Archived Premiership Football Betting Tips (8th April 2006)
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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 8th
to Sun 9th April 2006. |
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| Archived
Premiership football betting tips (8th to 9th Apr 2006) |
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| Sat 12:45 |
Tottenham v Man
City |
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Spurs can get
back on track this weekend after last weekend's disappointment
at St James Park. They need to keep winning to keep hold of
4th place and more importantly keep Arsenal at bay behind them
as the Gunners are only 2 points adrift with a game in hand.
Spurs have good home form with 10 wins from 16 games and just
the single defeat to Chelsea; they could take advantage of a
City side who are still probably feeling the lash of Stuart
Pearce's tongue after a run of 4 straight defeats. Some of City's
players look to be back from the treatment room but the fact
is that they have lost 10 of their 15 away games and only taken
a point from their last 6 on the road. Given that City are now
out of the reckoning for Europe and Spurs have so much to play
for, a home win looks to be on the cards. |
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Home Win 2-1 .....
Best Odds: 4/6 PaddyPower |
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| Sat 3:00 |
Charlton v Everton |
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Charlton's recent home form is fairly good with 4 wins and
2 draws from their last 6 but more importantly, they seem
to have stopped conceding silly goals and the partnership
of Perry and Hreidarsson is working well. Charlton are still
not convincing enough at the other end of the pitch in front
of goal but face an Everton side who aren't necessarily confident
away from home either. Everton slipped up last weekend by
only getting a point at home to Sunderland and they've only
managed 2 points from their last 4 games on the road. Only
1 place and 1 point separate these 2 sides so it's going to
be a hard fought game at the Valley; the flow should be with
Charlton at home.
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Home Win 1-0 .....
Best Odds: 7/5 |
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Portsmouth v Blackburn |
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Pompey are straight off the back of 3 fantastic wins that
has given them a chance of staying in the Premiership. Of
the teams fighting against relegation they are the side with
the best recent form and after a fine win at Fulham should
not be underestimated. Last season Portsmouth were renowned
for their home form and it won't be long before the fortress
atmosphere returns to Fratton Park. Their opponents, Blackburn,
were fortunate to get a draw at home to Wigan and blew the
chance to go above Arsenal in the race for 4th spot. Rovers
have 9 losses from 16 away games and have 3 wins and 3 losses
from their last 6 away; they rely heavily on the guile of
Pedersen and the pace of Bellamy and if these 2 match winners
don't perform to the max then Blackburn sometimes struggle.
Back the Portsmouth run to continue.
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Home
Win 2-1 ..... Best Odds: 8/5 PaddyPower |
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Sunderland
v Fulham |
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Fulham
are not mathematically safe and last week's defeat at home to
Portsmouth could be crucial in their run in. This fixture pitches
together a home team yet to win at home this season and an away
team yet to win away; surprisingly Sunderland have picked up
3 more points away from home than Fulham have. Sunderland and
Fulham have both only secured 4 points (all draws) at home and
away respectively this season and could not be more evenly matched.
However, some of Sunderland's play at the Stadium of Light has
deserved more this season and their work ethic and desire should
knock Fulham off the ball; with relegation a cert Sunderland
now have the freedom to express themselves and they should be
the stronger team. To go down with only 11 points would be criminal. |
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Home
Win 1-0 ..... Best Odds: 21/10 Sportingbet |
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| Sat 5:15 |
Wigan
v Birmingham |
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Wigan
have not been on too good a run of late but got a good draw
at Ewood Park during the week and were unfortunate not to secure
the win. At home they've only taken 1 point from their last
6 games and their European hopes are gradually slipping. They
face a Birmingham side who have enjoyed some recent success
with a draw against Chelsea and victory against Bolton (both
at St Andrews) and are playing their part in making the relegation
struggle interesting for everyone. Steve Bruce has a host of
injuries and fielded his 31st different back four last Saturday
against Chelsea; he must have got something right in the end.
Birmingham's record away from home is dismal with 10 defeats
and only 2 wins from 15 games.Though Birmingham will be up for
it, Wigan at home could prove too strong. |
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Home
Win 1-0 .... Best Odds: 10/11 PaddyPower,
bet365 |
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| Sun 12:00 |
Aston Villa v West
Brom |
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With Villa, Birmingham and West Brom separated by 3 places
the tension will be high at Villa Park come Sunday. Villa
do have a 7 point breathing space between themselves and Birmingham
but if Portsmouth can stage a recovery 2 of the 3 sides mentioned
above will be playing in the Championship next season; to
be fair Fulham are not yet safe either. Villa's record this
season has been dismal with only 4 home wins and after the
thrashing at Highbury last weekend confidence will not be
high; some elements of the Villa faithful are keen to see
O'Leary walk or be walked. Despite some good away performances
from West Brom they have only 1 away win to their name but
have picked up 5 points from the last 6 away games. This game
is going to be a scrap and could go either way; whilst a draw
is not the best result for either side with 6 games to go
it's not the end of the world either.
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Draw
1-1 ..... Best Odds: 23/10
Victor
Chandler, Sportingbet |
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Chelsea v West Ham |
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Since
they were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona,
away from home Chelsea seem to be dropping points everywhere.
However, at Stamford Bridge their record is second to none and
they have only dropped 2 points all season; that's 15 wins from
16 games. The gap between themselves and United is closing and
with only 7 points separating them, Chelsea are starting to
look over their shoulder. West Ham failed to make it a perfect
birthday for Teddy last weekend against Charlton as they played
out a goalless stalemate but they have surprised a few teams
away from Upton Park this season with 6 wins from 16 games and
3 of those coming in the last 5; the most notable was their
3-1 victory over the Arsenal at Hightbury. Can they repeat the
same feat at Stamford Bridge? Unlikely, Chelsea have all the
pressure on them and should respond. |
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Home
Win 2-0 .... Best Odds: 3/10 Ladbrokes |
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| Sun 2:00 |
Liverpool v Bolton |
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Liverpool
seem to have cemented third place for themselves as they are
unlikely to be caught and United are also unlikely to drop points
in their bid to catch Chelsea. Liverpool have only lost a solitary
game at home this season and have rediscovered their potency
in front of goal now that Rafa has threatened to wield the axe
in the summer with strikers being the main target. Bolton's
challenge for a Champions League spot has faltered after they've
realised they can't play every game at home; only 4 away wins
is hitting their campaign hard and a loss at St Andrews midweek
will have been disappointing. Now they have to go to Anfield
where they should expect more misery to come their way after
3 sucessive away defeats. |
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Home
Win 2-1 ..... Best Odds: 1/2 bet365,
Betfred |
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| Sun
3:00 |
Middlesbrough
v Newcastle |
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Only
2 places and 2 points separate these 2 in the Premiership. Boro
have the distraction of a home tie against Basle after being
2-0 down from the first leg whilst Newcastle are still not convincing
away from home having secured 5 defeats from their last 6 on
the road. Boro can pull performances out of the bag at the Riverside
when they need to but it is the big sides that inspire them
and not necessarily the atmosphere of a local derby. Newcastle
have nothing left to play for except maybe Roeder's possible
managerial position or Shearer's swan song and this one doesn't
have enough riding on it to merit anything other than a drawn
out stalemate. |
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Draw
1-1 ..... Best Odds: 9/4 Victor
Chandler, Coral |
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| Sun 4:00 |
Man
Utd v Arsenal |
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With
£56m in the win bin for shirt sponsorship over the next
4 years United are going to be challenging Chelsea for the biggest
prize in domestic football next season; that's not to say that
they are not in the hunt this season with only a 7 point gap
and Chelsea hosting United on the penultimate weekend. Recently
United only win at home and confidence must be sky high with
Chelsea almost in reach and Saha, van Nistelrooy and Rooney
all on the scoresheet. Arsenal have also had their own purple
patch reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League for the
first time and enjoying some emphatic victories over lesser
Premiership opposition. Despite Arsenal's recent good form they
have lost 8 of 15 away games and Old Trafford is always an intimidating
place to go; United to take the points. |
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Home
Win 2-1 ..... Best Odds: 11/10 bet365 |
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