Reds to keep it tight in Bucharest

*** BEFORE looking at Thursday's game, apologies for the disappearing act a few months ago. I'm out now and can tell you, sex addiction clinic is no picnic ***

Unirea v Liverpool

Thursday, 6pm, live on ESPN

The first leg at Anfield was no fun-fest and things shouldn't be too different in Bucharest. Unirea looked a much better side than most people expected but they showed very little going forward.

You would expect them to operate similar tactics again, hoping to keep things tight and then nick a goal some time in the second half.

It's a concern that Unirea beat Seville in their last European home game but Liverpool have become adept again at closing games down and I can't see them letting a goal in. At the same time, there won't be a lot of action at the other end - Liverpool have scored exactly one goal in 10 of their 11 cup games this season.

That makes a nice 1-0 win the most likely result, with a bet also advised on 2-0 in case the home side go too attacking and get caught late on.

SELECTION: Liverpool to win 1-0 (11-2 Sky Bet); Liverpool to win 2-0 (15-2 Sky Bet)

In the first goalscorer market, Dirk Kuyt has a habit of notching in games like this and he looks a a decent bet at 13-2 with Coral to hit the target first.

SELECTION: Dirk Kuyt to score first (13-2 Coral)