Liverpool is facing a must-win match on Tuesday in Champions League betting odds as they play Debrecen in Hungary. Liverpool not only needs to win their match against Debrecen but they need France's Olympique Lyon not to lose against Fiorentina in Italy. Lyon has already clinched a spot from Group E with 10 points while Fiorentina is in second with nine. Liverpool is in third with just four points. Liverpool is a -1.5 goal favorite at online sportsbooks with a total of 3 UNDER -125. The three-way line has Liverpool at -300, Debrecen +850 and the Draw at +375.
Liverpool has to win against Debrecen on the road on Tuesday just to have a chance at advancing in the Champions League and that is not a certainty. Liverpool has won only once in their last 10 road soccer betting matches. In league play on Sunday they played to a 2-2 draw at home against Manchester City and suffered more injuries in the disappointing result. Daniel Agger went off with a head injury while Ryan Babel injured his ankle. Liverpool is already missing Fernando Torres. They are hoping that Glen Johnson will be available for Tuesday’s match and Agger could play as well. Debrecen is likely to be without Leandro, who has a partially torn knee ligament. Forward Robert Feczesin is also still injured.
While Liverpool may be able to handle Debrecen in soccer odds, they may not get much help from Lyon but Liverpool head coach Rafael Benitez believes it is possible. “We have produced miracles before," he said. "We can do the same again. It will be difficult, maybe another miracle, but all we can do is our job. If we can then play against Fiorentina with options of winning and qualifying next week, that will be fantastic. Hopefully we can do it. Last time in this position, we managed to qualify and it was amazing. It will be the same if we do it again.
Although Lyon has nothing to play for in their soccer odds match against Fiorentina, Benitez does believe they will play hard and try and finish in first place. "It is an advantage to qualify in first place, so Lyon will want to do that," he said. "They are good professionals and want to win. It will be good for the club and give them more money, too, they will want to be top because you never know what the draw will throw at them. It will be good for the Lyon coach and his players to want to be top. I have confidence that they will try to do that."
Lanning's Champions League Betting Picks: Liverpool will not have to do much against Debrecen except win and they have many injuries to deal with but should be able to pick up the win by 2 goals. The big question mark will be if Lyon can lend a helping hand against Fiorentina. Just to be safe, my pick for Tuesday's match-up is to take Liverpool -300 in Champions league odds against Debrecen.
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