Playing it safe at Anfield, taking a gamble at Old Trafford

Total Goals Guys / Total Goals Guys / 26 October 2007 / Leave a comment Free £25 Bet

The "Total Goals Guys" talk us through their weekend selections

Manchester United have racked up 4 goals in each of their last three matches and we are backing 2 goals or more in their home match with Middlesbrough this Saturday. The visitors are struggling just now and a visit to Old Trafford is all they need. The losses of Viduka and Yakubu coupled with the club's failure to find any replacements of the same calibre are having a damning effect. Boro have hit only 3 goals in their 5 away trips this season a we simply can't see them adding to this in Manchester. The only thing stopping us going for 3 goals or more here is the fact Utd were away on Champions League duty in mid-week so we'll play it safe with 2 or more here, available at 1.21.

Celtic will be hoping to get back to winning ways with a morale boosting win at home to Motherwell on Saturday. It's not often the Parkhead side go three consecutive games without scoring and we don't expect that to be the case come full time in this one. There could be a few goals in this one as Motherwell, under new boss Mark McGhee, seem to have employed the attitude that the best form of defence is attack - a strategy which denied high flying Hibs the chance to go top of the SPL last week. We fancy at least two goals here anyway and 1.21 is about right.

Unbeaten Arsenal travel to Anfield on Sunday and their hosts will be under a little bit of pressure to produce after a disappointing defeat in Turkey on Wednesday. Everyone is raving about The Gunners right now and quite rightly so as they can be a joy to watch at times but Liverpool will be desperate to show they can compete with Arsenal and will always have a great cheer behind them in such a game. With so much in the locker of both sides you often get such tempting prices for even just one goal. Two goals sticks out a bit here at 1.45 but again, we'll play it slightly cautious here and back 1 goal or more with a price of 1.11.

Rangers travel the roads and miles to "Bonnie Dundee" this weekend for a Sunday afternoon tussle at Tannadice. Dundee United have seen an upturn in their fortunes since the arrival of Craig Levein whose side are currently 3 points adrift of top spot in the SPL. The hosts have been difficult to break down this season, having still to concede a goal at home this season but this fixture has a history of goals and we are backing 2 goals or more this Sunday. Over the past 3 seasons this fixture has averaged over 3 goals per game so were happy to take on the price of 1.27 for just 2 in this one.

Barcelona will be hoping to follow up a frustrating goalless draw at Ibrox on Tuesday
by smashing a few past mid-table Almeria on Sunday night. The Catalans came under some criticism for a lacklustre attacking show in mid-week and their newly promoted visitors could well be lambs to the slaughter here. The away side have been giving a good account of themselves since gaining promotion to the top flight but 1.26 for 2 goals or more is a steal here.

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