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Thursday Football Tips: Back 8/1 Bet Builder for Blades at Anfield

  • Paul Higham
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Paul Higham has picked out a value 8/19.00 Bet Builder on a few under the radar player props for Liverpool's home game against Sheff Utd on Thursday.


Liverpool v Sheff Utd
Thursday 4 April, 19:30 kick-off
Live on TNT Sports 2

Games continue to come thick and fast and now Liverpool's title challenge returns at Anfield against bottom side Sheffield United.

With Man Utd to come on Sunday Jurgen Klopp may try and shuffle his pack, but he knows even against a side they've beaten six times on the spin and 13-1 on aggregate need to be taken seriously.

And Chris Wilder's side have at least been scoring recently, but throwing away 2-0 and 3-1 leads shows their defensive problems, that could make it a long night against Liverpool's attack.

For more on the game, Abigail Davies has our full match preview, but for our daily Bet Builder we've got a couple of player props to go at.

Leg 1: Conor Bradley 1+ shot on target

With Liverpool such whopping favourites we have to be a bit smarter and go outside the obvious for anything representing value.

And I think Conor Bradley's still on the value side at 1/12.00 for 1+ shot on target, which he's managed in five games this season.

All five of those games have been emphatic Liverpool wins where they dominated - so this game against the basement Blades certainly fits that bill.

English Premier League - Top 5 Fouls

Team Played Fouls Av/Game
Wolves 38 494 13
Spurs 38 462 12.2
Bournemouth 38 457 12
Brighton 38 453 11.9
West Ham 38 421 11.1
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Leg 2: Cody Gakpo 2+ fouls

We've documented before how crazy Liverpool's foul stats are considering how many games they dominate the ball - with the amount of times they're penalised way above what you'd expect.

So it's worth including one from that market, and our man is Cody Gakpo who is likely to start and is 10/111.91 to commit 2+ fouls.

Gakpo's got 12 games with multiple fouls and after getting just a smattering of criticism he's got a point to prove which can only help us.

Leg 3: Jack Robinson 1+ foul

Sheffield United give away plenty of fouls themsevles, and an interesting bet for them is the 4/61.67 on Jack Robinson for 1+ foul.

A few reasons behind this one - starting with playing back at Anfield for former Liverpool players like him always being emotional events.

He doesn't give away a ton of fouls but one of the 12 games he did was the reverse fixture against the Reds - and he's sure to be under pressure for a fair amount of the game on Thursday.

Leg 4: Jayden Bogle 1+ foul

And just to add a couple of points extra we'll finish off with Jayden Bogle to give away 1+ foul even if it is just 3/101.30.

He's actually a decent shout for 2+ fouls at 13/102.30 as he's done that in five of his last nine, but with it being a four-fold we'll keep it conservative and take what's on offer for what should be pretty straightforward.

Bogle's given away 31 fouls in the league this season - which puts him third in the Sheff Utd standings and a prime candidate to add at least another.

Back Bradley 1+ shot on target, Gakpo 2+ fouls & Bogle/Robinson 1+ foul @ 8/19.00

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