UEFA Champions League semifinals 2018: Liverpool vs. Roma odds, picks for Mohamed Salah vs. Edin Dzeko
Soccer fans get a Tuesday treat when Roma travels to face Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals at 2:45 p.m. ET. Liverpool is a one-goal favorite, unchanged from the opening line. Liverpool is -182 on the money line, meaning you would have to wager $182 on a Liverpool victory to win $100. The over-under, or total number of goals oddsmakers think will be scored, is three.
Before you bet, you need to see what renowned European soccer expert David Sumpter has to say.
Sumpter is an applied mathematician who wrote Soccermatics, the book that shows how math works inside the game. Together with experienced analysts, Sumpter developed the powerful Soccerbot model.
Sumpter's Soccerbot reads current odds and all team performance data, calculates key metrics and predicts upcoming matches. In the two-and-a-half seasons since it was born, the Soccerbot is up 1,800 percent on bookmakers' closing odds. That's right -- 1,800 percent.
Now, he has set his sights on Tuesday's Champions League fixture between Liverpool and Roma and his picks are in.
We can tell you that Sumpter is leaning toward the total going over, but what about the money line and spread? You can see those picks at SportsLine.
Sumpter knows this game will go a long way in determining who advances to the Champions League final.
Liverpool dominated Premier League champion Manchester City in the quarterfinals, while Roma prevailed over tournament favorite Barcelona with a stunning three-goal comeback in Rome.
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, the newly crowned PFA player of the year, has found the net in each of the past nine games at Anfield in league and cup matches in which he has started. He has scored a whopping 41 goals in his debut season at Anfield, including 35 in his past 34 games.
And Liverpool is unbeaten at home in its past 15 matches, winning 10 and drawing five.
Meanwhile, Roma star striker Edin Dzeko will look to pounce on Liverpool's defensive errors. Liverpool's back line gave up two goals to West Brom on set pieces over the weekend, resulting in a disappointing 2-2 Premier League draw.
Sumpter has identified where the value lies on the money line and against the spread.
So which side should you back in the Liverpool-Roma match on Tuesday? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of Liverpool-Roma you need to be all over, all from an expert whose model has made an incredible 1800 percent return on the bookmakers' closing odds, and find out.