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Premier League Betting: Saturday’s 3pm Kick-offs

FA Cup and International Football is behind us for the time being so “Mystical” Mike Norman is back with a preview of Saturday’s Premier League action. Best Bet: Back Villa HT/Villa FT @ 4.2 in Stoke v Aston Villa. Best Bet: Back Villa HT/Villa FT @ 4.2 in Stoke v Aston Villa Also: Back The Draw @ 3.4 in Birmingham v Everton; Back Bolton @ 2.24 to beat Wigan; Back Draw HT/Wolves FT @ 8.2 and Wolves HT/Wolves FT @ 6.4 in Burnley v Wolves; Back Any Unquoted Score @ 4.5 in Chelsea v West Ham Birmingham 3.2 v Everton 2.48 ; The Draw 3.4 It’s amazing to think that a win for Birmingham will take them just two points behind Liverpool – the side that have been favourites to finish fourth in the Premier League for most of the season. Brum have been brilliant under Alex McLeish , but so have Everton under David Moyes, and just because I don’t think either side deserve to lose I’m backing the draw today. It’s been nearly six months since Birmingham tasted defeat at St Andrews, and in that time they’ve conceded just five home goals so I’d have to favour a low-scoring game here. Under 2.5 Goals is available to back at 1.75 , whilst in the Correct Score market, the 0-0 and 1-1 scorelines can be backed at 10.0 and 7.2 respectively

Mar 12, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: Hull City v Arsenal

Title chasing Arsenal face a trip to Hull City on Saturday and Dan ‘The Betting Man’ Fitch thinks that even without Cesc Fabregas, they will have too much for Phil Brown’s Tigers. Best Bet: Back over 2.5 goals @ 1.71 . Recommended Bets: Back over 2.5 goals @ 1.71 ; Back both teams to score @ 1.84 ; Back Arsenal to be winning half time/full time @ 2.2 . Arsenal may have been beaten at home and away by both Chelsea and Manchester United, but it will be the final league table that determines who will be the top team in England.

Mar 12, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Ben Davies: My goals are helping us close in on Rochdale

As the season reaches the business end of proceedings and Notts continue to climb up the table, Ben looks back at the best players he’s faced this year and nominates the best goal he’s ever scored. “We’re slowly climbing the league table and starting to catch up on some of our games in hand, in the process closing the gap on table-toppers Rochdale. They have been extremely consistent this year and have a fantastic home record. We have played against some very good players this year but for me Rochdale’s striker Chris Dagnall has been the pick of the bunch.” Another week has gone by and we’ve played two more games as we continue to battle through our hectic schedule of League Two fixtures

Mar 12, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

La Liga Preview: See the stars? Ignore them

Tobias Gourlay suspects that the stars are not a good form guide and looks beyond the Big Two to find the value in this weekend’s Spanish-football markets. Recommended Bets: Back Barcelona/Barcelona at 2.16 v Valencia; back Real Zaragoza +0&+0.5 at 2.0 v Racing Santander; back Sevilla at 1.72 to beat Deportivo La Coruna A 2-2 draw for Barcelona in Almeria and a 92nd-minute winner for Real Madrid allowed Los Blancos to finally close the gap to the reigning champions.

Mar 11, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: Why Arsenal can win the title

They may have been written off several times this season but Arsenal are now two points off the Premier League summit with an easier run-in than their title rivals. Andrew Atherley discusses the Gunners’ chances. “On form, Arsenal have an excellent chance and probably should be shorter than their current 3.8 in the Premier League Winner 2009/10 market.” Arsenal can win the Premier League and here’s why: most of their tough games are behind them and they now have the easiest run-in of the three title contenders

Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Champions League Results: 3-2 in Florence matched at 95 as Gunners also open fire

Arsenal put five past FC Porto as Fiorentina crash out on away goals in Florence…. “The Italians were matched at 3.5 to win the match and that was ultimately a winning bet, as was the 3.7 Bayern were matched at to qualify. The big winning punters were those who predicted the 3-2 scoreline though, that was matched at the most attractive odds of 95.0.” Arsenal sent a chilling message to the remaining Champions League contenders that they mean business after dumping FC Porto out of the competition by winning the second leg 5-0. A hat-trick from Nicklas Bendtner did most of the damage in a game where they were matched at a high of 1.7 on Betfair to win.

Mar 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: The difficulty of keeping something in reserve

With Chelsea’s Hilario currently looking like a stranger to the goalkeeping position, Dan ‘The Betting Man’ Fitch looks at the difficulty of keeping a decent reserve keeper interested. Arsene Wenger doesn’t just have the problem of finding a reliable reserve keeper, as Manuel Almunia is equally rubbish. He’s now back in the Arsenal team that can be backed at 1.71 to beat Porto. Back in the day, a substitute bench was actually a bench with a substitute on it, rather than collection of heated car seats filled by several unmotivated millionaires.

Mar 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

World Cup Team Profiles: Group G: Ivory Coast

They’ve had the misfortune of being drawn into the Group of Death yet again. This time however, Ivory Cost have every reason to be confident of coming out alive… They’re [ 1.9] to get out of Group G, and if you fancy them to do that, the [ 30.0 ] on offer on them going all the way is a bet you should really be thinking about having. In their home continent, with the experience of 2006 under their belt, and with the best striker in the world in Didier Drogba within their ranks, Ivory Coast are a side boasting the ingredients necessary to make a lasting impression in South Africa.

Mar 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Champions League Betting: Arsenal v Porto

Tobias Gourlay is happy to stick with Porto ahead of their second leg with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Recommended Bet: Back Porto +0.5 on the Asian Handicap at 2.4 v Arsenal Two weeks ago, a couple of mistakes by Arsenal’s reserve goalkeeper, Lukasz Fabianski , helped Porto to a 2-1 win in Portugal. The result has helped bring the Portuguese champions’ To Qualify price in from 3.0 at the kick-off of that match to 2.26 ahead of the second leg at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday evening. Backing Porto To Qualify at 3.0 was suggested in these parts and you can now lay them off for guaranteed profit if you feel this is as good as it gets for Jesualdo Ferreira’s team. Need you be so cautious though? Historical precedents for this match have been investigated elsewhere on the website and suggest the value still lies with Porto

Mar 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

World Cup Betting: Still no closer to knowing who will be in England’s squad

In a weekend where Wayne Roney sat out his game with a knee injury, Wes Brown broke a bone in his foot, Theo Walcott dazzled for Arsenal and Phil Jagielka ruled the roost at the heart of Everton’s defence, Ralph Ellis tells us why there are very few certainties in Fabio Capello’s squad…. “Over at Arsenal Theo Walcott, branded “brainless” for his performance in the national shirt last week, suddenly dazzled for Arsenal in a 3-1 win over Burnley. The surprise pick of the last World Cup, Walcott has had a horrible season struggling for form and especially fitness. Could he now be ready to come good again?” An England week meant the inevitable raft of newspaper pieces trying to second guess Fabio Capello’s World Cup squad . You’re bound to have read one. They work with the list of certainties, the probables, and the possibles, and those who have lost their chance altogether. Frankly, and I hate to admit it having written a few of them myself at different times, they mean absolutely nothing

Mar 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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