Archived Premiership Football Betting Tips (1st April 2006)
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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 1st
to Tues 4th April 2006. |
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| Archived
Premiership football betting tips (1st to 4th Apr 2006) |
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| Sat 12:45 |
Birmingham v Chelsea |
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Chelsea may
have lost 2 of their last 3 away games but the thought of them
stumbling once again at St Andrews seems rather unlikely. Birmingham
have only won 4 home games and though their Premiership future
is not quite yet doomed and they remain within spitting distance
of West Brom, the Champions are not the team they would have
wanted to face. After their 7 goal thrashing by Liverpool Birmingham
went to Old Trafford and lost by 3 goals; conceding so early
against United will not have inspired confidence. Chelsea should
get back on the winning trail with a comfortable win. |
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Away Win 0-2 .....
Best Odds: 1/3 10Bet,
bet365,
Ladbrokes |
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| Sat 3:00 |
Arsenal v Aston
Villa |
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Arsenal are fresh from a convincing win over Juventus in
the Champions League and look favourites to progress to the
semi-finals. They still have their work cut out in grabbing
the last Champions League place as Blackburn and Spurs will
do their best respectively to make that fourth spot theirs.
Arsenal have 11 victories from 15 home games and though Villa
have not played too badly away from home, they have lacked
that cutting edge and a clinical finish in front of goal.The
good news for Villa is that both Mellberg and Baros have been
passed fit to play but they are unlikely to upset a young
Arsenal side who are currently enjoying their football.
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Home Win 2-0 .....
Best Odds: 2/7 PaddyPower,
bet365 |
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Bolton v Man Utd |
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Bolton have only lost once at home this season conceding
only 7 goals in 14 games. In the past they have usually given
United a good run for their money and have usually unnerved
the United defence. United have Ruud van Nistelrooy back in
the starting lineup and he celebrated his first start for
some time with the only goal of the game against West Ham.
United have won their last 3 on the road but have drawn 3
and lost 3 of their 16 away games this season. As long as
Bolton don't start in the apathetic fashion that they did
against Boro last weekend they should be capable of getting
a point.
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Draw
1-1 ..... Best Odds: 12/5 VCBet, Sportingbet |
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Everton
v Sunderland |
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Everton
have fantastic current home form having won their last 6 successive
home games. If anything, this game is more about Sunderland
and their return to the Championship; if Sunderland lose and
West Brom manage to beat Liverpool (an unlikely scenario) then
Sunderland are officially relegated. This is probably not news
to many as those at the Stadium of Light probably accepted their
fate weeks ago. Sometimes being relegated early allows the players
to play with a sense of freedom as what's done is done but even
so, it remains difficult to back Sunderland for any sort of
result. Everton should win by a couple. |
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Home
Win 2-0 ..... Best Odds: 4/11 Betfred,
PaddyPower |
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Fulham v Portsmouth |
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Fulham now
look like they could be safe from relegation and despite the
fact that they have no away win to date they do have 10 victories
from 15 home games. Portsmouth have recently turned things around
with 2 great victories; one at home to Man City and the other
away at West Ham. They do have the potential to escape relegation
if they play with the same freedom as they did at Upton Park
but they have lost 12 of 16 games on the road and Harry still
has a big task on his hands. Portsmouth do have the potential
to cause an upset at Craven Cottage but statistically it looks
like another home win for Fulham. Remember their last home win
was over Chelsea inflicting only Chelsea's third defeat of the
season. |
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Home
Win 2-1 ..... Best Odds: 0.95/1 10Bet |
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Newcastle
v Tottenham |
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Newcastle's
home form hasn't been great this season with only 7 wins; a
problem for them has been the injuries they've had and as soon
as they get players back from the treatment room someone else
gets a knock. Scott Parker was diagnosed with glandular fever
this week and looks to be out for the rest of the season. Shearer
only has a handful of games left now before his self-imposed
retirement and will want to win his remaining games, especially
those at St James Park but will they have enough against a Spurs
side that have showed a degree more resilience this season than
in previous campaigns. Jol's substitution gamble paid off against
West Brom when they came back in the second half after being
a goal down. Mido should start alongside Keane as without him
they miss the aerial presence and don't play enough to feet
to compensate. Jermain Jenas returns to St James Park and Spurs
will be doing their utmost to retain fourth place; they have
only won 5 away games this season but could spring a surprise
at Newcastle. |
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Away
Win 1-2 .... Best Odds: 13/8 Sportingbet |
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| Sat 5:15 |
West Brom v Liverpool |
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The Baggies started well at White Hart Lane last Monday night
but they eventually crumbled in the dying minutes; their keeper
had been wasting time ever since they scored and paid the
final price by gifting Spurs the winner. Their home form however
has been better than most of the sides around them with 6
wins but they face a Liverpool side who have rediscovered
their goal scoring touch and are looking potent away from
home as well as at Anfield. Liverpool have only won 2 of their
last 6 away but their defence is usually fairly sound and
they could take the points. West Brom have a long way to go
before hey can start thinking about Premiership safety.
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Away
Win 0-1 ..... Best Odds: 8/13 PaddyPower |
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| Sun 3:00 |
Man City v Middlesbrough |
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This
fixture pitches together 2 sides that have had inconsistent
Premiership seasons. Is the initial Pearce factor wearing off
at City or is it just that they have injuries to key players;
their away form has been dismal and this seems to be spreading
to Eastlands. Boro may still be in the UEFA and FA Cups but
domestically they have been poor spending most of the season
perched a couple of places above the relegation spots. Boro
have been performing better lately now that they have key players
like Downing back from injury and strikers Viduka, Hasselbaink
and Yakubu back in form. This game's all about personnel and
City are the ones struggling with injuries; Boro should take
all 3 points. |
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Away
Win 1-2 .... Best Odds: 11/4 VCBet, Sportingbet |
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| Sun 4:00 |
West Ham v Charlton |
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The
Hammers are generally happy at Upton Park with some good performances
behind them and the prospect of European football a realistic
possibility. 7 wins from 15 home games is by no means a fantastic
record but they have won 3 in the last 5. Their opponents, Charlton,
have not won away from the Valley since October and although
this is a local derby, the chances of them nicking the win are
not great. Their 5 away wins came early in the season and another
for the rest of the season looks unlikely. West Ham to take
add another 3 points to their tally. |
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Home
Win 2-1 ..... Best Odds: 11/10 Sportingbet,
bet365 |
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| Mon
8:00 |
Blackburn
v Wigan |
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Blackburn
have been flying at home of late having taken 16 points from
a possible 18. They remain in the chase for the final Champions
League place along with Spurs and Arsenal and should be guaranteed
European football of some sort next season. Blackburn have 11
victories from 15 home games and face a Wigan side who have
also had their fair share of success this season; currently
8th in the Premiership and losing finalists to United in the
Carling Cup has been a good first season in the top flight.
Wigan actually have a better away record than at the JJB with
8 wins from 15 games and have only lost once in their last 6
away games. The crux of this prediction lies with Blackburn
wo can play some scintillating football and if they play to
their potential can beat anyone. |
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Home
Win 2-1 ..... Best Odds: 4/5 PaddyPower,
Betfred |
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| Tues 7:45 |
Birmingham
v Bolton |
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For
Birmingham much depends on Saturday's game against Chelsea;
if they can get any sort of result it could turn their season
around and they could escape relegation but realistically Saturday
will probably yield nothing for them and this game against Bolton
will be even harder. Bolton host United on Saturday and if they
win they could travel to St Andrews and give Birmingham a spanking
where as if they lose to United they shouldn't be too demotivated
as they've been up against a good side. Bolton will definitely
start favourites and Birmingham will find it difficult not to
be intimidated in coming to terms with their physical style.
Bolton have only 4 away wins to date but their are some poor
sides in the Premiership and one of them is Birmingham; Bolton
should notch another away win. |
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Away
Win 0-2 ..... Best Odds: 6/4 <PaddyPower,
bet365 |
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