European wins expected for Liverpool and Man City
Published:LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER City are both odds-on with Ladbrokes to win their home Europa League ties on Thursday night.
Liverpool (3/10) host Sparta Prague (7/1), with the draw priced at 10/3. Manchester City are just 1/5 to beat Aris with the Greek side 10/1 to cause an upset and win to progress to the next round of the competition.
City are the 4/1 favourites to win the tournament this season with Liverpool 7/1 chances. Rangers (80/1 for the tournament) are also in action and they travel to tournament Sporting Lisbon (33/1 for the tournament). It’s 8/13 Lisbon win on home soil to progress with a Rangers win priced at 7/2.
Andy Carroll is also nearing full fitness and the bookies quote him as a 6/4 chance to score on his competitive debut for Liverpool.
Alex Donohue of Ladbrokes said: “In an ideal world we’d see two more 0-0 draws but as the odds suggest both Liverpool and City should get the job done.”
Ladbrokes latest betting
Liverpool – 3/10
Draw – 10/3
Sparta Prague – 7/1
To score first
Kuyt – 3/1
Gerrard – 7/2
Ngog – 9/2
Meireles – 5/1
Pacheco – 5/1
Cole – 6/1
Jovanovic – 6/1
Ince – 10/1
Rodriguez – 10/1
Kweuke – 10/1
To score at any time
Kuyt – 8/11
Gerrard – 5/6
Ngog – 11/10
Meireles – 5/4
Pacheco – 5/4
Cole – 13/8
Jovanovic -13/8
Ince – 11/4
Rodriguez – 11/4
Kweuke – 7/2
Andy Carroll to score on his Liverpool debut – 6/4
Manchester City – 1/5
Draw – 4/1
Aris – 10/1
To score first
Tevez – 5/2
Balotelli – 3/1
Dzeko – 3/1
Silva – 9/2
Jo – 5/1
Milner – 7/1
Y Toure – 7/1
Wright-Phillips – 7/1
To score at any time
Tevez – 4/7
Balotelli – 8/11
Dzeko – 8/11
Silva – 6/5
Jo – 11/8
Milner – 2/1
Y Toure – 2/1
Wright-Phillips – 2/1
Sporting Lisbon – 8/13
Draw – 5/2
Rangers – 7/2
To score first
Postiga – 9/2
Djalo – 11/2
Saleiro – 7/1
Lafferty – 7/1
Fernandez – 8/1
Valdes – 8/1
Vucevic – 8/1
Healy – 8/1
To score at any time
Postiga – 5/4
Djalo – 7/4
Saleiro – 2/1
Lafferty – 9/4
Fernandez – 5/2
Valdes – 5/2
Vucevic – 5/2
Healy – 5/2
Europa League winner
Manchester City – 4/1
Liverpool – 6/1
Porto – 7/1
Zenit St Petersburg – 9/1
Bayer Leverkusen – 14/1
CSKA Moscow – 14/1
Villareal – 14/1
PSG – 20/1
Ajax – 20/1
Dynamo Kiev – 22/1
Twente – 25/1
Benfica – 25/1
Spartak Moscow – 28/1
Stuttgart – 33/1
Sporting Lisbon – 33/1
Sevilla – 33/1
Napoli – 40/1
Lille – 50/1
Lech Poznan – 80/1
Young Boys – 80/1
Rangers – 80/1
