Manchester United head to Hull knowing they must come away unscathed to hold on to their best chance of silverware this season.
While betting odds suggest the Red Devils are one of the favourites for the FA Cup, they are one of six, whereas on Thursday they are just one step away from Wembley. And don’t underestimate the importance for Liverpool. Still fighting on three fronts, with big football games coming up weekly, Liverpool’s title charge was derailed somewhat by defeat to Swansea, and Jurgen Klopp’s team needs to respond immediately to avoid the fear of implosion.
The online betting community believes the final will be another mouth-watering clash between these two oldest of adversaries.
Liverpool vs (0-1 on agg.) Southampton
Saints boss Claude Puel says their 3-0 thumping of Leicester at the weekend was the perfect warm-up for Wednesday’s trip to Anfield, ending a sequence of four successive league defeats. Meanwhile, Liverpool’s surprise failure to overcome struggling Swansea was just about the worst preparation. So it is important for Jurgen Klopp’s men to beat Southampton and beat them well, otherwise, they could be on the slide at just the wrong time.
I think Liverpool will come out guns blazing, and you can get odds of 2.08 for the Reds to be leading at half time.
Hull City vs (0-2 on agg.) Manchester United
Hull have been playing better than their results suggest for some time, sadly all too often the hallmark of a team doomed to relegation. It’s hard to see where the goals will come from to pull the Tigers to safety. Manchester United have been on a great run, although Jose Mourinho has recently reminded United fans they can’t expect the free-flowing attacking football of the Fergie era.
Even including United’s two goals in the first leg, the last three meetings between these two have yielded only three goals. So odds of 1.94 on Under 2.75 goals looks good value.
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