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Betfair Big Interview: Jody Craddock

Wolves are close to surviving in the Premier League despite last week’s late defeat at Arsenal. Betfair went to meet long-serving defender Jody Craddock to learn more. “I once sold a painting for two grand – the very first Championship one I did of all the Wolves players celebrating winning the play-offs in 2003. Sir Jack Hayward bought that.” Hi Jody, so how many more points do you need to secure Premier League survival? As many as we can get. Before the Arsenal game I said another six, but that was only guessing. In reality you can’t set targets, you win a game and then it seems the team below you win a game, so that’s why you just need to get as many as you can. Eight points from four games before the Emirates has set you up, though

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Apr 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Results: Chelsea go odds-on for the title

Chelsea win at Old Trafford and are big favourites for the title… “The Blues were backed at 6.4 to be leading at half-time and winning at full-time and are now just 1.63 to win the league, having been backed at 4.3 just a couple of weeks ago after drawing at Blackburn. United have drifted to 3.6 after being matched at a low of 1.92.” Chelsea are in pole position to win the Premier League after being matched at 26.0 to beat Manchester United by a 2-1 scoreline. Joe Cole was backed at the huge price of 24.0 to open the scoring, which he did courtesy of a beautiful deft touch at the near post. Didier Drogba added a second after coming on off the bench before youngster Federico Macheda pulled one back, ultimately in vain. The Blues were backed at 6.4 to be leading at half-time and winning at full-time and are now just 1.63 to win the league, having been backed at 4.3 just a couple of weeks ago after drawing at Blackburn. United have drifted to 3.6 after being matched at a low of 1.92.

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Apr 03, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: Everton v West Ham

Everton are one of the league’s form teams, West Ham haven’t won in six.

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Apr 03, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

The Over/Under 2.5 Goals Column: Rooney’s absence should see the goals dry up at Old Trafford

Ed Nicholson looks at the big match of the weekend as Chelsea visit Old Trafford and Wolves’ trip to the Emirates in search of over/under 2.5 goals value. “With United casting one eye on their second leg quarter final match against Bayern Munich next week, and without the influential Wayne Rooney I can see United being quite tight and compact here. Chelsea too will want to get a result – and a draw is not a bad one for them. So a low scoring draw is foreseen.” Man Utd v Chelsea This game now has a completely different feel to it following Chelsea’s impressive 7-1 success against Aston Villa last Saturday and, perhaps even more pertinently, Wayne Rooney’s injury in midweek. And for those who have been saying that Man United have only performed so well this season thanks to Rooney’s tremendous form, this Sunday’s game against Chelsea will either go some way to proving them right or wrong. Obviously one match will be far from conclusive on that score, but it does just happen to be against Chelsea at a time of the season when losing any game could prove decisive in deciding league titles or relegation battles

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Apr 02, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: Easter Weekend’s 3pm Kick-offs

With seven (no so magnificent) fixtures to preview this weekend, “Mystical” Mike Norman has plenty of options as he searches for a fifth successive winning best bet. Best Bet: Back Blackburn at 2.2 to beat Portsmouth. Best Bet: Back Blackburn @ 2.2 to beat Portsmouth Also: Back Under 2.5 Goals @ 2.44 in Arsenal v Wolves; Back Over 3.5 Goals @ 4.0 in Bolton v Villa; Back Stoke @ 1.83 to beat Hull; Back Over 2.5 Goals @ 2.08 in Sunderland v Tottenham; Back Under 1.5 Goals @ 3.2 in Birmingham v Liverpool; Back 0-0 Correct Score @ 10.0 in Fulham v Wigan Arsenal 1.28 v Wolves 16.0 ; The Draw 6.4 As much as Arsenal should still win this game, I simply have to lay them at 1.29 given what’s happened to their squad in recent days. To lose William Gallas, Andrey Arshavin and Cesc Fabregas to injury after the Barcelona game is a huge blow to Arsene Wenger’s hopes of winning the title . Wolves have been in decent form of late and I don’t think they will be rolled-over at the Emirates today

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Apr 02, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting Preview: Burnley v Blackburn

Of all the all-Lancashire clashes the Premier League has to offer this season (and there are plenty), this is by some distance the hottest and most hate-filled, says Richard Walker. But who will our man be backing in the cotton mill derby? Best Bets: Lay Burnley @ 2.7 ; Back Over 2.5 goals @ 2.02 ; Back Fletcher to score @ 2.92 . Turf Moor is an intimidating venue at times, as much due to the hustle and bustle outside the ground from unforgiving locals, as the noise generated within the atmospheric stadium

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Mar 27, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: Wolves hammer the Hammers at odds of 120

Wolves beat West ham 1-3 to leave Gianfranco Zola’s side in real trouble… Two Ws came head to head tonight as Wolves travelled to West Ham and it is the former who will have a priceless W for win in the form guide after a remarkable 1-3 win that was matched at odds of 120.0 on Betfair. West Ham were well-fancied to win this match courtesy of solid home form of late and went off at around the 1.7 mark

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Mar 23, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: West Ham v Wolves

Tuesday’s live game on Sky is a relegation dogfight between struggling West Ham and Wolves. Dan ‘The Betting Man’ Fitch thinks that the Hammers are too short and worth opposing: Best Bet: Lay West Ham @ 1.83 . Recommended Bets: Lay West Ham @ 1.83 ; Back under 2.5 goals @ 1.92 ; Back Carlton Cole to score first @ 6.0 . With eight league games to go and both sides just hovering outside the relegation zone, it’s fair to say that West Ham at home to Wolves qualifies as a ’six-pointer’. As neither Burnley or Hull are in action during midweek, a victory for either West Ham or Wolves will see them gain some relative breathing space, while the loser will be left as a sitting target in 17th position

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Mar 22, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: Some fixtures are more key than others

Ralph Ellis tells us why desite every Premier League match having three points on offer, some results mean more than others. Following on from that, this is what we can read into some of this weekend’s results….

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Mar 22, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: Aston Villa v Wolves

The games are coming thick and fast for Aston Villa at present but they look a lot better equipped to cope with it than they were last season. Jaymes Monte reports… “There is little incentive for Villa to go out and exert maximum effort in order to win by three, four or five goals; instead they will be looking to reserve as much energy as possible as the games come thick and fast for them. A narrow home win would suit just nicely.” Aston Villa ’s season fell apart after a draw against Stoke in early March last year; it took them eight league games before they recorded another victory. There were murmurings in the media of a repeat scenario after the goalless draw at The Britannia Stadium on Saturday, but any uneasiness that Villa fans might have been feeling were quashed within three days as they took maximum points from Wigan on Tuesday night.

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Mar 19, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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