Can Liverpool stop Chelsea in Premier League? Sportsbook odds say no

After a devastating start to their 2010 British Premier League season, Liverpool FC is clawing its way back up the table with wins against Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers

However, online sportsbooks bet365, Unibet and Bodog reckon Chelsea is exactly who the Liverpudlians don’t need to be facing right now.

Chelsea is atop the Premier League table and is a neat 1/1 favorite at Unibet to take the Sunday match at Anfield. The Reds are just 11/4 to win (or a marginally longer 3/1 at bet365 online sportsbook) and a draw gets odds of 9/4 at Unibet or 23/10 at bet365.

Just to make things a little more difficult for Liverpool, even though league-leading goal scorer Florent Malouda will likely miss the match, scoring machine Didier Drogba won’t. Meanwhile, hotter than both is Nicolas Anelka, who has scored three goals in his last four matches; no wonder Blues manager Carlo Ancelotti claims Anelka “is in the best form of his career.” Unibet likes Drogba to score the match’s first goal at 4/1, followed by Anelka at 11/2, and Frank Lampard (who is questionable to play) at 7/1.

Injuries are also niggling at Liverpool: Ex-Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole is a scratch for the match, though Dirk Kuyt is pressing hard to return to the pitch after three weeks out with an ankle injury.

All in all, all signs seem to point to yet another Chelsea win. After 10 games, the Blues have opened up an outstanding five-point lead over Manchester United and Arsenal, and the outright odds to win the Premier League already reflect such: Chelsea is now a huge 1/2 favorite for the title, while Man U. and Arsenal get lines of 4/1 and 5/1, respectively.

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