Man Utd v Man City- This will be the 152nd Machesert Derby on Sunday, out of the 151 games United have the upper hand of winning 61 games compared to City’s 41. Out of the 12 trips City have taken to Old Trafford in the Premiership they have only won one, which doesn’t make pleasant reading if you are a City fan!!
Premiership Betting tip- In derby games you are never sure what’s going to happen as form goes out the window, although saying that both team’s form has been pretty good (United 1 defeat,City undefeated in the Premiership). One thing that we can almost guarantee is that there will be passion and passion usually means fouls and yellow cards! Lets look at players who are likely to play and pick up yellows, Scholes is suspended for this game so lets back Fletcher & Evra for United and Nigel de Jong for City, back them all on Betfair (prices no available at present). Lets all hope for some tasty challenges!
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PremiershipBettingBanter.com is back and raring to go for the new season!!! We hope you’ve not done a Manchester City (letting the Welsh FA know that Craig Bellamy had withdrawn from the squad seemed to have slipped their mind) on us and forgotten all about this betting blog!!!
So who is going to win the Premiership then? United for the fourth time? Liverpool finally? Ancelotti’s Chelsea? Arsenal back to winning ways? Or will an outsider like Manchester City shake things up?
Well as usual it’s a tough call, but Premiership betting Banter are going to back Chelsea. Looking on Betfair they are favourites at odds of 2/1 with second favourites Manchester United 12/5. We’re backing the Blues as they’ve have had the minimum impact to their squad out of all the possible championship contender, vital members like Terry have stuck around (was never in doubt). Whereas their rivals have become weakened, Ronaldo, Tevez, Alonso, Toure, Adebayor all making their way out of their respective teams.
Of course everything will be dependent on how quick Chelsea can adapt to Ancelotti’s formations (diamonds anyone?) and whether he can kep the respect of players like Drogba. Blues fans will be hoping that he doesn’t go the way of Big Phil, but we expect them to put up a serious challenge this year, back them on Betfair now!
No matter who wins, we know this season will have thrills, major talking points and great entertainment, it is the Premiership of course!!
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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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