Bet on Liverpool - get a refund if they exit
Liverpool are [1.85] to secure a spot in Friday's Europa League quarter-final draw tonight and that's a brilliant price even though they trail Sporting Braga 1-0 on aggregate given their prior experience of coming from behind to progress in this competition.
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They need to score twice, and aren't helped by the absence of Luis Suarez, but Andy Carroll is tipped to make his longest appearance yet, while they have struck twice in half of Kenny Dalglish's six home games back in charge, including the most challenging two against Everton and Manchester United.
At this point in last year's Europa League, they were beaten 1-0 on their travels by a Lille side arguably far stronger than their Portuguese opponents this evening and bounced back with a 3-0 win at Anfield, then in the quarter-finals they fought back after a 2-1 defeat in Benfica with a 4-1 romp.
Even when the Reds lost away to their toughest opponents of that campaign, eventual winners Atletico Madrid, they managed to triumph in the return leg on Merseyside to take the tie to extra time, when they could no longer resist the threat possessed by Rojiblancos forward Diego Forlan.
That suggests that they should definitely be trusted to deliver a 90-minute victory at [1.49], while a clean sheet would also appear to be on the cards at [1.93] given Braga's defensive outlook and the fact they have netted just once in their last four continental away outings, during which they have conceded nine. Correct score backers will like the look of 2-0 and 3-0 at [6.8] and [11.5] respectively.
Liverpool v Sporting Braga
Kick-off: 8.05pm
Live on Five
Think Braga will come out on top again? They are [8.8] to win...
Published: 17 Mar 2011
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