Andy Holding & Tom Love's Horse Racing & Football Double

CROWN POWER (best price 2-1) has cut a bit of a frustrating figure in recent times, but with the greatest respect to her rivals here tonight, this Class 5 event is a little easier than she’s been tackling of late and she’s fancied to press home that viewpoint over a trip that might just end up proving her optimum.

In the money on each of her last four starts, she’s had the misfortune to bump into the likes of huge improvers Old Port and Almufeed on her last two racecourse visits, so in the circumstances, she hasn’t fared too badly. Good on the numbers despite being beaten three lengths by the former on her first visit to tonight’s track, it’s worth noting she finished well clear of the rest, and then having travelled well at the Sunbury venue 34 days ago, she patently didn’t see the trip out as well as anticipated. Dropping back down to the extended mile for the first time this evening, she will probably want a reasonable pace to shoot at, but with Queen Of Burgundy likely to assume the front-running role, hopefully the four-year-old will be able to took in behind before being delivered with a potent challenge late on.

Liverpool have a comfortable buffer ahead of Inter Milan after playing out a 2-0 win at the San Siro a few weeks ago. It was far from plain sailing for the Reds though, Inter were the better side for about an hour but Virgil Van Dijk and co did a great job at keeping a red hot Inter forward line out. 

The Nerazzuri warmed up for this one with a 5-0 demolition of Salernitana. Both strikers Lautaro Martinez and Erin Dzeko combined for all 5 goals. They may well score here and they have to attack so it could make it an end to end affair. 

Simone Inzaghi did a superb job at Lazio and he’s proving a classy operator again. Marcelo Brozovic has been key for the Italians in midfield and the balance in the side is excellent.

Jurgen Klopp has plenty available to him and his side are in fine form in both boxes of late. Their scoring record is superb and even though they don’t have to win it’s easy to see why they’re odds on to win this one.

You’d have to fancy goals again and it’s the 9/4 about Liverpool to win and both teams to score that makes the most appeal in this clash.