Blackburn v Liverpool Tip

Both teams are on poor runs but the bookmakers continue to price up Liverpool on nothing more than their heritage at 5/4 (BetVictor). If anything, Blackburn can argue that they’re having more of a minor blip having definitely improved since Christmas. The hosts have more points, more league wins and more goals to their name in 2012 and are therefore the obvious selection at best odds of 13/5 with Boylesports.

Kenny Dalglish has seen his side slump to six top flight defeats in the last eight with the most recent four road trips reaping no points whatsoever. There also isn’t a long gap between Tuesday evening and Saturday lunchtime; will the all-Merseyside FA Cup semi-final clash already be on Red minds?

Steve Kean can take heart from most of Blackburn’s recent performances at Ewood Park. They denied Manchester United a goal for over 80 minutes - no other team has done that in the league since 4 January. Before that the home form was two wins and a draw since the start of February.

Rovers claimed a 1-1 draw at Anfield on Boxing Day but they’ll be aiming for a repeat of the 3-1 success they recorded on their own turf in this fixture last season. That made it just one victory in five visits to Ewood Park for Liverpool. It all adds up to the feeling that the odds on a home win are highly generous at 13/5 (Boylesports).