19th Aug 2017 | Premier League
Former Anfield Man Loves Going Back
It could be a quirk that Benteke always scores at Liverpool, for visiting teams. More likely it's because he's one of the best headers of the ball in the top flight against a defence who hate aerial threat.
There’s quite high potential for Liverpool to spank Palace this afternoon but that doesn’t mean the best value bet isn’t Christian Benteke to score anytime at best odds of 3/1 with Betfred.
The former Red has struck five times in his last three visits to Anfield as an away player including a brace for the Eagles as recently as April.
Things may change quickly in football but the exception to the rule appears to be the Merseysiders’ ability to cope with set-pieces. All the old vulnerabilities were exposed in the 3-3 draw at Vicarage Road on opening weekend.
The Belgian international is nothing if not lethal in the air and Palace need only get some decent service to him once or twice for this bet to be likely to land.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 08:33 19th Aug, 2017 but subject to change