Barclays Premier League betting - Portsmouth vs Liverpool

Liverpool travel to struggling Portsmouth in this weekend`s early kick off, hoping to kick start their flagging season with a big win. Liverpool are currently in sixth place, and are facing serious competition from Man City, Spurs and Aston Villa for the fourth place spot. Rafa Benitez`s side are currently three points behind fifth placed Tottenham and five points behind fourth placed Villa. Pompey are rock bottom with only eleven points from their 17 games.

Despite their poor league position, Portsmouth have been playing better of late, and they pushed Chelsea to the line in their midweek match, with a late Frank Lampard penalty sealing a 2-1 win for the Blues. Liverpool won 2-1 against Wigan in their midweek match.

Liverpool are favourites for the match, priced at 4/6 (bet £60 to make £40 profit), while Pompey are at 11/2. The draw is priced at 14/5.

The favourite result for the match is a 1-0 win for Liverpool, which is priced at 13/2. A 1-0 win is at 7/1, and a 1-1 draw is at 15/2. A 2-1 win for Liverpool is at 8/1 and a goalless draw is at 11/1. A 1-0 win for Portsmouth is at 12/1.

Liverpool / Liverpool is the favourite result on half time / full time at 6/4, followed by draw / Liverpool at 7/2. Draw / draw is at 5/1, and Portsmouth / Portsmouth is at 11/1.

Spanish striker Fernando Torres is favourite to open the scoring at 4/1, followed by talismanic captain Steven Gerrard at 5/1. Dirk Kuyt is next at 13/2, with David N`Gog at 7/1. Aruna Dindane is Pompey`s best hope at 9/1, and Yossi Benayoun is at 10/1.

Liverpool are facing a struggle to make the top four and their odds reflect this, with them being 5/4 to make the top four. Pompey are joint favourites to go down, priced at 8/15.

Portsmouth vs Liverpool betting odds

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