KOP SEASON ON THE LINE
Win or title hopes are over Daring Doyle can come through the crowd
Q PEARSON’S
LIVERPOOL are without a win in six Premier League games against Man United, who visit Anfield today in a 12.30pm kick-off.
However, the Reds did knock United out of the Europa League in the 201516 season, so it has not all been one-way traffic.
Romelu Lukaku never scored at Anfield in a Merseyside derby but he is 7-2 with BetVictor to open the scoring and evenmoney to find the back of Simon Mignolet’s net.
No striker has scored eight times in his first eight Premier League games for United, but the Belgium international will do so if he scores today.
Liverpool will want to move on from a disappointing display at St James’ Park last time.
Steven Gerrard says they will bounce back against Jose Mourinho’s men and I agree. Liverpool are 6-4 favourites with BetVictor to pick up all three points, with United 15-8 and the draw at 12-5.
Mo Salah’s goals have taken Egypt to the World Cup finals and the in-form Reds winger looks sure to play a major part today. Salah is 6-1 to open the scoring and 15-8 to find the back of the net some time during the 90 minutes.
United have made serene progress so far, dropping just two points.
A win for the Reds and the gap between the sides will be down to just four points. A 10-point gap, even at this early stage, would be hard to bridge.
Arsenal go to Vicarage Road this evening and surprisingly for a side with such a vast array of attacking talent, the Gunners are yet to score away in the league.
That said, Watford have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 games against Arsenal – a run that goes all the way back to April 1998.
The Hornets haven’t won in front of their home supporters this term and are 22-5 with BetVictor to beat Arsene Wenger’s side, with the Gunners 13-20 and the draw at 16-5.
Outstanding Brazil U-20 international Richarlison is 17-2 to open the scoring for Watford and 9-4 to find the back of Petr Cech’s net. He looks a very special player and is 50-1 to be Young Player of the Year.
If he played for a more fashionable club, he would be half that price.
David Moyes and Malky Mackay are 2-1 jointfavourites to be the next Scotland manager after the departure of Gordon Strachan on Thursday.
Moyes has never hidden his desire to manage the national side but his stock has not exactly risen since he left Everton in 2013.
Mackay (2-1 from 6s) and Aberdeen’s Derek McInnes (10-1 from 6s) would be my selections. Go to BetVictor.com