LFC v Udinese: Betting latest
Check out the latest betting odds ahead of our Europa League game with Udinese...
Brendan Rodgers will be feeling positive this week after Liverpool picked up a first Barlcays Premier League win of the season away to Norwich on Saturday.
Luis Suarez grabbed the headlines with a 'striking master class', as described by his manager, but he was well supported in attack by the excellent young wide-men Raheem Sterling and Suso.
In midfield Nuri Sahin, on-loan from Real Madrid, continues to improve with every game and has now notched three goals in his last two games. If he starts against Udinese in the Europa League then he can be backed at 4/1 to score anytime to keep his run going.
He's by no means the only goal-scoring midfielder in the Liverpool ranks. Steven Gerrard is always a goal threat and can be backed at 21/10 to score anytime. Jonjo Shelvey is also available for selection and he showed what he is capable of, coming on to score a game-winning brace in the win over BSC Young Boys. Depending on the starting line-up he's another player who knows where the goal is and can be backed at 9/1 to score first and 16/5 to score anytime.
Suarez is the clear favourite in the scoring markets at 4/1 to score first and 11/10 to score anytime. Back-to-back hat-tricks are rare but he's 25/1 to do just that against Udinese.
LFC have now scored five goals in two of their last four games, though both were away from home. Udinese are a good side and five goals may be a little optimistic but the Reds are capable of winning this comfortably. The 8/13 match price tells us how the odds-makers think this game will pan out and Liverpool - 1 goal at 7/4 should be considered.
The Liverpool backline will need to keep an eye on Udinese's captain and goal-scoring machine Antonio Di Natale. He has a solid career record of 13 goals in 28 European games.
Another win will put Liverpool in a great position in the group and will keep the momentum going after that first Barclays Premier League win over Norwich.
This is a competition Rodgers has targeted to win this season. If his side beat Udinese at Anfield then their current price of 14/1 to win 2012-13 Europa League will only start to shorten.