Archived Premiership Football Betting Tips (28th October
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 28th
to Mon 30th October 2006. |
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| Archived
Premiership football betting tips (28th to 30th Oct 2006) |
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| Sat 12:45 |
Sheffield Utd v
Chelsea |
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United may have felt hard done by at Goodison Park but they
need to pick themselves up for the visit of Chelsea to avoid
a bit of a battering. At Bramall Lane the Blades beat Boro,
shared the spoils with Liverpool and have only been beaten
once (by old rivals Reading), so their are are positives for
them to take; on the downside, Rob Hulse looks to be their
only player capable of getting a goal and chances next weekend
will be at a premium. Chelsea are still level on points at
the top of the Premiership after new boys, Shevchenko and
Ballack, both got on the scoresheet to keep Pompey in the
shade. Both may have been booked for their goal celebrations
but both will have that little extra bounce of confidence
in their stride. Arjen Robben also looked to be back to his
best although an overweight Pamarot didn't offer up much of
a challenge. Expect the sky high Blues to give Sheffield United
a reality check.
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Away Win 0-2 .....
Best Odds: 3/10 10Bet,
bet365,
VCBet |
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| Sat 3:00 |
Arsenal v Everton |
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At the Madjeski, Arsenal's season finally got off to a flyer.
The Gunners kept possession with a very strong passing game;
at times they look like they overplay, but they rarely gave
the ball away and cut open the Reading defence at will. At
the centre of their performance was Cesc Fabregas; a youngster
that wins the ball, makes great runs and puts players in,
and the winning margin could easily have been by more. Arsenal
have now climbed to fourth place and are yet to be defeated
at the Emirates and host an Everton side only 1 point and
2 places below them. In Andy Johnson, Everton have the Premiership's
joint leading goal scorer with 6, but they have only won once
on the road. There's no doubt that Moyes's team are difficult
to beat, and that he'll want his players to restrict the time
and space allowed to the Arsenal midfield, but if the Gunners
can repeat last weekend's efforts in front of their own fans,
Everton will find them too hot to handle.
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Home
Win 2-0 ... Best Odds: 4/9
Premierbet
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Bolton
v Man Utd |
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Third
plays first in an unexpected top of the table clash; Bolton
remain undefeated at home and United remain undefeated on the
road. Bolton have been snatching victories on their travels
recently with narrow wins at Portsmouth, Newcastle and Blackburn.
Some sides find it hard to compete with their strong, aggressive
style but a key absence for Allardyce could be Nolan after being
dismissed in the last minute against Blackburn for foul and
abusive language. United will give Bolton a run for their money
this weekend with the likes of Rooney and Scholes getting better
and better week by week. Scholes celebrated his 500th United
game with a goal against Liverpool and Rooney isn't far away
from breaking his drought. As long as the United defence concentrate
for 90 minutes against the likes of Davies, Anelka and Diouf
then they should run out victors, and maybe Rooney will get
his goal into the bargain. |
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Away
Win 1-2 ..... Best Odds: 10/11 Betfred |
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Fulham
v Wigan |
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Fulham
put in a good performance at Villa Park to come away with a
point and Chris Coleman's efforts towards making his side harder
to beat seem to be paying dividends. Their home form has never
been in doubt and only a single defeat at Craven Cottage (to
Chelsea) will give confidence to a side that deserve their mid-table
position. Both Jensen and Zat Knight can be singled out as part
of an improving side and it will be the latter who will have
to be strong to keep out a rejuvenated Heskey when Wigan come
to play. The Latics come off the back of their best Premiership
result after a 4-0 home win over a very weak Man City side;
but they have not been so fluent away from home and have only
1 point to show from 4 games. Heskey thinks he's good enough
to play for England again, but then most English players might
think they're worth a start in the national team at the moment.
Whether or not McLaren is watching, Heskey is likely to end
up on the losing side this weekend. |
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Home
Win 2-1 .... Best Odds: 11/10 bet365,
Premierbet
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Liverpool v Aston
Villa |
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The only points
Liverpool have dropped at home this season came the weekend
before last when Blackburn visited Anfield; Rovers actually
went ahead and only conceded an equaliser under mounting pressure
from the home side. Benitez is still dabbling with his squad
and not utilising some of his best players in their best positions;
it's more a case of fitting the players to a system rather than
the other way around. Regardless of their problems their home
record is good and come Saturday they must take on the sole
remaining undefeated Premiership side, Aston Villa. Arguably,
Villa have ridden their luck over the last couple of games but
they've never been totally outplayed and undeserving of the
result. 4 draws and only 3 goals conceded from 4 away games
dictate that they'll be hard to beat. Whilst Villa are more
than capable of getting a point, the pressure is on Benitez
and he has to be braver at home and go all out for a win. The
stats point to a draw but Liverpool could just nick it. |
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Home Win 1-0 ....
Best Odds: 8/13 Ladbrokes |
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Portsmouth v Reading |
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Pompey may
not have avoided defeat at Stamford Bridge but they competed
with Chelsea and Benjani's goal kept them in the game; had on
loan Glen Johnson been allowed to play for Portsmouth by Chelsea,
then the result may well have been closer as his replacement,
Pamarot, was tormented throughout by Robben. The good news for
Portsmouth is that Johnson will be back for the Reading game.
The other bad news for Reading is that Pompey are at home and
Fratton Park is a difficult place for any side to go; Bolton
have been the only side to get anything when they sneaked a
1-0 win. Reading had the ill fortune to host a rampant Arsenal
last Sunday and despite losing 4-0 they still gave a brave account
of themselves. Reading have now suffered 2 consecutive home
defeats to first, Chelsea, and now Arsenal, but they are positioned
well in mid-table and have 2 defeats and 2 wins from their 4
away games. Portsmouth need to regroup and should be the better
of the two sides. |
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Home Win 2-1 ....
Best Odds: 17/20 VCBet |
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Watford v Tottenham |
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It must be
time for Spurs to prove that they're not toothless in front
of goal; someone must have mentioned that to Defoe last weekend
but he obviously took them too literally. The raw facts are
that they have only secured 1 point and scored only 1 goal in
their 4 Premiership away matches. Despite this, Spurs do create
good chances and have shown in Europe this season that they
can win games on foreign soil. They travel to a Watford side
who are yet to win a game but have drawn against 3 of the 4
sides to visit Vicarage Road. Watford looked equally toothless
away at Charlton last Saturday but have a good prospect in Ashley
Young and on-loan keeper, Ben Foster, has been making a name
for himself. There are signs that Spurs are beginning to put
things right, and whilst they're keeping it tight at the back
a single goal should be enough to nick the win. |
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Away Win 0-1 ....
Best Odds: 11/10 Premierbet,
Betfred |
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| Sat 5:15 |
Newcastle v Charlton |
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Both these sides have been playing well below the standards
expected of them with Charlton just edging it as the worst
of the two by virtue of the fact that they are rock bottom.
The Magpies have a wasteful strikeforce and a sloppy defence;
both have contributed to a disastrous start to the season
and Roeder's job must be in peril, with only Gullit enduring
a worse start in recent years. Newcastle have only 1 home
win this season and the pressure is on for them to take all
3 points against a Charlton side that have seen 4 straight
defeats on the road. Dowie is staring down the barrel and
despite ending their run of defeats by securing a point at
home to Watford, that fixture would have been looked at as
a potentially certain 3 points and no one at the Valley will
be happy with their current position. Both sides will be desperate
for victory but Newcastle should just pinch it.
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Home
Win 2-1 ... Best Odds: 5/6 Premierbet
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| Sun 4:00 |
West
Ham v Blackburn |
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The
Hammers last scored at home to Villa way back on September 10th
and since then it's been 7 straight defeats and no goals in
all competitions (bar the recent Carling Cup game). Against
Spurs, the front two of Harewood and Zamora got very little
service and the Argentine contingent did very little of any
note; Tevez only had 21 minutes as a substitute to show his
worth after coming on for his compatriot. West Ham have lost
the last 2 home games and they might be in for a surprise if
they think it's going to be easy to get back on track when Blackburn
come to visit. Rovers have tightened up at the back in recent
games and sneaked a valuable victory at the Riverside; if after
putting an end to conceding penalties they could score them,
they may well have put Bolton to bed as well. Blackburn have
only lost once on the road and will be up for taking the points
against a Hammers side languishing in the relegation places
with only 5 points to show from a dismal season. |
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Away
Win 0-1 ..... Best Odds: 19/10
Premierbet |
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| Mon 8:00 |
Man
City v Middlesbrough |
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City
were diabolical at the JJB and thoroughly deserved their 4-0
spanking. To be fair to Pearce, his squad has been ravaged by
injuries but failure to pick up points against mediocre sides
will cost them dear. Despite their inadequacies, City are still
undefeated at Eastlands and have yet to concede a goal there.
They host a Boro side currently 2 places and 2 points above
them who are also failing to set the world alight. Boro are
a picture of inconsistency as Southgate continues to get to
grips with management and even he admitted that they didn't
deserve all 3 points against Newcastle; it was Boro's second
only win against the Magpies at the Riverside. Boro are yet
to win away and this could well end in a goalless stalemate. |
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Draw
0-0 ..... Best Odds: 9/4 Betfred |
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