It’s surely just a question of ‘how many’, when Liverpool go to Cardiff .
That is, how many games is too many? This will be the 47th of the season for Jurgen Klopp’s Reds.
And as Manchester City and Tottenham showed in midweek, when the fixtures pile up, the weirdness piles in.
Cardiff winning (4pm) would definitely signal a new level of odd. This is their 11th Big Six game so far this season. They average leaking three goals a pop, and have lost the lot.
I’d be less surprised if Neil Warnock was the next James Bond.
With MI6 relocated to Sheffield in a post-Brexit austerity reboot. “Get a brew on, Moneypenny, Spectre’s giving me ball-ache.”
Could happen. Cardiff’s shocking record of defending set-pieces looks like Liverpool ’s licence to kill today.
Take some 6/1 (Hills) ‘anytime scorer’ about Virgil van Dijk .
He’s scored in four of his last 12 games – that’s a stats snapshot that ranks him more like a 2/1 poke.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United career seems to be stuck on fast-forward. Legend to leader to lame duck... all within five months?
The quacks are starting to appear, and Ole very badly wants to land that top-four finish now.
The short-term ambitions of mid-table Everton (1.30pm) are harder to guess.
Judged on their flop at Fulham , you’d think riding a banana round the Med with a jug of Mojitos was pretty high on the to-do list.
But I’ll bet the Goodison roar can burst any premature holiday vibes.
Gylfi Sigurdsson often gets a big-game power-up, and is worth a punt at 27/10 (888sport, Unibet) ‘anytime scorer’.
Luka Milivojevic did us a favour last week and appeals again as Crystal Palace go to the Emirates (4pm).
The Serb takes the Palace penalties, and has forged a deadly partnership with Wilfried Zaha, who contributes the ‘get kicked over’ bit.
Take Milivojevic 21/5 (888sport, Unibet) ‘anytime scorer’.
Today’s referee Jonathan Moss tops the Prem’s pen-giving table this season, which is lovely to see in the circumstances.
Last week: Winner at 17/2
