FA Cup Replay – Betting Preview
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009Everton and Liverpool meet again for the third time in a fortnight in the FA Cup fourth round replay tonight at Goodison Park. Both results in recent weeks have resulted in 1-1 draws, but both matches were played at Anfield, so Everton will feel like they have the edge.
With the sale of Robbie Keane to Spurs, Rafa will be wanting to wrap star striker Fernando Torres up in cotton wool and with his side still fighting on three fronts, with the Premier League presumably the priority he may rest his top scorer for tonight’s match.
Everton on the other hand have a thread bare squad and will have no choice other than select their strongest lineup. The home side are a 2/1 shot with totesport to win in 90 mins, with Liverpool an 11/8 chance. I think whatever the personnel on show it’ll be another tight encounter and the draw at 11/5 looks the bet in 90 mins.
If you fancy a result in extra time, you can back Everton at 11/10 and Liverpool at 4/6, both with totesport.
Elsewhere there are three other football matches for you to bet on in the FA Cup tonight. Aston Villa (1/3) were forced to play a replay and host Championship struggler’s Doncaster Rovers (8/1). Doncaster have only ever lost to Villa once in their history and will be looking to add to this amazing statistic. The draw is 10/3 with totesport.
Forest and Derby do battle again tonight at the City Ground. The home team look a decent prospect at 5/4 as they’ve had a lift in form since former Derby manager Billy Davies took over. Derby on the other hand, an 11/5 shot still show signs of struggling this season, despite the arrival of Nigel Clough and their weekend win against Coventry. The draw is 9/4 with totesport.
The last of the FA Cup replays tonight sees Blackburn against Sunderland. I don’t think either of these teams will be taking this seriously which makes it a very difficult betting proposition. The home side are unbeaten under Sam Allardyce and probably shade it here. You can back them at 4/5 here versus the 13/5 about Sunderland. The draw is 5/2 with totesport.
Totesport will be betting live in-running on tonight’s Merseyside derby.
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