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Bettingadvice
26th March This weekend
sees the return of the Euro 2012 betting
fixtures and where better to
start than in Cardiff for
the eagerly awaited Wales vs
England encounter (eagerly
awaited if you are Welsh or
English that is). It is
amazing to say this but I
can make
a case now for
Wales getting something from
this game. England although
full of
star names are
simply not a great
international side and
haven’t been for years.
So
you can never rely on them
winning any game to be
honest.
BETTING TIP:
England to win in Wales
I think that
the nosey press often get to
the root of problems and
although they do
often get
hold of the wrong end of the
stick, they do in fact
uncover an awful lot of
truths as well. All is not
well in the England camp and
it wasn’t at the World Cup
and it isn’t now and I for
one will be happy when Capello moves on next
summer.
Gareth Bale could
prove to be a thorn in
England’s side and with the
passionate
crowd then I am
going to predict an awkward
game for England tomorrow.
I
am going for a narrow
England win but I do not say
that with any great
conviction.
BETTING TIP:
Norway to draw with Denmark
There are a
couple of fixtures in the
Euro qualifiers that look
very even to me.
One such
fixture is the Norway vs
Denmark tie. Had this game
been played
in Copenhagen
then I would have no
hesitation but to go for a
Danish win.
However Norway
in Oslo are a difficult team
to beat and many of the
Norwegian
players have top
class experience of playing
in tough European leagues.
I find it
difficult to separate these
two sides and this is why I
am going with the
draw in
this one and that is my
betting tip here.
BETTING TIP:
Bulgaria to draw with
Switzerland
Switzerland
are normally a very solid
side and very few teams
crush them and
especially in
their own back yard although
England recorded a very good
3-1 win
there a few months
ago. Bulgaria are not the
side they were and they have
slid an
awful long way since
their famous 1994 semi-final
heroics where they were just
one game away from the World
Cup final. This is another
game though that I find
difficult to call and I
rather fancy another draw
here.
BETTING TIP:
Germany to beat Kazakhstan
Germany
showed in the World Cup that
they have a team to be
feared and I think
that they
will be a serious contender
at next year’s finals. They
have to qualify first
of
course and that shouldn’t be
a problem for this German
side. Kazakhstan
will be
stubborn opponents but if
Germany do not score at
least three times at
home
then I will be very much
surprised. So I am finishing
off with a banker here and
that rounds this week off
nicely.
March
19th-20th 2011
BETTING TIP:
Chelsea to beat Manchester
City
It seems
that every week throws up
some fascinating games in
the Premier League
but that is mainly based on
the stage of the season that
we are in. However Chelsea
vs Manchester City is a game
that would fire the betting imagination of most people
these days. Chelsea are
definitely on the up and I
expect them to finish in the
top four.
For me the final
place will be between
Manchester City and
Tottenham. City had a
bad
result in the Europa League
last week losing 2-0 to
Dynamo Kiev and that sort
of
knocked on to their FA Cup
game against Reading which
they struggled to win 1-0.
It would not
be beyond imagination to see
Jose Mourinho at either of
these clubs
next season to
be honest. But City are not
playing well but then again
neither
is Fernando Torres
at Chelsea. There was talk
this week of Torres being
home sick
and this could
just turn into a £50 million
white elephant for Chelsea.
However they
are over their
blip in my opinion and
recovering and I expect them
to edge City
this weekend.
BETTING TIP:
West Brom to draw with
Arsenal
Can the
morale at Arsenal get any
lower? I am sure that Arsene
Wenger will make all
the
right noises but in my mind
he has created this
situation. He has sacrificed
winning for the club making
money and playing very
attractive football. In many
instances then Arsenal are
envied all over the world by
many clubs and coaches
and
their stadium is second to
none. But the entire squad
has no one in it who
has
succeeded at a high level in
club football……just talented
footballers who
have shown a
long and painful history of
cracking and folding under
pressure.
This is why
I think that Arsenal will
not win the title. It is
true that Arsenal had an
easier run in but not
anymore now that United have
got rid of their two tough
games
at Liverpool and
Chelsea. This weekend sees
Arsenal travel to face
Roy
Hodgson’s West Brom at The
Hawthorns. The Baggies beat
Arsenal 3-2 at
The Emirates
earlier in the season and I
fancy them to take something
yet again.
I think
getting Hodgson in charge
may just keep them up and I
am going for a
draw in this
game.
BETTING TIP:
United to beat Bolton
It is at
this stage of the season
that Manchester United turn
it on. Some people say
that
they do not feel the
pressure….of course they do
but they are less affected
by it
than others. They face
a jubilant Bolton at Old
Trafford after they
successfully reached
the FA
Cup semi-finals at Wembley.
I really think that United
will win this game and
win
it comfortably although
United do have a tough game
against Marseilles in
the
Champions League. So I am
going for the obvious home
win here and I am not
the
least bit ashamed of that.
March 12th -March 13th
BETTING TIP: United to beat
Arsenal
Here are my
football betting tips for the weekend.
The FA Cup returns again and
where better to start than
at Old Trafford where defeat
for Arsenal could see
them
eliminated from three
competitions in only 13
days. Arsenal blew their
chance
to get their trophy
hoodoo off their back in the
Carling Cup final and they
know it.
Then they tried to
play Barcelona at their own
game and got that horribly
wrong and
a 4-3 score hardly
tells the story because
Barcelona deserved it. So
now four
trophies have
become two for Arsene
Wenger’s side and that will
become one after
this tie in
my opinion.
They simply
cannot handle the pressure
in big games and their
overall lack of
trophy
winning experience handicaps
them terribly. But Wenger is
adamant with
his philosophy
but this is why Arsenal will
not win anything this
season.
Their push in the
league is an illusion as the
pressure will intensify now
until the
end of the season
and certainly once we get
into April. Guess who has
the big
names that have done
it all before? Yes its
United and not Arsenal who
have as
much fortitude as a
sandcastle has against a big
wave. So for me it is a case
of
when United will beat
Arsenal, will they do it at
Old Trafford or in a
possible replay?
Arsenal did
nothing against Barcelona
becoming the first team in
the process to
go through a
whole game without recording
an attempt on goal. That is
staggering
for any side let
alone Arsenal but to me it
reveals that the Carling Cup
loss runs
deep in their
psyche now. The 0-0 draw at
home to Sunderland being
further proof.
So there is
nothing for Arsenal this
weekend for me.
BETTING TIP:
Stoke to beat West Ham
There are a
few clubs left in the FA Cup
who are due a trophy and one
club is Stoke.
They
entertain an improving West
Ham United at The Britannia
and Tony Pulis will
have his
side well prepared as
always. Stoke are a far
different proposition at
home
and I expect them to
beat West Ham this weekend
although Stoke haven’t been
playing great recently.
However it is amazing how
many clubs have great cup
runs
in both domestic cups
in the same season. West Ham
reached the last four of
the
Carling Cup and Birmingham
won it and The Blues are
here in the last eight
of
the FA Cup.
West Ham
need Scott Parker more than
ever but a huge factor for
them is that
they are
battling survival in the
league while Stoke have some
breathing space.
This factor
could have a huge impact on
Avram Grant’s team selection
this
weekend. Coupling that
with the fact that any away
trip to Stoke is tough then
I am
going for a home win
here.
March 5th -March 6th
Where better
to start this week’s betting tips than at Anfield for one of
the biggest
rivalries in
European and world football.
There is extra spice this
year with the
Liverpool vs
Manchester United tie as
Liverpool would dearly love
to throw a spanner
into the
works as they currently tie
United on a record 18 league
titles. After United lost
at
Chelsea in midweek then
Arsenal come into the frame
even more so and I will get
to them shortly. But United
will be without Ferdinand
and Vidic once again and we
all know what happens when
that defensive partnership
is missing.
BETTING TIP:
Liverpool to draw with
Manchester United
Liverpool
have no Torres this time to
torment United but Suarez is
slowly starting to
find his
feet. However I am going for
a draw in this game, don’t
know why but I just
fancy
it. I also think that there
will be extra spice as well
with Kenny Dalglish
being
manager as he has had little
asides at Alex Ferguson in
the past.
So the ingredients
are there for a great game
with lots of spice but I
still am putting
my money on
honours being even.
BETTING TIP:
Sunderland to draw at
Arsenal
By the time
you are reading this then we
will already know the result
of
Arsenal’s midweek FA Cup
replay against Leyton
Orient (5-0 red.). I expect nothing
less than an Arsenal win but
the real test of how they
are going to respond to
their crushing Carling Cup
defeat will come in this
game against Sunderland.
Very few teams crush the
Black Cats these days and
things could get hairy for
Arsenal this weekend until
they score.
I have been
saying for ages that there
is a soft under belly to
Arsenal and what
further
proof do people need than
their capitulation against
Newcastle after leading
4-0.
This for me is why Arsenal
will not win the title and
probably why they will not
hold out against Barcelona
in the Nou Camp for the
second leg of their
Champions League tie.
The problem
with bringing kids through
is that you can do it on the
cheap but when
you have too
many young players then you
are dealing with players who
are
not proven winners.
Usually talent can be
nurtured within environments
where
the team is already
successful. But players are
coming through the ranks at
Arsenal and coming into a
team that has not won
anything since 2005.
I
predict Sunderland taking a
draw here but only bet if
you can get the right price.
BETTING TIP:
Birmingham to draw with West
Brom
Finally I
want to look at yet another
big relegation battle and
these are coming thick
and
fast at the moment. It seems
that Wigan, West Ham and
Wolves have all taken
their
place at the bottom of the
league during the past two
weeks.
No one has
been mentioning Birmingham
City as relegation
candidates for a while
but
they are in this scrap right
up to their neck. West Brom
are not playing well but
got
a good point at Stoke this
week. I am going to complete
my tips for this
week by
going for yet another draw
which will suit neither side
but Birmingham
will probably
be the happier of the two
with their games in hand.
February 25th
Premier League betting tips
BETTING TIP:
Arsenal to beat Birmingham
City
There are no
really big juicy ties this
weekend and Arsenal against
Birmingham City
is the highlight in the
Carling Cup final. Arsenal
have proved that they have a
resilience about them of
late that could see them go
very close in the title
race.
With a far easier run in
than United then I think
that the 4pt gap will close
over the
next month or so. Winning
the Carling Cup will end
Arsenal’s almost six year
wait
for a trophy but Birmingham
have showed what a great cup
side they have been
this season and are also
through to the
quarter-finals of the FA Cup
as well.
I think that
Arsenal and their slick
passing game will be too
much form Birmingham
on the big Wembley surface
and I am betting
on a 2-1 Arsenal
victory.
BETTING TIP:
West Ham to draw with
Liverpool
Meanwhile in
the league then West Ham
United are coming to the end
of what for
them has been a
disappointing month in terms
of results. They entertain
Liverpool
who are starting
to play well under new boss
Kenny Dalglish. West Ham
have a
really tough March
coming up and if they don’t
get three points on Saturday
then
I expect them to be in
the bottom three going into
April.
However
though Liverpool have also
been putting in some sub par
performances
even under Dalglish including the home
draw with Wigan and the 0-0
draw at
Sparta Prague. So
this is a fascinating tie
and West Ham will not be
helped by the
news this week
that Newcastle may be
looking for Carlton Cole at
the end of the
season. I
think that this game has a
draw stamped all over it and
that is my
betting tip here.
BETTING TIP:
City to beat Fulham
Manchester
City are still chasing two
cups but I really do think
that the league is
beyond
them. However they have
still by no means secured a
top four finish.
They only
lead Tottenham by 2pts but
Spurs have a game in hand
and despite
leading Chelsea
by 5pts, the Blues also have
two games in hand on them.
They entertain Fulham at Eastlands this weekend and
they will be looking for
three points after losing
the Manchester derby last
week.
It will be
interesting because this
will see Mark Hughes return
to Eastlands
after being
sacked fourteen months ago
and replaced by Roberto
Mancini.
Fulham have had
some decent results of late
and are up to 12th
in the league.
You never
seem certain though with
Manchester City and their
Achilles heel is
that they
can win a game out of
nowhere but also lose one
out of nowhere as well.
You still
get the feeling that things
are not well in the City
camp and Mario Balotelli’s
body language in their 5-0
cup win over Notts County
was all wrong. That sort of
thing can spread through the
team and I would not be
surprised to see him being
moved on this summer. So
which Manchester City will
turn up this weekend?
February 19th
F.A Cup betting tips
This week
sees the FA Cup return again
with the fourth round and
the fifth
round blending with each
other due to replays not
being played due to fixture
congestion. One such fourth
round game grabs the betting imagination and this
is
where I am going to start.
BETTING TIP:
Chelsea to beat Everton
Chelsea vs
Everton at Stamford Bridge
should be a fascinating
game. Chelsea
boss Carlo Ancelotti is under pressure
being 5th in the
league and facing the
gruesome possibility of not
finishing in the top four.
Everton are
also on the rack and are
clearly in a relegation
battle at this point in
time.
I really don’t know
why I fancy Chelsea so much
but I do. I still figure
that Ancelotti
needs a big
trophy this season to save
his job and that means the
Premier League
or the
Champions League. However an
FA Cup exit would not do his
chances any
good whatsoever.
This is why I am tipping
Chelsea to edge this contest
and move
into the last 16.
BETTING TIP:
West Ham to draw with
Burnley
I am not
even going to bother making
a prediction on the
Manchester United vs
Crawley
game but I like the look of
games where they could be a
possible upset.
One game
that grabs me with this in
mind is the West Ham vs
Burnley game.
I think that Avram Grant’s job is hanging
by a thread and it would
only take a bad
result
against Burnley to see him
out of the door. It is not
too late for clubs to fire
their managers as there is
still time to escape the
trapdoor of Premier
League
relegation.
I am not
going for a Burnley win and
I did tip Nottingham Forest
to score an upset
at Upton
Park but they were beaten
3-2. So my tip for this game
is a draw and this
is what I
am going for here and
despite their gallant fight
back last week against
West Brom, the fact remains that
West Ham are not a good side
at the moment.
Scott Parker
may well have performed one
of the best half time
speeches of any
club captain
but the fact remains that he
had to say it in order to
drag a performance
out of
his players.
BETTING TIP:
Birmingham City to draw with
Sheffield Wednesday
Another
Premier League club who may
have a potential banana skin
of a match
is Birmingham
City who take on Sheffield
Wednesday. Birmingham have
been
recording some decent
results of late and have
already booked a
Carling Cup
final place. I am coupling a
draw in this game with the
previous one as
I think that
there is a very good chance
that one of these games will
end up in a draw
and so once
again I am going for the
underdog to take the game to
a replay.
February 12th
Premier League betting tips
betting tip : United to beat City
There
is only one game that is
getting the publics
imagination this weekend in
the Premier League and that
is the Manchester derby at
Old Trafford between United
and City. This game takes on
even more significance
because City are getting
nearer and nearer to United
in terms of finally landing
the title. A win for City
would
really blow the title
race wide open once again
and with United losing at
Wolves
last weekend then the
door has been opened so to
speak for United’s rivals.
However
City do have something
lacking and they do not look
like Champions to
me
although they could get
something at Old Trafford. I
think though that United
will
want to bounce back
quickly after the shock at
Wolves. I am betting on them
to edge
this one which could
basically end City’s chances
once and for all. I never
expected
United to go the
season unbeaten and they do
have a far tougher run in
than
Arsenal who could run
them close.
BETTING TIP: Liverpool
to beat Wigan
The
change at Anfield over the
past three weeks has been
nothing short of staggering.
Kenny Dalglish has done a
fantastic job at pulling the
players together in a way
that
Roy Hodgson couldn’t
do. I don’t think that this
is a reflection on Roy
Hodgson but I
never thought
that the players warmed to
him to be honest. Liverpool
this
weekend entertain Wigan
who had a great result at
home to Blackburn last week.
But how
often can you concede three
goals and win? Wigan are
clearly going to be at
the
bottom end all season now
and they may stay up but
only because there are five
or six teams at this moment
in time who all look as bad
as each other. Liverpool
are
clearly on a surge now after
beating Chelsea and they can
see that prized
Champions
League place getting ever
nearer. I do not expect
Wigan to stop them
and will
be putting my money where my
mouth is on this one.
BETTING TIP: West Brom
to draw with West Ham
There
are going to be some massive
relegation battles between
now and the end of
the
season and February is going
to be a massive month for
West Ham simply
because they
have some clearly winnable
games and they have an
absolutely
nightmare March
to come. Their loss at home
to Birmingham was a huge
blow
but another shock came
this week when West Brom
announced that they had
parted company with boss
Roberto Di Matteo.
Whether
you perceive this to be a
knee jerk reaction is one
thing but you cannot
blame
clubs for taking these
actions when the rewards for
staying in the Premier
League are so high. When you
get relegation scraps like
these where both teams
need
the win then they tend to
end up in draws with both
teams feeling the tension
and so my tip is for the
draw.
February 5th
Premier League betting tips
Archive
This week
has seen an absolutely
amazing week in terms of
transfer activity and
a record for January. How
much of an impact they will
have on this weekends games
is debatable. Andy Carroll
is injured and will not be
playing for a while and
Fernando Torres may not play
against Liverpool. So
Chelsea vs Liverpool is
going
to have all of the
pundits and the betting
public’s
attention this weekend.
Will
Torres play? Will Saurez
play and what impact will he
have?
BETTING TIP:
Chelsea to beat Liverpool
Chelsea are
clearly improving after
their mid season blip and
Liverpool look revitalised
under Dalglish. However
Dalglish will need more in
his arsenal than
motivational
skills if his
is to make Liverpool a top
four club. The compressed
nature of the
Premier League
meant that a couple of wins
has taken them up to 7th.
However they
were very
fortunate to beat Fulham at Anfield last week so I am
not convinced by
their
current status. So I am
going for a Chelsea victory
this weekend.
BETTING TIP:
Arsenal to win at Newcastle
United
Another interesting game
takes place at St James Park
where Newcastle minus
Andy
Carroll will entertain
Arsenal. It will be
interesting to see how the
Newcastle
fans react to the
sudden loss of Andy Carroll
as Carroll has stated that
he was forced
out of St
James Park. If that is true
then the Newcastle fans may
react badly to this
and they
have still not warmed to new
owner Mike Ashley.
I am not
convinced about Newcastle
and Arsenal have been in a
rich vein of form
recently
that has seen them record
some impressive wins. Their
fight back against
Everton
and the fight that they
showed in that game was
impressive. I still think
that
United will take the
title but Arsenal will be
there at the end and I also
expect them to
take three
points here as well although
no trip to St James Park is
easy but once again
I feel
the crowd reaction to losing
Carroll may be interesting.
BETTING TIP:
West Ham to beat Birmingham
There are going to be
some huge relegation fights
between now and the end of
the
season but none bigger
than West Ham vs Birmingham
this weekend which sees a
repeat of their Carling Cup
semi-final. I really think
that the Carling Cup defeat
will prove
to be a great
spur for the Hammers. I
think that home advantage
may play its part here
and
they need to start winning
games and start doing it
now. Letting a lead slip in
stoppage time against
Everton cost them two points
and they have a brutal
fixture list in
March coming
up.
If they fare
badly in their games in
February then I think West
Ham will go down but that
should be enough to motivate
them this weekend and
nothing short of a win will
be
enough and I expect them
to do it.
January 29nd F.A cup betting
tips.
The FA Cup can be notorious
for predicting results
because some Premier L
eague teams are looking at
the Premier League now as
being so important that
they simply cannot risk
injuries to key players and
fixture congestion.
Blackpool have refused £4
million for Charlie Adam
this week and rightly so.
With Premier League status
worth an estimated £65
million per season then it
is no wonder why clubs value
this so much. So rather than
go for obvious
bets this
week I am going to focus on
potential upsets where some
sides may be
focusing elsewhere.
BETTING TIP:
Coventry to win at
Birmingham
So I think that Birmingham
City vs Coventry City has
the potential for an upset.
Birmingham play West Ham in
midweek in what will be a
high intensity Carling Cup
semi-final second leg tie
and that is bound to sap
their legs. If they win then
they are
going to be euphoric at
reaching a Wembley final and
if they lose then lifting
the side
could prove difficult. I
think that this fixture has
all of the hallmarks for a
potential upset
and the relatively high
betting odds should not be a
problem.
BETTING TIP:
Forest to win at West
Ham
Another game that has the
capacity for an upset is
West Ham vs Nottingham
Forest.
The Hammers are in a
similar boat to Birmingham
because it is they who
play
Birmingham in midweek in the
Carling Cup. So for similar
reasons then I think
they
have the potential to get
beaten or at least held even
at home. Notting Forest
under Billy Davies are a
formidable side these days.
West Ham are desperate
for
Premier League survival at
any cost and I think that
they could be going steady
in
this game.
Getting relegated will not
help their plans for them
moving to the Olympic
Stadium
and getting bad
attendances in the
Championship could lead to
them getting
only 25,000 in
a 60,000 seat stadium. So
this game has the capacity
for an upset in
my mind for
sure.
BETTING TIP: Fulham to
beat Tottenham
Fulham seem to be slightly
turning the corner with
regards recent results in
the
Premier League. I am
sure that Tottenham will be
going for this but Fulham at
home
can be difficult to
beat. Mark Hughes has a
relegation fight on his
hands while his
rival is
going for a second
successive top four finish.
With Chelsea picking up
points again and Manchester
City challenging then the
task of doing that is going
to be very difficult. So
Tottenham may be going for
this but then again you
would not
be surprised to
see Harry Redknapp rest a
few players.
If he did that then this
game could swing Fulham’s
way and I can well see an
upset
in this one. Fulham
have not had a really good
Cup run in this competition
for years
and their UEFA Cup
final appearance last season
will have wetted their
appetite.
I expect a draw
here with Tottenham winning
the replay but I can well
see
Fulham winning this
also.
January 22nd Premier League betting
tips.
BETTING TIP: Wolves to draw
with Liverpool
This weekend sees Wolves
entertain Liverpool only
about two weeks after their
famous win at Anfield.
Liverpool have yet to taste
victory under new boss Kenny
Dalglish having lost at
United in the cup and then
at Blackpool in the league
and
drawing with Everton. Wolves
are fighting for every point
and will be doing so
between now and the end of
the season. But they are an
extremely game side and
I do not expect them to roll
over against a struggling
Liverpool team. This is one
of
those games that could go
either way and when this
happens then you can
sometimes get good value
with the draw bet.
BETTING TIP: Manchester
United to beat Birmingham
Manchester United are
looking good for the title
now and they even ground out
a
0-0 draw at Tottenham over
the weekend which saw them
keep up their unbeaten run.
I agree with Harry Redknapp
in that I simply cannot see
them going unbeaten for the
rest of the season. However
United get stronger in the
second half of the season
and I cannot see Birmingham
City being the team that
halts United’s run.
Alex
Ferguson must be loving this
season because one thing is
sure and he
would never have
expected them to be in this
position with only 3 ½
months of
the season to go.
He would have made all the
right noises but it was
difficult to see beyond
Chelsea
at the start of the
season. But the Blues have
self destructed and now it
is difficult to
see anyone
stopping United including
Birmingham.
BETTING TIP: Arsenal to beat
Wigan
Arsenal will be pushing hard
for a trophy this season and
they are already in the
semi-finals of the Carling
Cup and the last 32 of the
FA Cup. However they
have an
easier run in with regards
to the league than United
and so you cannot
discount
them. I think Arsenal will
miss out on the league but
they will push hard
and I
expect them to beat a
struggling Wigan side.
However you would never put
anything past Arsenal and
they have lost games at home
this season that you
would
never have expected. But
this is where I expect Arsene Wenger to push
them
forward and I am going for a
home win here which is not
much of a surprise.
BETTING TIP: Newcastle to
draw with Tottenham
The game of the weekend for
me is at St James Park where
Newcastle
entertain
Tottenham and it is
difficult to bet against
Spurs these days.
But
Newcastle have been made of
sterner stuff since Alan Pardew took over.
I think
that this will be a very
difficult game for Tottenham
and although they are as
attractive to watch as
anyone on the Premier
League, they do have a soft
underbelly where they
concede goals. I am tipping
Newcastle to hold Tottenham
and share the points.
January 15th Premier League betting
tips.
BETTING TIP:
Liverpool to draw with
Everton
There are
some really fascinating
games this weekend and none
more so than
at Anfield where Liverpool
under new boss Kenny
Dalglish take on new
neighbours
Everton at Anfield. The
previous regime under Roy
Hodgson had seen a period
of struggle but I for one
felt that Hodgson didn’t
really do that badly.
Everton are
another team who have
probably under performed in
what is a very competitive
league this season. But all
of the attention will be on
Liverpool. After going out
of the
cup at Old Trafford last
week then their only chance
of silverware this term is
the
UEFA Cup. I am going for the
draw in this game as I think
that it will suit both
players
but be careful to get the
best possible betting odds
on that.
BETTING TIP:
Arsenal to win at West Ham
United
West Ham
versus Arsenal is a
fascinating London derby and
with West Ham bottom
of the
league then this will be
another key game for boss Avram Grant. The two
recent
cup wins against Barnsley
and Birmingham may have
provided some
welcome relief
but West Ham cannot afford
to continue in their current
vein.
They are simply
playing badly though and
their success over
Birmingham in the
Carling
Cup was as much down to
errors by the City keeper
rather than a great
West Ham
performance.
I really do
not think that Grant has the
credentials for a top
Premier League job and
that
West Ham will continue to
struggle with him at the
helm. I therefore expect
Arsenal despite some dodgy
away performances lately to
take all three points at
Upton Park.
BETTING TIP:
Manchester City to beat
Wolves
I don’t
think that there are any
bankers in the Premier
League anymore but I do
expect Manchester City to
beat Wolves at Eastlands.
For me Wolves are one of
the
weakest teams on the league
and they are going to be
fighting the drop every step
of the way. Manchester City
have a great chance to close
the gap on United at the top
as United travel to Spurs
for what will be a very
tough game for them and one
that
they could easily lose.
So I simply do not expect
City to slip up and think
that they will
win by a
couple of goals.
BETTING TIP:
Birmingham City to draw with
Aston Villa
My final tip
takes us to St Andrews where
two clubs under pressure
meet in what is
sure to be a
volatile midlands derby.
Birmingham City vs Aston
Villa is always a
huge game
but with both clubs
struggling this season then
it has extra spice.
Birmingham will be smarting
from their Carling Cup
defeat and Villa manager
Gerard Houllier is another
boss who is under real
pressure.
Villa should
not be where they are but
once again I am tipping the
draw here as
draws often
come up trumps in big
derbies like this.
January 8th F.A cup betting
tips.
Manchester United to beat
Liverpool
This week
sees the Premier League take
a break and make way for the
FA Cup.
It is always
interesting to see how the
big boys handle this
competition and what
teams
they will field. The big tie
of the round though is no
doubt Manchester
United
against Liverpool. This is
always a feisty encounter
but Liverpool need
some
confidence from somewhere
and where better than a
result at Old Trafford.
Anything can happen of
course in a cup tie but
Manchester United are
playing so
much better than
Liverpool at the moment that
it’s hard to see them
slipping up at
home.
Torres and
Gerrard are still not back
to their best and the win
over Bolton was
far from
impressive. It is difficult
to perform under so much
pressure and this is why
I
am tipping United to get the
expected win.
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BETTING TIP:
Arsenal to beat Leeds United
It wasn’t
that long ago that Arsenal
vs Leeds Utd was one of the
top games in
the country.
How things have fallen
though for Leeds but they
are on the way back
and are
in promotion contention in
the Championship this term.
I expect Arsenal to
field a
few new faces in the Cup but
I still expect them to have
too much for the boys
in
white. It would be nice to
see Arsenal throw off the
tag of not having won a
trophy
since 2005 so this
may inspire them to go for
the win big time.
I still
think that the two domestic
cups are Arsenal’s best
chance of silverware
this
season and I think that they
have a great chance of
lifting one of them.
So I
expect them to beat Leeds
this weekend.
BETTING TIP: Blackburn to
draw with QPR
Blackburn
Rovers against QPR is an
interesting little tie with
me being undecided
as to who
will be treating this game
the most serious.
The new
takeover at Ewood Park by
the Venky’s Group spells a
possible good future
for the
club even though they did
sack Big Sam. They did act
in the clubs best
interests
even though that may not
have been apparent to
everyone else.
But QPR look
like a Premier League side
in waiting this season and
they will
give Blackburn a
real run for their money. My
tip though is for QPR to get
a slight upset
by taking the
tie back to Loftus Road.
BETTING TIP:
Leicester City to lose
against Manchester City.
Manchester
City travel to Leicester in
a game that I am convinced
they will try to win.
City
are in a similar boat to
Arsenal in that they have
gone too long without a
trophy
and they would love
to tear that famous banner
down at Old Trafford which
depicts
that they haven’t
won a trophy since 1976.
That will
surely come to an end though
soon as City are now strong
enough
to challenge for
honours on all four fronts
or at least they will be
next season for sure.
I am
tipping them to edge
Leicester and go through to
the next round.
January 1st Premier League betting
tips.
Archive
It is
difficult to see where
Chelsea go from here after
their dismal 3-1 defeat at
Arsenal. Manchester United
also let two points slip
with their 1-1 draw at
Birmingham
but they travel
to West Brom looking to
bounce back from that
result. The Baggies
this
season have been stronger in
this league than in previous
seasons and
my
bettingtip for
this game could go either
way. United are drawing a
lot of games
this season
even though they remain
unbeaten. I think this is a
sure sign that they
are not
the team of previous
seasons.
BETTING TIP:
United to win at West Brom
I don’t care
if they are top of the
league; this is a unique
season in that there is no
stand out team in the league
at the moment. I am tipping
United though to break their
run of away draws by
grinding out a win at The
Hawthorns.
BETTING TIP:
City to beat Blackpool
Blackpool
have been absolutely amazing
this season and their 2-0
win at
Sunderland puts them
on 25pts after 17 games. It
is amazing but you have to
start
taking on board that
Blackpool will now stay in
this league. However they
travel
to Manchester City
this weekend who are fresh
from their 3-1 and 4-0 wins
over Newcastle and Aston
Villa. They are creating
chances and I feel that
Blackpool
are due a loss and
they could get blown away at Eastlands.
Balotelli
will be better for his
hat-trick and I think that
City will put at least a
couple
of goals past
Blackpool. Will the light
blues win the title? I don’t
think so although
with
United not performing to
previous season’s standards
and Chelsea in a
mega slump
then anything could happen.
BETTING TIP:
Arsenal to win at Birmingham
City
At the time
of writing then Arsenal are
only 3pts behind United and
their huge 3-1
win against
Chelsea will have done
wonders for their confidence
against the big
teams. But
here is where Arsenal need
to press on and this trip to
Birmingham will
be a huge
game for them. The Blues are
fresh from their late
equaliser against
United but
they have really struggled
this season. But Arsenal
have also dropped a
lot of
points this term in games
where you would expect them
to win and win well.
So you never
can be sure which Arsenal
are going to turn up but I
do think that
the Chelsea
result will have done
wonders for them and I am
going for an Arsenal
win
here.
BETTING TIP:
West Ham to beat Wolves
There have
been some huge battles
recently at the bottom of
the table and
West Ham
versus Wolves will be
another big six point game.
I do feel that Wolves
are
finding life the toughest of
all of the sides at the
bottom at the moment and
West Ham will be buoyed by
their recent win and their
draw with Everton.
I am not
convinced that West Ham will
stay up and even though I
expect a patriotic
crowd at
Upton Park to spur them on
to victory, I still expect
them to struggle for the
rest of the season.
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