PREVIEW: Bournemouth v Liverpool

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]rofit last night on the Derby v Chelsea game.

Bournemouth and Liverpool have only met five times since 1927 – all meetings have come in the FA Cup and two of those matches were replays. So not exactly much past form to go on.

One thing is certain, Bournemouth will go into this quarter final with nothing to lose and couldn’t have picked a better time to face Liverpool.

Bournemouth are unbeaten in 12 matches – a run which has taken them to the top of the Championship table – whilst Liverpool have only won two of their last 10.

Liverpool also have a big match on the horizon – a Premier League home game against Arsenal on Sunday.

Despite this, punters have been keen on Liverpool with Star Sports and were an early market mover at lunchtime.

Bournemouth v Liverpool
Capital One Cup
7.45pm SKY

HEAD TO HEAD
(Maximum 10 matches)
Jan 2014 FA Cup Bournemouth 0-2 Liverpool
Jan 1968 FA Cup Liverpool 4-1 Bournemouth
Jan 1968 FA Cup Bournemouth 0-0 Liverpool
Jan 1927 FA Cup Liverpool 4-1 Bournemouth
Jan 1927 FA Cup Bournemouth 1-1 Liverpool

I REALLY can’t be backing Liverpool at short odds given their current shaky form. There are already murmurings of ‘Rodgers Out’ which will no doubt grow stronger if they exit the tournament tonight but that is a strong possibility. They have only scraped through the last two rounds and face an in-form Bournemouth side who will totally be up for the giant killing.

I say ‘giant-killing’ but there’s actually only 10 places between the two sides in the football pyramid!

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe is expected to name his strongest possible side whilst Rodgers problems are compounded with Mario Balotelli and defender Glenn Johnson missing the tie with groin problems. The problems for Liverpool are obvious. A lack of a formidable attack

14/5 looks generous, indeed over generous in the circumstances.

RECOMMENDED BETS (scale of 1-50 points)

BACK BOURNEMOUTH at around 14/5 for 8 points with Star Sports

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