Archived Premiership Football Betting Tips (5th March 2005)
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| Premiership football betting
tips are given one of the following three ratings: |
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Banker,
large stake, predicted outcome is more than likely. |
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Likely
outcome, medium stake, worth a gamble. |
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Worth a flutter,
small stake, be prudent with these and stick to matches where you
can spot the value. |
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| Below
were the predicted outcomes for the weekend fixtures Sat 5th
to Mon 7th March 2005. |
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| Archived
Premiership football betting tips (5th, 6th & 7th March
2005) |
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| Sat 12:45 |
Aston Villa v Middlesbrough |
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Villa have lost their last 2 home games and
played rather poorly in both. Their attack is woeful but may be
bolstered by the return of Vassell to partner Angel, with Cole missing
out through injury, but their main threat has been from Solano and
Hendrie from distance. Their biggest absence however is Gavin McCann
who had been a revelation in the Villa midfeld providing both solidity
in defence and insight going forward. Their opponents Boro have
only won 4 away from home and have not won in their last 6 away
fixtures; the UEFA cup outings have been a distraction and injuries
to key players has stalled them when they could possibly have mounted
more of a challenge in the Premiership. Expect a bore draw at Villa
Park.
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Draw
1-1 |
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| Sat 3:00 |
Arsenal v Portsmouth |
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Arsenal
threw everything at Pompey's rivals Southampton but could only take
home a point which makes this game against Portsmouth a must win affair,
mainly because they are now 10 points behind leaders Chelsea but more
importantly they are 4 points behind United and an automatic Champions
League spot. With maybe Henry, Pires and Campbell all out injured
and Bergkamp, Reyes and van Persie suspended Portsmouth may feel they
can take the game to Arsenal but they've only won twice away and lost
their last four. Arsenal don't have the biggest squad to fill the
gaps with quality and Pompey need some self belief to overcome a very
weak Arsenal side; best potential for an upset. |
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Away Win 1-2 |
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Crystal Palace v Man Utd |
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Palace maintained the pressure on the teams below them by taking
another 3 points at home to Birmingham; their fifth home win of
the season with 3 of those coming in their last 4 but the visit
of United will be a much tougher test considering their exceptional
form. United have only dropped 2 points in their last 6 away fixtures
and now have van Nistelrooy back, although Gary Neville may miss
out due to an ankle injury. The only caveat here might be that Ferguson
may wish to rest players with next week's Champions League away
fixture to Milan in mind. United should win here but Andy Johnson
may well score (from the penalty spot).
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Away
Win 1-2 |
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Fulham v Charlton |
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Charlton have only lost once away from home in their last 6 outings
and stand a chance of getting something at Fulham who have had a
disappointing season. Fulham have lost 6 times at home and are not
yet guaranteed safety from the drop. Against Spurs at the weekend
they showed no attacking intentions and looked like they had come
for the draw; a dangerous policy with so few games to go. Charlton
will be disappointed with twice being in the lead at Boro only to
be pegged back each time and will, providing their key players find
a bit of spark, grab a draw at Fulham, even though Fulham should
show more attacking nous at home.
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Draw
1-1 |
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Newcastle
v Liverpool |
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Last
season this game may well have determined who would claim the last
Champions League qualifying spot but both teams are off the pace this
time around, especially Newcastle and Liverpool only stand an outside
chance of catching local rivals Everton. Newcastle have had some good
results recently dumping Chelsea out of the Cup and beating an in
form Bolton, though these results have come at home. Liverpool however
have had erratic away form losing 7 from 13 although 3 of their 4
wins have come recently, and how they respond after their Carling
Cup defeat to Chelsea could be telling. Kluivert will be missing for
Newcastle so Ameobi should partner Shearer whilst Baros and Morientes
should provide the ammunition for Liverpool. This should be a very
close game. |
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Draw 2-2 |
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Southampton
v Tottenham |
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Harry
Redknapp looks to be turning around things at Southampton but whether
or not he can achieve this in it's entirety before being relegated
remains open to debate. Palace are sitting within catching distance
but Southampton need to learn to kill games off when they are ahead;
so far they have drawn 9 of their 14 home games. Spurs have been OK
away, winning 5 from 13, but have not made the most of their attacking
options; Jol is still probably finding out what his best system is
let alone which combination of Defoe, Keane, Kanoute and Mido he should
start with. Most of the threat is likely to come from Southampton
but depending on which Spurs team turns up, they could well nick a
win; saying that a draw is most likely. |
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Draw 1-1 |
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| Sat 5:15 |
Norwich v Chelsea |
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Norwich still struggle
defensively and even though Delia made an impassioned half time plea
for the 12th man, they still managed to concede defeat in the dying
minutes; Jonsson's sending off in the second half didn't help matters.
When they are desperate for points the last team they would want to
face is Chelsea who have just secured their first trophy and have
only dropped 7 points on their travels all season. Chelsea may be
without the magical qualities of Robben but they should still be able
to conjure up a few goals against a desperate Norwich. |
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Away Win 0-2 |
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| Sun 12:00 |
West Brom v
Birmingham |
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A big
derby game for these 2 sides; most notably for West Brom as they need
the points desperately to get off the foot of the table. The home
side have been performing better of late but have still only won 2
games (both coming at home) and more often than not throw away 3 points
in the last 5 minutes, having drawn half of their home fixtures. Birmingham
have endured 4 straight defeats on their travels and are missing Savage
in the heart of midfield. To add to their troubles Pennant has now
been sent down for 3 months but they still have the likes of Pandiani
who can still carry a threat. Last week they were abysmal against
relegation threatened Palace and the turmoil at the club this week
could give West Brom the edge with them getting at least a point. |
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Home
Win 1-0 |
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| Sun 4:05 |
Everton v Blackburn |
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Everton
managed a good win at Villa but more impressive was the way that they
controlled the game. Beattie is still unavailable because of suspension
but Moyes will be keen to retain his 5 in midfield and Bent alone
up front, although McFadden will be missed through injury. Blackburn
tend to be scrappy until they get ahead in games and with their 3
away wins they may feel they stand a chance but Everton have won 9
from 14 at home and should prove solid enough to keep Blackburn out.
This fixture should be very competitive but Everton should have the
edge and ability to keep Blackburn at bay, especially as Blackburn
will probably be more worried about their Cup replay against local
rivals Burnley. |
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Home
Win 2-0 |
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| Mon 8:00 |
Man City v
Bolton |
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City started awfully at Norwich but showed some mettle in coming
back to beat them in injury time. Only 4 points separate these two
sides and they have shared a somewhat inconsistent season; Bolton
have had a couple of good runs with their latest 7 game undefeated
run ending at Newcastle but they tend to follow these with a bad
spell whilst City have showed more consistency of late in not getting
beat with their only recent defeat at the hands of United. Fowler
is back to his best scoring goals with miskicks whilst Wright-Phillips
is always available as an outlet when they are under pressure. City
seem more equipped of late to handle Bolton's pressure play but
I wouldn't put any money on this one.
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Home
Win 2-1 |
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