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Premier League Betting: United are value win bet in title decider

Chelsea haven’t won at Old Trafford since Jose Mourinho’s first season – can they change that this Saturday? Meanwhile, how will the Premier League’s most consistent home boys fare against struggling oppostion? Andrew Atherley reports. “Chelsea have a good record at Old Trafford, but you have to go back to Jose Mourinho’s first season to find their last away win against United.” Market activity on Betfair will be huge for the Saturday lunchtime title showdown between Manchester United and Chelsea, so where do the stats say the money should be going? Looking back through Premier League history at results between the eventual top two finishers gives us some idea of what to expect, even though it is not safe to assume yet that Arsenal won’t gatecrash back into second place at least. And the first notable factor is that away wins are rare, with only six in 35 matches (a low 17%), which indicates that Chelsea hardly merit being almost favourites at 2.9 against United’s 2.86 in the early match betting. Chelsea have a good record at Old Trafford, but you have to go back to Jose Mourinho’s first season to find their last away win against United.

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Apr 01, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Ben’s Banter: Bury’s Mike Jones

It’s three wins out of three for everybody’s favourite Aldershot right-back. Meanwhile, Bury are on a poor run but their talented midfielder is still hoping they can make a dash for the play-offs. “There are eight games left and I see them as an opportunity to raise my form, put in the good performances that will see us into the play-offs.” It’s been a pretty good week for us here at Aldershot; we collected nine points out of our three games, which included a 600 mile round trip to Darlington last Tuesday. Bury were our victims on Saturday. I have to say that we did ride our luck a little bit, especially in the opening stages of the game. Anyway, In the hot seat this week for betting.betfair.com is Bury’s creative midfielder, Mike Jones . Mike is a young, up and coming player who has endeared himself to the Bury faithful with his bravery, ability to get on the ball and creative flair

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Mar 31, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: Has Zola picked a fight he can’t win?

West Ham have lost the last six on the trot and are in free-fall. Now they have six games to play, so can they’re Italian manager save them? Frank Gregan. “Burnley and Pompey look doomed but who will join them? Hull are priced at 2.34 with West Ham at 2.26 .” David Sullivan gave the term ‘written warning’ a whole new meaning with his open letter to West Ham fans – a public chastisement of his management and playing staff. Gianfranco Zola took exception to the comments and sent his assistant, Steve Clark to tell Sullivan that he would not be welcome at the team meeting prior to the weekend’s game against Stoke. Sullivan shouldn’t be too upset at missing the meeting

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Mar 31, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Europa League Betting: Fulham v Wolfsburg

Tobias Gourlay previews a Europa League quarter final between two teams who have never reached this level of European competition before. Recommended Bets: Back Fulham at 2.32 to win; back Both Teams to Score at 1.9 Fulham move further into unchartered territory on Thursday evening as they contest a first-ever European quarter final, but their opponents, the reigning German champions, are similarly inexperienced and come up against a fine W10-D4-L0 European home record (W6-D1-L0 this season), which includes, of course, a splendid 4-1 win over Juventus a fortnight ago. The Londoners, moreover, are comfortably mid-table in the Premier League and coach Roy Hodgson has said he is now prioritising the Europa League. After a run of injuries, Fulham are getting close to full strength again. Andy Johnson and John Paintsil are still out with long-term knee problems, but Hodgson has been protecting Bobby Zamora , who has a stomach bug, from the unseasonably weather and is hopeful he will be available for this match to take a place alongside the Cottagers’ leading scorer in the competition, Zoltan Gera. 2.34 is a good price for another Fulham home win, but Wolfsburg , who are currently only ninth in the Bundesliga with its second-worst defence , scored in all three of their group-stage away matches in the Champions League and in 2/2 on the road in the Europa League so far.

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Mar 31, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: O’Neill edging towards Villa exit?

Aston Villa have taken the unusual step of denying that Martin O’Neill is set to quit Aston Villa. Ralph Ellis wonders if there can be smoke without fire… “O’Neill has come in to 7.2 second favourite to be Manchester United’s next manager on the strength of the gossip, which suggests he’s fallen out with owner Randy Lerner over investment levels.” I love the internet age. There wouldn’t be a Betfair without it, after all. But one of the downsides is the way rumours spread like wildfire. Football fans, of course, love all the gossip about who might be moving where, who could be quitting, and who’s fallen out with whom in the same dressing room. And there’s always somebody whose cousin knows a bloke who drinks with the centre-forward’s hairdresser and can confirm, 100 per cent, that he’s put his house up for sale because he’s joining Arsenal next year. For we old fashioned newspaper hacks that presents a whole load of stories to check out because, believe it or not, papers still aim to print only the truth, or at the very least stuff they genuinely believe to be the truth . The response of clubs and their managers has become mostly to neither confirm nor deny anything

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Mar 31, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

World Cup Stadiums: Peter Mokaba Stadium

Designed to look like a tree, named after a celebrated anti-apartheid campaigner and situated in football mad Limpopo – Ben Lyttleton provides the info on the Peter Mokaba Stadium. “Previous World Cup winners France and Argentina, with stars like Franck Ribery and Lionel Messi, will provide the biggest draw for the region but both teams face tough matches against tricky opponents at the Peter Mokaba Stadium.” The Peter Mokaba Stadium is a newly-built venue for the World Cup, replacing the old Peter Mokaba Stadium after initial upgrade plans were abandoned in favour of a new construction. The design of the stadium is based upon the iconic Baobab tree with each corner of the arena supported by enormous “trunks”, which accommodate vertical circulation ramps and service cores, where the steel structure holding up the roof is anchored. The Baobab tree is the biggest in Africa. It is named after Peter Mokaba , one of the renowned sons of the struggle and emancipation of the country against the apartheid regime and situated in Polokwane, the capital of football-mad province Limpopo. The stadium is 5km from the city centre, with a total seating capacity of 45,000 ­ and there will be packed houses for the four first-round matches that it will host: Algeria v Slovenia, France v Mexico, Greece v Argentina and Paraguay v New Zealand

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Mar 31, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

World Cup Stadium Profile: Mbombela Stadium

The Mbomela Stadium in Nelpsruit, Dutch for Nel’s stream, has been one of the most controversial of the five newly-constructed venues for this World Cup. Ben Lyttleton reports

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Mar 31, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Champions League Betting: Arsenal v Barcelona

Tobias Gourlay sees something beautiful on the horizon as Barcelona travel to North London.

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Mar 30, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Monte’s Multiple: Follow The Wizard and The Magician for this week’s treble

Monte’s Multiple offers a big priced treble this week with action from snooker’s China Open, darts’ Premier League and the top of the Scottish Premier League… Back Drago to beat Perry @ 3.1 Back Whitlock to beat Baxter @ 2.4 Back Dundee United to beat Hibernian @ 3.1 Treble pays @ 23.0 Bet 1: Snooker – China Open It’s been a while since snooker’s last ranking event, two months to be precise, and in that time chairman Barry Hearn has completed his manifesto aimed at restructuring and resurrecting the game. It was no surprise to see a ProTour circuit introduced similar to the one used in darts and a new single frame shootout tournament under shot clock conditions will be full of razzmatazz and aimed at the younger fans. Yet the proposed scrapping of the Grand Prix which will be replaced by a World Open may have raised a few eyebrows. However, none of these changes will come into effect until this season is done and dusted and the 2010 World Champion is crowned in May. This week’s China Open is the penultimate tournament of the snooker year and although competitions in Asia can traditionally be difficult to predict, this one’s proximity to the World Championships means that players are fully focussed on the task in hand. The seeds have had it pretty much all their own way on day one but I fancy an upset or two on the second day.

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Mar 30, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Cricket Betting: Why the IPL could help England’s Twenty20 bid

As the selectors prepare to announce their World Cup Twenty20 squad, Ralph Ellis explains why England supporters have reasons to be cheerful. “At 12.0 , England are starting to look like healthy outsiders for the Twenty20 World Cup.” Andrew Strauss has had his little spell of relaxation. Alastair Cook is ready for a break now. Meanwhile, Paul Collingwood seems to think rest is just something you use for your snooker cue. Giving new meaning to the phrase “A Man for All Seasons”, he’s hopped on a plane from Bangladesh to Delhi and slotted straight into the Indian Premier League without a pause for breath. And there was no easy introduction to his stint with the Daredevils either, having to go in at 38 for three against Kolkata Knight Riders yesterday. But his response was terrific, knocking 53 off 44 balls, rotating the strike nicely before blasting Chris Gayle for a couple of massive sixes to set up a 40 run win. Collingwood is pretty open that he’s at the IPL principally for the cash

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Mar 30, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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