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Dec 16
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Selected Weekend Results
Newcastle United 3 – 1 Liverpool
Liverpool were effectively blown out of the water in a match were Newcastle set about their business in making this a victory for their deposed manager Chris Hughton. Liverpool were the fancied team with the bookies at 6/5. The feeling was that Newcastle would have enough distractions at 11/4 when Hughton was shown the door earlier in the week. The lesson to be learned here is don’t make assumptions about things. I don’t want to see any of these great team suffer. Come on get back on track the both of you.
Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 1 Chelsea
I said that Chelsea had definitely lost their touch, last week end with the one all draw at home to 15thplaced Everton. Here we are again away from home to Spurs with a crowd of 35,787 watching yet another draw. Spurs scored first through Pavlyuchenko in 15 minutes. It took Chelsea, late into the second half, again through Drogba to even the score in 70th minute. Chelsea are at home to Manchester United on Sunday. The odds favour Manchester United at 11/4 with Chelsea on 6/5 and the draw at 12/5. The draw might be an option if you fancy your luck.
Coming Week-End Betting Choices
Blackpool v Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs are clear favourites here at 4/6 on with the bookies. However I think that Blackpool will tough this out. They are 9/2 for the win and I think this will be the bet of the week-end. Alternatively if you are not sure about it, I think the draw at 16/5 is a must to put a few quid in your pocket. We all know that this has been the most unpredictable Premier League start for years. Take my advice and go for it.
Wigan v Aston Villa
Wigan need a result to get them out of the relegation zone. The bookies are predicting a close tie with Wigan at 2/1 and Aston Villa at 7/4 and 9/4 for the draw. Wigan showed their metal against Everton last week end when they held them to a nil – nil draw. This will be a good match. Come on Wigan you can do it.
Sam Allardyce
We saw Chris Hughton go last week-end and the merry manager go-round caught up with Sam Allardyce this week-end. A “shocked and disappointed” ex-manager had fallen out of favour with his new owners over their plan to use Kentaro a Swiss sports agency to handle their transfer deals. However the bookies still have a future for him with to replace Avram Grant at West Ham. However sources close to Allardyce state that discussions have taken place on the matter.
We finish the week-end round up with a look at the top goal scorers to date
| Name | Team | Matches | Goals |
| Berbatov, Dimitar | Man Utd | 13 | 11 |
| Carroll, Andy | Newcastle | 17 | 10 |
| Tevez, Carlos | Man City | 15 | 10 |
| Cahill, Tim | Everton | 16 | 8 |
| Drogba, Didier | Chelsea | 16 | 8 |
| Elmander, Johan | Bolton | 17 | 8 |
| Nasri, Samir | Arsenal | 14 | 8 |
| Nolan, Kevin | Newcastle | 14 | 8 |
| Bent, Darren | Sunderland | 14 | 7 |
| Chamakh, Marouane | Arsenal | 17 | 7 |
| Malouda, Florent | Chelsea | 17 | 7 |
| Davies, Kevin | Bolton | 17 | 6 |
| Kalou, Salomon | Chelsea | 13 | 6 |
| Odemwingie, Peter | W.B.A. | 12 | 6 |
| van der Vaart, Rafael | Tottenham | 11 | 6 |
| Bale, Gareth | Tottenham | 17 | 5 |
| Dempsey, Clint | Fulham | 17 | 5 |
| Downing, Stewart | Aston Villa | 17 | 5 |
| Gyan, Asamoah | Sunderland | 13 | 5 |
| Harewood, Marlon | Blackpool | 11 | 5 |
| Nani | Man Utd | 15 | 5 |
| Pavlyuchenko, Roman | Tottenham | 15 | 5 |
| Torres, Fernando | Liverpool | 16 | 5 |
| Varney, Luke | Blackpool | 13 | 5 |
Have a good week-end and happy punting
