawthorns and 2-2 at Anfield.
Liverpool are coming on the back of a three match unbeaten run against West Brom with 2 wins and a draw. While the Baggies have managed back-to-back wins in their previous two visits to Anfield. However, those two wins remain their only wins in the last 10 away matches against Liverpool.
Liverpool vs West Brom: Prediction
Liverpool are huge favourites in this game, they are also the better team consisting their Head to Head stat. They have a very good performance with 4 wins and a draw to in their last 5. They will hope to for a win in this fixture to add to their unbeaten run.
All odds are against West Brom and a win for them in this game will be a miracle.
Liverpool vs West Brom: Prediction
Both Teams to Score and Over 2.5 goals at 2.40 (11/8)
Both Teams to Score in Second Half at 3.75 (11/4).
