Archived Premiership Football Betting Tips (13th August
2005)
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| Premiership football
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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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were the predicted outcomes for the weekend fixtures Sat 13th
to Sun 14th August 2005. |
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| Archived
Premiership football betting tips (13th & 14th August 2005) |
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| Sat 12:45 |
Everton v Man Utd |
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These
two have the responsibility of kicking off the new season and
there is much expectation. Everton have much to live up to after
their 4th place finish last season but have failed to attract
as many top players as they would have liked, despite their
place in the Champions League. Not many expect Everton to do
as well domestically this season but they could be further impacted
if they do better than expected in the Champions League. They
host Man Utd who themselves have reparations to make after a
poor performance last season, but Ferdinand has finally signed
contracts, Van der Sar will prove a safe pair of hands and Rooney
is involved in everything United do well. He will be going back
to his old club with fire in his belly whilst Phil Neville will
be playing his first game for Everton against his teammates
of old. Everton should find United a shade superior and after
their defeat at home to Villareal will find thestep up to this
level difficult to live with for long. |
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Away Win 0-1 .....
Best Odds: 5/6 VCBet |
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| Sat 3:00 |
Aston Villa v Bolton |
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Villa
will have been disappointed with last season after a string
of injuries and inconsistent performances; lack of goals was
a decisive factor. O'Leary will be hoping that new boy Kevin
Phillips can add something in this department where Vassell
could not. Pressure will still be on Angel, Davies and Moore
since the top scorer last season was Solano with Hendrie probably
not very far behind him. They face a Bolton side who surprised
people last season; Sam Allardyce has proved to be a likeable
but shrewd manager and he has done well to get them playing
European football this time around. They bring young players
through whilst mixing them with more experienced players on
loan or 1 year contracts. One of the more notable signings they
have made is the Mexican striker, Borgetti, who could turn out
to be a bit of a success. With home advantage to Villa, this
game just edges it away from Bolton and a draw seems most likely. |
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Draw
1-1 ..... Best Odds: 9/4 VCBet, bet365 |
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Fulham v Birmingham |
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Fulham just
about avoided relegation last season and have not done much
in the close period to justify their chances that they may avoid
it this time around; their top scorer, Andy Cole, has gone to
Man City and their star goalkeeper, Van der Sar, decided to
opt for the big time at Man Utd. Birmingham, however, have built
on last season by hanging on to Forssell, Pennant and Pandiani,
signing Nicky Butt and waiting for the likes of Dunn to return
from injury. These 2 clubs look to be headed in opposite directions;
Birmingham up and Fulham down, but this is still a tricky one
to call. |
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Away
Win 1-2 ..... Best Odds: 2/1 |
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Man City v West
Brom |
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City eventually found some consistency at the end of last
season, remaining unbeaten in their last 8 games resulting
in Stuart Pearce finally getting the nod; they only just missed
out on Europe. Their biggest loss will have been Shaun Wright-Phillips
to Chelsea but the cash will go a long way in building for
the future. So far they have only bolstered their attacking
options with the purchases of Andy Cole and Darius Vassell;
2 unlikely signings but time will tell. They face West Brom,
a side that finally poured cold water on the theory that the
side bottom at Christmas gets relegated; Wager To Win actually
predicted them to stay up on the last day of last season.
Unfortunately Bryan Robson hasn't managed to attract any big
names, although Kamara may be a useful addition, but the biggest
loss will be Kieran Richardson who they had on loan last season
from Man Utd. The Baggies still have the likes of Gera but
City should be too strong.
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Home
Win 2-0 ..... Best Odds: 5/6 Coral |
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Portsmouth v Tottenham |
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Portsmouth came close to relegation last season but the late
appointment of Perrin as manager is still fairly untested.
They have unloaded a host of older more experienced players
including their top scorer Yakubu, de Zeeuw, Berger and Stone.
They haven't exactly been replaced with astute signings either;
Robert will probably be disillusioned by Christmas and causing
disruption whilst O'Brien has never been the most accomplished
of defenders. Their opponents Spurs are being touted by most
as a top 6 side but only time will tell. They seem to have
the right manager in place and are a building a team for the
future; signing new young players plus experienced ones like
Davids and managing to hold on to their good established players
such as Robinson, King, Carrick, Defoe etc. with the exception
being the sale of Davies to Everton. Spurs can kick on this
season but will have to overcome Portsmouth who have infamously
good home form although not the players.
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Away
Win 1-2 ..... Best Odds: 8/5 PaddyPower |
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Sunderland v Charlton |
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Sunderland have finally made it back into the Premiership
after a 2 year absence but whether they can maintain their
Premiership status in a season's time remains to be seen.
They've replaced top scorer Marcus Stewart with Jon Stead,
which could be seen as a risk since Stead wasn't exactly prolific
at Blackburn. Charlton travel to the Stadium of Light and
though they always finish the season badly, they are equally
renowned for starting well. A good signing has been Darren
Bent from Ipswich as they need an out and out striker who
is going to bag them goals; last season their top scorer was
Shaun Bartlett with 6. Sunderland may well find the Premiership
a bit of a shock whilst it's about time Charlton fulfilled
some promise; if only for Curbishley's sake.
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Away
Win 1-2 ..... Best Odds: 2/1 |
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West
Ham v Blackburn |
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The
Hammers are back in the top flight but for how long? They have
a number of young players coming through and the experience
of Teddy should prove invaluable, regardless of the cotton wool;
the old cliche prevails 'Teddy never had pace'. Their most notable
signing has been Roy Carroll, who if he brings the same amount
of luck he had at United with regard to referees (Man U v Spurs),
West Ham could well stay up. Blackburn were in the relegation
mire when Mark Hughes pulled them out of it steadily and consistently
and this season they should be able to build on that progress.
The signing of Bellamy will probably please Blackburn fans as
Hughes and Bellamy have history with Wales so if anyone can
tame him or take a risk with him, Hughes seems to be better
equipped than most. There's no doubt that the step up for West
Ham is going to be a difficult one and I think Blackburn will
arrive confident of a comfortable win. |
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Away
Win 0-2 ..... Best Odds: 2/1 |
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| Sat
5:15 |
Middlesbrough
v Liverpool |
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Boro
are in Europe again this season but they are not the most convincing
side. Their only notable loss was of Zenden to their opponents,
and McLaren has done well to keep hold of Downing. The return
to fitness of Mendieta and the signing of Yakubu show promise,
even though Yakubu has not looked particularly good pre-season.
They will be hoping that Europe doesn't take too much out of
them come the end of the season as it did last time; this season
they just about scraped into the UEFA cup. Speaking of Europe,
Liverpool (the current European champions) travel to the Riverside
having played 7 European games already so there's no doubt they'll
be fit and ready but the extra games are bound to come back
and haunt them in the latter stages of the season. They have
released a number of average players and now have the likes
of Zenden and Crouch but the goal source still seems to be the
irrepressible Gerrard. They have Cisse but will Baros remain?
Will Owen be snapped up by Benitez? Liverpool may well have
the fitness edge but Boro should be the fresher. A draw seems
to be the answer. |
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Draw
1-1 ..... Best Odds: 9/4 Coral |
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| Sun
1:30 |
Arsenal
v Newcastle |
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Both
of these sides may not do as well as they have in previous campaigns.
Arsenal have sold 2 experienced midfield players in Vieira and
Edu, and a good goalkeeper in Stuart Taylor so now have only
2 recognised keepers; Lehmann who is banned for the start of
the Champions League games and Almunia who is recovering from
injury. Their recent whinge at Chelsea after the Community Shield
claiming that they just reverted to the long ball game all the
time just exposes their weaknesses at the back; in fact Chelsea
mixed it up and it was when Chelsea went long Arsenal were exposed.
Newcastle's problems however are of a different making; infighting
recently has been an issue at St. James Park, something which
Souness is probably not the best to sort out; the image of bull
in a china shop comes to mind. His signings however have been
good, improving them defensively with Emre, Moore and Parker
but in attack they look wanton, especially if Shearer is not
fit. Dyer will probably be pushed forward this season but will
he finally fulfill his promise. Arsenal should take the 3 points
comfortably. |
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Home
Win 2-0 ..... Best Odds: 4/9 VCBet, bet365 |
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| Sun 4:00 |
Wigan
v Chelsea |
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Premiership
new boys against Premiership champions. Need we say more. Wigan
may have money to spend but unless it's spent wisely relegation
will beckon. The signings of Henchoz and Francis are good but
can Henchoz's legs still maintain the Premiership pace. If the
Duke can maintain his scoring feats in the Premiership then
he might not be a bad bet for the golden boot, especially considering
he'll play every game; remember Andy Johnson last year. Chelsea
will be full of confidence but also keen not to slip up on the
proverbial banana skin; they have loosened off some of the dead
wood i.e. Kezman, Parker and Smertin although Forssell may have
been a mistake, and reinforced the flanks with del Horno and
Wright-Phillips. Crespo is also back to provide some competition
for places up front but the biggest bonus for Chelsea will be
the return of a fit again Arjen Robben. Wigan to undergo Premiership
intiation at the feet of Chelsea. |
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Away
Win 0-3 ..... Best Odds: 4/11 VCBet, bet365 |
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