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Europa League Results: Misery continues for Liverpool

Away defeats for the Premier League’s two representatives hand favouritism to Juventus “In Lisbon, Benfica look primed for a home win and were matched at 1.07 to defeat opponents Marseille. But with 91 minutes played Hatem Ben Arfa conjured up a priceless equaliser to put the tie back in the balance. “ Liverpool suffered more away day anguish with Europa League defeat to Lille today. With the scores locked at 0-0 and just five minutes left on the clock, the Reds looked to have done enough at the Stadium Lille Metropole. But they encountered a Hazard, namely Edem Hazard, who put the ball past Pepe Reina to hand the French outfit an invaluable lead while also condemning Liverpool to the second away defeat of the week. The home win was an in-running 9.6 shot. It’s not all bad news for Liverpool fans though, Rafa’s Reds are still the 1.9 favourites to qualify .

Mar 11, 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.

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League Two Betting Preview: Make or break March

When you eat a sandwich, the best bit is in the middle. In similar fashion, gamblers should not just look to the obvious games at top or bottom for their weekly bets, but to the play-off hopefuls, writes Ian Lamont. “Back John Sheridan’s men at 1.85 at home to Port Vale, whose boss Micky Adams outlined a few weeks ago what his side needed to do to reach the top seven.” Northampton have taken a fair while to come to the boil this season. Yet now they sit near the top of the form table, arguably at the best time of year to kick on

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League One Betting Preview: Back a tight derby at the Den

Millwall against Charlton is one of several top League One games coming up this Saturday, all of which have the potential to cause a ripples in the promotion markets, writes Alan Dudman. “High octane derbies can often boil over, either with plenty of goals and bad challenges, or they can fail to live up to the hype.” Millwall 2.32 v Charlton Athletic 3.45 , the draw 3.15 Ahhh, memories of my days living in south east London come flooding back as we head, feet first maybe, into this weekend’s derby and the battle of the ’sarf’. Millwall are in good health at the moment, and tackle their third game in the space of a week. Last Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Walsall was a slight surprise, but convincing wins either side of that game (including Tuesday’s 3-1 thumping of Carlisle) mean we’re not going to get too much fat on the bone with their price. Factor in their impressive home form – and 2.32 is just about right. That home record would be giving Charlton’s boss Phil Parkinson plenty to mull over. Millwall have won their last four in Bermondsey, and have only conceded the one (to Norwich). In a word – impressive.

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Bundesliga Betting: Schalke can win this weekend but can they go all the way?

Wolfsburg won the Bundesliga last season when everyone wrote them off but can Schalke emulate them this year, asks Kevin Hatchard. Plus the best of this weekend’s betting. “If you are going to back Schalke to win the Bundesliga, back them now. If they come through the next few games unscathed, those odds could shorten considerably.

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Southwell Placepot: Thursday 11th March

Next week, the placepot team is doubling their efforts to provide a daily perm for the lucrative pot on offer at Cheltenham, on top of the regular service at one of the lesser meetings each day, but that’s to look forward to, and today we have a run-of-the-mill card at Southwell to go at. Rather like this intro, our suggested perm lacks much in the way of creativity or diversity, but you’ve got to play the cards dealt, and remember that a placepot doesn’t necessarily have to pay big in order for you to win big; it’s all in the approach and basic stake

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Davis Cup Betting: We lose because we’re not good enough

Ralph Ellis offers a frank estimation of the Davis Cup defeat to Lithuania and considers the wider malaise of British tennis. “If managing the England football team still carries the moniker created by Graham Taylor of “the impossible job”, then it’s nothing compared to running Britain’s Davis Cup side.” For a good number of years, being Britain’s Davis Cup captain was just about the easiest job in sport. You got out your team sheet and pencil, wrote down the numbers one and two, put the name Tim Henman against the first and Greg Rusedski against the second. Next you put both names down again after first writing the word “doubles”.

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Champions League Results: United sweep aside Milan and Real crash out

United striker returns from injury to ruin Beckham’s night out at Old Trafford. Meanwhile, Madrid crash out at home to Lyon… “Darren Fletcher arrived at the far post in the 88th minute to head in the fourth, round off Milan’s humiliation and signal to the rest of Europe that United’s Champions League aspirations are as serious as ever.” Manchester United’s bid to reach a third consecutive Champions League final remains on course after they won the second leg of their second round tie against AC Milan at Old Trafford. Sir Alex Ferguson’s side, who are now 5.4 to win the Europe’s biggest prize this season, traded at 1.83 on their way to a comfortable 4-0 (7-2 agg) win. Wayne Rooney again made the difference, scoring two goals, as he did in the first leg. Rooney’s first goal came after 12 minutes when he headed in from Gary Neville’s perfect cross. Milan had their chances in the remainder of the half, Klaas Jan-Huntelaar missed from close range, but when Rooney latched on to Nani’s exquisite cross to lift the ball past Christian Abiatti a minute after the break, the tie was effectively over.

Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Non-league Betting: BSP – home of the odds on lay

Can anyone beat anyone in the BSP? If it’s an outsiders paradise then why are they outsiders? Gary Boswell mulls over these questions and more while selecting the best bets from the weekend’s non-league football. “I agree with my critic that 1.3 shots are there to be laid rather than backed

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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

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