Moments of pluckiness notwithstanding, Portsmouth have endured a terrible season with four separate owners unable to pull the club out of administration nor save it from relegation. No one is giving Pompey a chance on Saturday, trading as they are at 17.0 compared with Chelsea’s 1.2 on Betfair .
The term ‘fortress’ is bounded round far too often in reference to this or that team’s ability to get results at home, but when it comes to Anfield it’s completely justified.
Both Manchester City and Aston Villa come into this game knowing that only a win will be enough to keep their Champions League hopes alive. A draw would let in Tottenham and Liverpool; achieve a loss and it’s goodnight Vienna.
With their title hopes hanging by a thread the last thing Man United need is this Saturday’s derby at
in-form Manchester City.
Aston Villa will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Chelsea in the FA Cup on Saturday with a home win against the blue half of Merseyside in the Premier League on Wednesday night.