Archived Premiership Football Betting Tips (11th November 2006)

City may have lost at Charlton in a game that could have gone either way but their home form is keeping their heads above water; they might be finding scoring a little difficult with only 7 goals this season but they've yet to concede at Eastlands. The Magpies travel to City this weekend on the back of an awful league run in which they've only taken 2 points from their last 7 games. They're currently second from bottom and whether or not Roeder keeps his job, they have a mountain to climb to avoid relegation. Surprisingly, Newcastle managed an away win in the UEFA Cup at Palermo who are second in Serie A; they must be able to take some inspiration from that win and turn things around. Unfortunately for the manger, they've had more than their fair share of injuries, the fans are unhappy and the sparkle seems to have vanished. Another loss could force the chairman's hand.

After 16 years of travelling to White Hart Lane and coming away with something, Chelsea finally had to settle for nil points; additionally, Terry will be unavailable after being dismissed for 2 bookables as they struggled to claw their way back into the game. Not to do any disservice to Spurs, Chelsea were a trifle unlucky with a Drogba effort chalked off for something innocuous and Robben hitting the post, but they did lose to a side that played with plenty of passion and quality. Chelsea may be 3 points behind United but they host Watford at Stamford Bridge where they've only dropped 2 points this season, but Watford have just grabbed their first Premiership win. King is out for the rest of the season but Young and Bouazza are acquitting themselves well and they've now climbed out of the relegation places on goal difference. Boothroyd will want back to back wins but the Bridge is always a difficult place to go; let alone when you're up against a Chelsea side licking their wounds.

Inconsistent Boro have lost their last 2 away games to weaker teams in Man City and Watford. The most alarming factor for Southgate is that his team just haven't applied themselves against the less fancied sides that fight for every ball. Their squad is better than their results suggest; individually, Woodgate's form has dipped after impressive games early in the season and as a key player he needs to be consistently good week in week out. The Hammers travel to the Riverside on the back of a great win over Arsenal and the game that could be responsible for turning West Ham's season around, a win at home to Blackburn. Unfortunately their away form is dire with only 1 point from 5 games; the last 4 all being defeats. If Pardew has struck gold and rescued West Ham's season then they could easily go to Boro and win, but you never know with Boro; they're bound to put a spanner in the works. West Ham's first away win but don't bet on it.

Hughes might well argue about penalty decisions but the fact is that Blackbun have had their fair share this season and squandered most of them; ironically, Villa seem to have had more. Rovers went through a period where they won a couple of games but they're starting to get back the losing habit and only 2 home Premiership wins doesn't set them up at all well for the visit of United. Fergie's lads are absolutely rampant at the moment with Rooney and Ronaldo in scintillating form, scoring goals for fun and conceding very little at the back. Only 2 points dropped away from home and just 3 goals against shows their level of confidence. As they open up a 3 point gap at the top of the table, much talk has been made of the fact they have several 'old heads' that will see them right at the business end of the season when the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool come knocking. United to continue their marauding run.