Premiership football betting - Liverpool vs Hull City

Liverpool welcome Hull City to Anfield today in the Premiership. Last season`s runners-up are in good form having won three in a row, but Hull have lost four of their last six league games and were dumped out of the Carling Cup by Everton on Wednesday, losing 4-0 at home.

Unsurprisingly, Liverpool are big favourites at 1/6 while Hull`s chances look remote at 22/1. The draw is 7/1, further reflecting the bookies` view of this as a one-sided contest.

A 2-0 home win the the most likely score at 6/1, then 3-0 at 15/2 and another 4-0 thrashing for Hull is priced at 10/1. A 0-0 draw is priced at 21/1 with 1-1 at 16/1. A 1-0 Hull win is 63/1, and a dream 2-0 win is priced at a huge 250/1. The last time the two sides met, Liverpool won 3-1 in Hull, but the Tigers had held Liverpool to a 2-2 draw at home earlier in the season.

Fernando Torres is favourite to score the first goal of the game at 11/4. Torres scored 17 goals last season in 38 appearances and has scored five in six league games this season so far. Steven Gerrard is next at 9/2, then Dirk Kuyt at 11/2. The bookies seem to think Venegoor of Hesselink represents Hull`s best chance of opening the scoring, but he is still priced at 18/1.

Liverpool are 8/15 to be winning at half-time and full-time, and are 4/1 to be drawing at half-time but winning at full-time. Draw/draw is priced at 12/1, and Hull to win after drawing at half-time is 63/1.

Hull are in desperate need of a lift after a dreadful start to the season in the league, and are probably in low spirits after losing so decisively in mid-week. Liverpool are playing well and deserve to be the overwhelming favourites that they are.

Liverpool vs Hull betting odds

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