Dec 22

All the Weekend Results

Yes you read it correctly. These are the full Premier League results for last week-end. Only two games survived the extreme and unusual freezing and blizzard conditions.

Sunderland 1 – 0 Bolton Wanderers

The result sums up the positions of both teams in the Premier League with Sunderland sitting 6th and Bolton in 7th place. Danny Welbeck made a fine header in the 32nd minute to give Sunderland the points and to leap-frog Bolton from 7th to 6th place before a crowd of 35,101. Sunderland travel to Manchester for their Boxing Day match with Manchester United. Man Utd are clear favourites at 30/100 with Sunderland at 12/1. The draw could be a possibility at 5/1. Bolton Wanderers meet West Bromwich Albion on Boxing Day in what should be a close fought match. Bolton are favourites at 6/5 with West Brom on 3/1. The draw at 5/2 is worth a bet.

Blackburn Rovers 1 – 1 West Ham United

Blackburn should have made a better job of this fixture given their relative positions in the Premier League. Blackburn are 12th while West Ham are at the bottom of the league. In other words this is a pretty good result for West Ham. However sitting at the bottom of the league is not a good place to be. You only get a view of everyone else’s back side. Blackburn scored first though Ryan Nelsen in 51 minutes. West Ham responded in the 78th minute through Junior Stanislas. As you might appreciate, the Blackburn fans were not best pleased. Caretaker manager Steve Kean did not improve his prospects of landing the full-time job at Ewood Park. Blackburn meet Stoke at the week-end with both team sitting 12th and 13th respectively. Blackburn are 5/4 favourites with Stoke on 12/4. The draw at 12/5 is worth consideration given Blackburn’s slip-up this week-end.

Coming Week-End Choices

The week-end fixtures if it happens will look like this for me.

Blackpool v Liverpool

As you know I have been following both of these teams and my loyalty is a bit divided for this match. Liverpool are just ahead of Blackpool at 9th and 10th place respectively. This is a close match on paper with Liverpool favourites at 4/5. Blackpool are 4/1 and the draw is forecast at 3/1. This Premier League is so up-in-the-air and Liverpool are still fragile that this game could go any way. I would go for the draw on this occasion, if it happens.

Fulham v West Ham United

This bottom of the table fixture is a must for West Ham. They need to dig in and get the points if relegation is to pass them by. We are almost at the half-way stage and it is time to think about (avoiding) relegation. Fulham are evens for this match with West Ham on 100/30 for the win. The draw is 5/2 and this would be my bet of the week-end. Go for it.

We finish the week-end round up with a look at the top goal scorers to date

Rank Name Team Matches Goals  
1 Berbatov, Dimitar Man Utd 13 11   
2 Carroll, Andy Newcastle 17 10   
2 Tevez, Carlos Man City 16 10   
4 Cahill, Tim Everton 17 9   
5 Drogba, Didier Chelsea 16 8   
5 Elmander, Johan Bolton 18 8   
5 Nasri, Samir Arsenal 14 8   
5 Nolan, Kevin Newcastle 14 8   
9 Bent, Darren Sunderland 15 7   
9 Chamakh, Marouane Arsenal 17 7   
9 Malouda, Florent Chelsea 17 7   
12 Davies, Kevin Bolton 18 6   
12 Kalou, Salomon Chelsea 13 6   
12 Odemwingie, Peter W.B.A. 12 6   
12 van der Vaart, Rafael Tottenham 11 6   
16 Bale, Gareth Tottenham 17 5   
16 Dempsey, Clint Fulham 17 5   
16 Downing, Stewart Aston Villa 17 5   
16 Gyan, Asamoah Sunderland 14 5
16 Harewood, Marlon Blackpool 11 5
16 Nani Man Utd 15 5
16 Pavlyuchenko, Roman Tottenham 15 5
16 Torres, Fernando Liverpool 16 5
16 Varney, Luke Blackpool 13 5
16 Welbeck, Danny Sunderland 17 5  

 

Have a good week-end and happy punting.

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Oct 30

Premiership betting tips:Fulham v Liverpool-Liverpool pulled off a great performance against their bitter rivals Manchester United last Sunday , with Fulham fighting back against Manchester City to earn a well deserved point.  The Reds will be without Gerrard again and right back Johnson will miss the game too.  It was a big result for Liverpool last week but these are the games which they have struggled to win so far this season.  You can back the draw at 12/5 (3.45)on Betfair, a Liverpool win is 21/20 (2.04) and a Fulham win at odds of 7/2 (4.4)

Fulham have shown that they are a tough team to beat and Liverpool may find this a tricky fixture (only scoring in the last minute last season to win 1-0).  Backing the draw is tempting, but lets take a risk and go for a Fulham win, lay Liverpool if you don’t like the risk factor (so you win if Liverpool draw or lose).

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Aug 28

Aston Villa v Fulham-Out of 8 Premiership games, Fulham have never beaten Aston Villa at Villa Park.  Villa have won 5 and the rest have been draws.  The Cottagers will have to look back to 1973 to the last time they beat Villa in the league. 

Premiership Betting tip- Aston Villa will be dissapointed about Thursday night’s exit from Europe, but they will have confidence in the league after beating Liverpool at Anfield. on Monday night  They also have the advantage over Fulham of playing their European tie at home, whereas Fulham had to take trip to Russia.  Back VIlla to win on Betfair, you can get odds of 1.81 (4/5).

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Aug 21

Fulham v Chelsea- Fulham have beaten Chelsea only one in the last 30 years.  Boa Morte had the winning strike for Fulham in 2006.  Chelsea had the best away record last year in the Premiership with 14 wins, picking up 44 points.  Only 5 teams last season had a better home record than Fulham in the league, making them Craven Cottage a hard place to visit.

Premiership Betting tip-  Lampard was on the scoresheet mid-week with a penalty.  Back him to score anytime against Chelsea’s London rivals with Betfair, you can get odds of 2.92.

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