Middlesborough vs Liverpool Betting Tips

Although it's still early days, Pool need to turn the corner soon. On Saturday, in fact, when they travel north to The Riverside where Middlesbrough lie in wait. If Rafa's men don't act now, the mountain they need to climb to get to fourth place in the table, thus ensuring Champions League football next season, will grow ever steeper. So what's going wrong for Liverpool when they step off the team bus? They have the players to mix it with any team, anywhere. The main problem seems to be their inability to take their chances away from Anfield. And they seem to lose all confidence when going behind. They have found themselves trailing at half time in each of their five away defeats and quite simply haven't been able to pick themselves up thereafter. A worrying trend. This is all the more worrying considering that they are facing a team that have won their last three home Premiership fixtures, conceding just once in the process. Boro will also be buoyed by the fact that Pool haven't scored a single goal against them in their last four Premiership visits to Teesside. All in all, the stats aren't stacking up in Liverpool's favour, although, as you might expect, the Merseyside club possess a superior overall head-to-head record. Despite all of this, Liverpool are still clear favourites to come out on top. But this is a good thing, as it means that us punters are afforded some value. And, in baking Boro at 14/5 with expekt in the match result market, there's definite value to be had. Obviously, if this match was at Anfield, it'd be a completely different story. But Liverpool's confidence is bound to be low following a 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium last weekend. Conversely, Gareth Southgate's charges are very much on song at present, and they can build on their momentum in this fixture. Verdict - 1.25 Middlesbrough in the match result market @ 14/5 (VCBet)