Liverpool vs Stoke City Preview

April 10, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

Daniel Sturridge

Sunday’s Premier League action from Anfield sees Liverpool face Stoke City, with both sides in the hunt for a European qualification place.

Jurgen Klopp’s side go into the game in ninth place, seven points off the top six following Saturday afternoon’s results and are without a win in their last four games in all competitions.

They drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur last time out in the league and followed that result with another stalemate against Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Europa League quarter final.

Captain Jordan Henderson is out for the rest of the season after picking up a knee ligament injury midweek while fellow midfielder Emre Can is suspended so Joe Allen could be recalled.

Daniel Sturridge is favourite to open the scoring at 5.0 (4/1) with Paddy Power with Divock Origi a 6.0 (5/1) chance with a variety of firms.

The home win is widely available at 1.66 (4/6) with the visitors as highly priced as the 6.0 (5/1) on offer from a number of bookmakers. The draw can be backed at 4.0 (3/1).

Stoke sit one place and two points above their opponents following last weekend’s 2-2 draw with Swansea City – a game that were winning 2-0 with just over twenty minutes left to play.

They have lost just one of their last seven matches and victory here would see them move level on points with seventh place Southampton.

Manager Mark Hughes is boosted by the return of both Ryan Shawcross and Xherdan Shaqiri though Marko Arnautovic amd Glenn Whealan may miss out along with Jack Butland and Jon Walters.

Mame Biram Diouf and former-Reds man Peter Crouch can each be backed at 12.0 (11/1) to get the first goal of the game with Bet 365.

The sides have already met three times this season, with both legs of their League Cup semi-finals and the reverse league fixture all ending in 1-0 wins for the away team.

With that in mind, you may be tempted to back under 1.5 goals this time around at 3.6 (13/5) with Bet Victor.

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