The Monday night game on Sky is Swansea at home to Liverpool. You would expect historically to say Liverpool are in European action later in the week, but it is actually Swansea that have the trip to Valencia in the Europa League.
The Opta stats for the game are:
We mentioned in the Sunday Supplement:
An excellent bet for Monday is whether Liverpool can make a successive fourth 1-0 win. William Hill goes 40/1 that Liverpool win 1-0 and Sturridge nets first with the true price around 36/1. The bet of Monday is for both teams not to score on this one. Paddy Power goes 11/10 on this outcome. It is hard to believe that both teams to score is odds on, with Swansea in European action on Thursday night may see this game as a chance to tighten their defense. Five of the last six meetings have seen both teams not scoring and three of the last six heading under 2.5 goals.
We have placed our wager on both teams not to score, and at odds against, is a well worth the stake
Recommendations:
The Opta stats for the game are:
- Swansea City have won none and lost four of their last six Barclays Premier League home games.
- Liverpool have won their first three games of a top-flight season whilst keeping a clean sheet in each game, for the first time in their history.
- Liverpool are one victory away from sealing their 400th win in the Premier League.
- The Anfield club have never started a Premier League season with four consecutive wins.
- Brendan Rodgers avoided defeat in both matches against his previous club last season (W1 D1); including a thumping 5-0 win at Anfield.
- Daniel Sturridge has scored 11 goals in his last nine appearances in all competitions for Liverpool.
- Sturridge is only the second Liverpool player to score in each of the opening three games of a Premier League season (after Robbie Fowler in 1994/95).
- Liverpool have kept a clean sheet in six of their last seven league fixtures and are currently on a five-match winning run.
- Only Yaya Toure (267) has attempted more passes so far this season than Swansea’s summer signing Jose Canas (235).
- Chico has made a joint-division-high 33 clearances so far this season in the Barclays Premier League.
We mentioned in the Sunday Supplement:
An excellent bet for Monday is whether Liverpool can make a successive fourth 1-0 win. William Hill goes 40/1 that Liverpool win 1-0 and Sturridge nets first with the true price around 36/1. The bet of Monday is for both teams not to score on this one. Paddy Power goes 11/10 on this outcome. It is hard to believe that both teams to score is odds on, with Swansea in European action on Thursday night may see this game as a chance to tighten their defense. Five of the last six meetings have seen both teams not scoring and three of the last six heading under 2.5 goals.
We have placed our wager on both teams not to score, and at odds against, is a well worth the stake
Recommendations:
- Swansea/Liverpool - Both teams not to score - 11/10 Paddy Power
- Sparta Prague & Malmo FF - 2.17 Betway