Premiership betting tips: Chelsea v Manchester United- This Sunday it’s a massive top of the table clash between last year’s Premiership runners up and Champions. Alot will say that Rio Ferdinand will be a big miss for United, but anyone who saw him come against Torres two weeks ago will know that he’s not been at his best in recent weeks. Out of the 34 times the teams have met in the Premiership, the Blues have won 10 and the Reds 10, with the rest of the games drawn. The odds for a Chelsea win is 2.06 (21/20) and United are at odds of 4.3 (7/2).
Both teams won’t want to lose this game and both teams will surely settle for a draw if the chance should occur, you can back these at odds of 3.45(12/5) on Betfair. But the main betting tip of the day should be to back Drogba to score at anytime, he’s been in good form lately and will be a handful for an untried United defensive pairing.
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Manchester United vs. Tottenham- On Betfair, United are priced as favourites for this Carling Cup final, with odds of 1.74. Current holders Tottenham are given odds of 5.7 to beat an in Manchester United team.
Betting tips-It’s easy to go for the favourites Manchester United to win this cup final based on current league standing, but cup games can always bring results that are against the odds. I won’t be tipping a winner here, but I will be going for 4 anytime goalscorers in the hope of making some profit. Firstly for Spurs I’m tipping Pavlyuchenko to score (odds of 3.45), he’s scored in every round so far and he’ll be hoping he can make an impression in the final as well. Also back last year’s winning goal scorer Woodgate at odds of 14.0 to make a repeat in the 2009 Wembley final. For Man United, back Tevez to get the ball in the back of the net (odds of 2.52), he’ll also be wanting to score in the final after having previously scored in every round of the cup so far. Finally back old the ex Tottenham player Carrick to score against his old team at odds of 7.6 from Betfair.
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As you might know, Christiano Ronaldo was sent off against Manchester City for a ‘handball’ incident. For those of you who haven’t seen it, then take a look at the video below, skip to 6 minutes 20 seconds and you’ll see it all it’s glory.
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This was Ronaldo’s explanation (excuse) for this bizarre incident:
Rooney took the corner, I jumped and that was when I heard a shout from Richards and simultaneously the sound of a whistle. I was convinced that the ref had blown for a foul. I stopped trying to head the ball and score a goal. I grabbed the ball so Richards could get help
PremiershipBettingBanter.com thought that this was a pretty good excuse, but we’ve come up with a couple more excuses he could use:
- When he jumped to head the ball, the wind blew his hair out of place and he tried to re-style it.
- A fan in the crowd started chanting: hands up if you love Ronaldo.
- Ronaldo was practising for the Olympic netball team.
- Maradonna’s visit to the Manchester United training ground was a bad influence on him.
If you have any other excuses you think Ronaldo could use then feel free to send them in and we’ll add them here.
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Arsenal v Man Utd- This game has to be the one that most Premiership football fans will be watching this weekend, Arsenal entertain rivals United at the Emirates. The Gunners go into this game in the midst of their ‘mini crisis’ (losing one game) whereas United have an unbeaten run of 12 games in all competitions. It would be wrong to rule out Arsenal due to their patched up team(due to suspensions and injuries), they have in the past managed to win when the odds were against them. After completing this game United would have played all their title rivals away from home, at the moment they only have 1 point to show from these games. United will be a threat with players like Berbatov, Rooney and Ronaldo, they certainly are a joy to watch when they all click.
Surely this game we will show us how the Arsenal players react when the pressure is on them, will they prosper or will they wilt?
Betting tips- United away from home are favourite to win this match at odds of 2.34 on Betfair. But Manchester United haven’t won at the Emirates yet and have only have 1 win in 8 games away to Arsenal. So the best bet would be to back the draw at odds of 3.3 currently on Betfair. Also go for a small bet on Berbatov to score at anytime at odds of 3.35.
UPDATE- What a great match to watch, chances at both ends and some great football played by both of these title challengers. I’m sure that if United had scored then they wouldn’t have ended up on the losing team. The bet to go for the draw wasn’t successful this time, looking back at it, no matter how bad the Gunners’ last results have been, it was a little crazy for them not to be favourites when playing at home.
Arsenal v Man Utd
Hull v Bolton
Liverpool v West Brom
Sunderland v Portsmouth
West Ham United v Everton
Wigan v Stoke
Aston Villa v Middlesbrough
Blackburn v Chelsea
Fulham v Newcastle
Man City v Tottenham
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