Market overreaction to 9-0 Liverpool win
Liverpool host Newcastle United in the aftermath of their 9-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday.
Scott Parker has been dismissed as the Cherries’ manager on Tuesday, and the squad will be trying to forget that afternoon as quickly as possible.
The Reds took all their anger out from picking up just two points from their opening two games on a poor Bournemouth side, and it is fairly unlikely that they replicate any scorelines close to that in the remainder of the season.
The Magpies rescued a point through a superb Allan Saint-Maximin volley at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday, but they were not at their best and the hosts will have been disappointed not to take all three points.
Background
Liverpool are very short to win the game, despite only tasting victory once so far, and their squad is still looking a little thin due to injuries.
Therefore, taking on the short turnaround, which Jurgen Klopp clearly does not enjoy, there are reasons to doubt their credentials at such a short price.
Newcastle are very capable, they have not started the season as well as they would have liked, but the budding centre back partnership of Fabian Schar and Sven Botman is showing positive signs and Nick Pope is one of the better shot-stoppers in the division.
Bruno Guimaraes, Callum Wilson, Jonjo Shelvey and Saint-Maximin are all big misses for the Magpies, but in Joelinton, Dan Burn and Kieran Trippier you can be sure that they will give a good account of themselves.
The injury list for the Reds is as follows: Diogo Jota, Naby Keita, Ibrahim Konate, Joel Matip, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Calvin Ramsay.
Darwin Nunez is unavailable serving the final game of his three-match suspension for the red card he received against Crystal Palace.
Newcastle were very impressive in a 3-3 draw at home to Manchester City in gameweek three, that is the most comparable game so far to the test at Anfield.
Although they were carved open at will in the closing exchanges of that match, there is a core of big game players in the squad who will be confident that they can go to Anfield and deny them back-to-back wins.
The Magpies are too big given the Reds’ concerning start to the season, Bournemouth are comfortably the worst team in the Premier League and it is important not to get too carried away with the ruthless 9-0 win.
Post bet chat Marcus's Tips:
Newcastle hold the Reds, a comfortable winner.