Spread betting preview: Chelsea/ Liverpool
Chelsea/ Liverpool, Sunday, 4pm, Sky Sports 1, bet here
The phenomenal scoring rate of Premiership teams this season is great news for both armchair fans and spread punters, but an entertaining season for most of us usually means a disastrous season for the bookies: estimates suggest that punters have scooped around £7m since the start of the new campaign. Our friends at Sporting Index explain why goal spread bettors may be in for a treat when two of the league’s most prolific sides meet at Stamford bridge on Sunday…
Spread bettors may be unsure of whether Chelsea and Liverpool, will cancel each other out or pile on more misery for Sporting Index’s poor football traders when they play on Sunday. Buyers of the total goals spread may know that Liverpool have scored a staggering 22 in seven games, and a great many spread buyers will get on board in the knowledge that Torres, Kuyt, Benayoun and even Babel (after his two late strikes on Saturday) are firing on all cylinders. Buyers of any Chelsea-related goal spreads need not be jealous though, with Didier Drogba having spent almost as much time celebrating goals as his critics would say he spends rolling around on the pitch. The Ivory Coast international has scored six league goals in his seven games.
With 24 meetings between the sides in the last five seasons, spread punters are not short of head-to-head research material, although conflicting conclusions could be drawn. Buyers of Chelsea’s win index spread will be pleased that the Blues have won ten of the 24, but a strong argument could also be made for selling the spread, as Liverpool have won seven times, with seven draws. A further addition to the ‘pros’ of buying Liverpool’s win index spread is that Benitez managed the league double over Chelsea last year. Carlo Ancelotti and buyers of Chelsea’s supremacy spread will take more from matches at Stamford Bridge in this time however – the Blues have won five of the 11 fixtures, to Liverpool’s one away victory here last season.
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