AFC Bournemouth vs Liverpool Preview

April 16, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

Daniel Sturridge

Sunday’s Premier League action kicks off at the Vitality Stadium where Bournemouth take on Liverpool.

The Cherries go in to the game all but assured of the Premier League place for next season with last week’s victory over bottom-of-the-table Aston Villa moving them on to forty-one points – fourteen clear of the bottom three.

A run of four wins from their last six games in the league have helped steer Eddie Howe’s men towards safety and another victory here would keep alive their hopes of acheiving a top half finish.

Junior Stanislas could return for the game after recovering from a hamstring injury though Benik Afobe misses out with a similar problem and the game comes to soon for Adan Smith and Harry Arter.

Lewis Grabban is widely available at 9.0 (8/1) to open the scoring with Joshua King a 9.5 (17/2) chance with Stan James.

The home win is 3.7 (27/10) with Bet Victor with the visitors as highly priced as the 2.2 (6/5) on offer from Betfred. The draw is 3.5 (5/2) with a number of firms.

Jurgen Klopp’s men begin the weekend in eighth place, five points off the top five after a run of just one defeat in seven league games though they go in to this match on the back of Thursday evening’s remarkable come-from-behind win over Borussia Dortmund in the quarter finals of the Europa League.

Emre Can is suspended for the game so Joe Allen is expected to deputise while Christian Benteke is a doubt with a minor injury.

Daniel Sturridge is priced at 6.0 (5/1) to get the first goal of the game with Paddy Power with Roberto Firmino a 7.5 (13/2) chance with the same firm.

The two sides have already met twice this season, with the league and League Cup tie at Anfield both finishing in 1-0 wins for the Merseysiders.

You can back another Liverpool win to nil this time around at 3.75 (11/4) with several bookmakers while William Hill offer 1.91 (10/11) for there to be under 2.5 goals in the game.

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