Archived Premiership Football Betting Tips (27th August
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 27th
to Sun 28th August 2005. |
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| Archived
Premiership football betting tips (27th & 28th August 2005) |
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| Sat 12:15 |
West Brom v Birmingham |
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There's
nothing like a local derby to kick off the weekend and both
of these 2 will be desperate to get all 3 points. West Brom
may have been routed at Chelsea even though Chelsea's bench
was being kept warm by millions of pounds worth of talent but
Robson will be putting that out of his players' minds and focusing
them on taking advantage of a less than par Birmingham. The
Blues are yet to register their first win and after building
the foundations last season would have been expected to step
up a level but so far it just hasn't happened. West Brom's glut
of strikers and Robson's uncertainty as to which are his best
2 could mean that Ellington starts, but West Brom's team spirit
should ensure they prevail at home against their local rivals. |
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Home Win 2-1 .....
Best Odds: 11/8 bet365,
PaddyPower
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| Sat 3:00 |
Aston Villa v Blackburn |
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It
looks likes it Villa's turn to have lumps kicked out of them
this weekend courtesy of Blackburn. Such is Blackburn's reputation
they have already been fined by the FA, warned about future
conduct and face this fixture without the services of Paul Dickov
and Lucas Neill because of suspensions resulting from red cards.
Despite this they did score a couple of crackers against Fulham
and had the better of the game against Spurs but crumbled at
West Ham, so Villa can take a postive from the fact they have
them at home. Villa's problem has been a decent striker who's
guaranteed a good goal return during the season and they could
have that now with the signing of Milan Baros, but unfortunately
they'll still be without the services of Lee Hendrie and possibly
Nobby Solano who is having his appeal heard on Friday regarding
his dismissal last weekend. Villa have probably been a bit unlucky
so far but home advantage could sway the points their way. |
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Home
Win 1-0 ..... Best Odds: 11/10 bet365 |
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Fulham v Everton |
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Fulham may
have gone ahead at Arsenal but it didn't last long before Arsenal
completed a mauling of the away side. Jensen's chip was inspiring
but failed to ignite the fire within his less than average team
mates; they have a couple of players who could be a bit special
but there is no strength in depth. They host an Everton side
who failed to qualify for the group stages of the Champions
League but didn't really disgrace themselves against a good
Villareal team and can take some good positives out of the performance
such as the form of Nigel Martyn, Arteta's classy free kick
and the general pressure they managed to build against the opposition.
Everton are very physical, more so since big Dunc is bound to
start, and Fulham should know what to expect but it's unlikely
they will be able to handle them. |
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Away
Win 0-1 ..... Best Odds: 7/4 bet365,
Sportingbet |
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Man City v Portsmouth |
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City should not be surprising anyone with their good start
to the season; they have continued from where they left off
last season and should qualify for Europe this time around
having narrowly missed out last time. Pearce was not happy
with his side's performance at Sunderland but they still came
away with all 3 points, and if they improve as Pearce expects
then Portsmouth are there for rolling over. There's turmoil
aplenty at Fratton Park and with only 1 point on the board,
no money to spend and the speculation regarding relegation
and managerial appointments already circulating, it is hard
to imagine Portsmouth getting anything from their visit to
the City of Manchester stadium especially given their appalling
away record. City should win this comfortably.
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Home
Win 2-0 ..... Best Odds: 4/6 PaddyPower,
Coral
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Tottenham v Chelsea |
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3 games played and Spurs are yet to concede a goal, even
with key defensive players such as King still out through
injury. Hopefully he should be fit to return against Chelsea
and join a first choice 11 after Jol rested several guaranteed
starters for most of the Blackburn game. Jol's prime objective
will be to keep a clean sheet against Chelsea but at home
Spurs should have the confidence to take the game to the opposition.
If they use the Chelsea bus to good effect they won't have
to concern themselves so much about defending. Chelsea have
also not conceded this season and are once again sitting atop
the pile with a 100% record, including a lucky win over rivals
Arsenal and an emphatic one over West Brom. Chelsea will once
again be difficult to beat with the opposition most likely
to succeed if with home advantage, so this is probably Spurs'
best chance but is probably liable to end in stalemate.
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Draw
0-0 ..... Best Odds: 11/5 Coral
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West Ham v Bolton |
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The Hammers have started well with a good victory at home
against Blackburn and a valuable point away at Newcastle.
Although Bolton are a physical side, West Ham showed that
they can handle that with the way they saw off Blackburn who
are more physical than most, but Bolton have a nucleus of
talented players in the midfield and when put to good use
they are an effective unit. They showed this against Newcastle
by completely dominating them for the majority of the game.
West Ham have showed that they are worth their place in the
Premiership but can they compete against the likes of the
better teams challenging for European places. This is an extremely
tricky one to call and could go either way, but Bolton's experience
could just swing it their way.
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Away
Win 1-2 ..... Best Odds: 7/4 bet365,
Coral,
Sportingbet |
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Wigan
v Sunderland |
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This
fixture pitches the 2 sides automatically promoted from the
Championship against each other. Both of them have been lauded
for playing good football in recent games but both remain pointless
at the foot of the table; Wigan played well at home to Chelsea
and lost in injury time to a Crespo curler whilst Sunderland
have performed well but not got the end product that counts
for so much. Remember Norwich last season; it was cited that
they were too good to go down but just could not convert performances
into points. For a safe bet, a draw looks the most likely but
with home advantage Wigan may well have too much for Sunderland;
it all depends on the quality of the finishing. |
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Home
Win 1-0 ..... Best Odds: 11/10 VCBet, bet365 |
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| Sun 1:30 |
Middlesbrough v Charlton |
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Boro finally
proved that they are not all huff and puff by earning a good
away win at Birmingham and will have been pleased to see Viduka
return and hit the back of the net. Ehiogu is still suspended
but his absence wasn't missed against the Blues and McClaren
will want to build on this performance over the next few games.
At this time of the season their opponents could not be less
wished for as Charlton always seem to enjoy a good start to
the season and it must be about time that Curbishley urges his
players to carry that form forward through the coming fixtures
and gain some consistency. The signing of Darren Bent has got
success written all over it and he could prove to be the Andy
Johnson this season. This one looks to be an entertaining score
draw. |
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Draw 2-2 ..... Best
Odds: 12/5 VCBet |
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| Sun 4:00 |
Newcastle v Man Utd |
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Pressure is
mounting on Souness after only 1 point from 3 games and he would
have been wanting to take more into the game against United
just to give his players some confidence. Bolton cruised to
a 2 goal victory and after only a draw at home to West Ham,
it looks unlikely tht the Magpies will take anything from this
home game. United seem to have hit the floor running this season
and Ferguson still hasn't started with his best 11 in the Premiership.
Gary Neville is definitely ruled out through injury and although
United still don't look completely accomplished at the back
(Ferdinand always makes one rick) they should have far too much
at the other end of the pitch for Newcastle's improved but still
fragile defence. |
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Away Win 1-2 .....
Best Odds: 4/6 bet365,
Coral |
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