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Jan 21
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Last Weekend betting tips
Manchester City 4 – 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
I did say it was probably too much to ask from Wolves and it was “just.” Coming back from 4-1 down showed a lot guts and determination. I would go as far to say that Wolves deserved the points, but Lady Luck was not playing the game. Mick McCarthy’s team don’t deserve to be sitting in the relegation zone. Whatever you are doing Mick should be working. The question, of course, is why is it not?
Wolves (12/5) meet Liverpool (7/5) on their home turf on Saturday. This should be a difficult one to call given the poor form by Liverpool recently. The odds on the draw are 12/5 so very iffy.
Tottenham 0 – 0 Manchester United
What is it that Manchester United have got that is eluding Wolves and perhaps at least half of the rest of the teams in the Premier League? Their unbeaten reign continues and Harry Rednapp has said that this is not a great United team. Well they have played 21 games in the Premier League this season without defeat. Is it simply that they have an unshakeable belief in themselves? United were severely tested in this match and you might say that Tottenham should have taken the points. However it seems that United are not prepared to take a back seat to anyone.
United (2/1) meet Birmingham City (17/1) at home on Saturday. The draw at 6/1 is worth a punt.
Birmingham City 1 – 1 Aston Villa
Birmingham continued to slide downwards and Aston Villa continue to hover just above the relegation zone with this one all draw. Alex McLeish pointed out the obvious when he said we don’t score enough goals. There is no doubt that the lack of an effective striker is a major drawback and Birmingham will rue the day if this causes them to fall out of the Premier League.
This week-end betting tips
Everton v West Ham
Everton meet West Ham on Saturday with the odds clearly favouring Everton at 8/15 and West Ham at 7/1 and the draw at 100/30. West Ham need to get their skates on if they are to crawl out of the relegation zone. There is still time to do this, but don’t wait too long. The draw is worth a bet.
Arsenal v Wigan
Arsenal are clear favourites at 2/9 for this tie with Wigan who badly need the points coming in at 16/1. However Wigan are a team who can get the odd result and at 6/1 for the draw this could be worth a look
We finish the week-end round up with a look at the top goal scorers to date
Barclays Premier League Top Scorers
| Team | TOT | |
| Berbatov | Man Utd | 14 |
| Tevez | Man City | 14 |
| Carroll | Newcastle | 11 |
| Nolan | Newcastle | 10 |
| Cahill | Everton | 9 |
| Elmander | Bolton | 9 |
| Nasri | Arsenal | 9 |
| Van der Vaart | Tottenham | 9 |
| Bent | Sunderland | 8 |
| Drogba | Chelsea | 8 |
| Malouda | Chelsea | 8 |
| Odemwingie | West Brom | 8 |
| Bale | Tottenham | 7 |
| Campbell | Blackpool | 7 |
| Chamakh | Arsenal | 7 |
Happy punting