Portsmouth v Tottenham Hotspur betting tip - So Harry is back at his old club Pompey, he’ll be hoping that the visit to Fratton Park will go ‘triffic’. Alot of ex-players will be turning out to play for both sides, Defoe, Crouch, Kaboul and Prince Boateng to name a few. Back Defoe and Kaboul to score at anytime against their old teams, you can get odds of 2.38 (11/8) and 9.2 (8/1).
Chelsea v Arsenal
This is the 143rd London derby between the teams, Chelsea haven’t lost in 5 games, whereas Arsenal have lost 4 out of the last 5 games. Last year this fixture saw Chelsea win 2-1, with a double from Drogba. Football fans who like to see goals will be relieved to know that in 29 games there’s only been one goalless game.
Premiership betting tip: The odds (1.88) show that Chelsea are the favourites to take the points in this match. I’m tempted to go for a draw in this London derby, but I’m also swayed into believing that history may repeat itself and we may see Arsenal topple Chelsea at Stamford Bridge like they did in the season where Liverpool also beat Chelsea. Let’s go for the bet of laying Chelsea at odds of around 1.88, Arsenal will take confidence from their midweek win and thy will also be welcoming back some key players like striker Adebayor.
It might also be interesting to look at backing for fun former players of both sides, Anelka and Gallas to score at anytime.
UPDATE- Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal. It was a disappointing Sunday afternoon if you are a Blue fan (no not the boy band), Chelsea only had one shot on goal throughout the whole 90 minutes, taking that into account, Arsenal deserved to win this match. The Gunner’s first goal looked to be slightly offside and we got confirmation that it probably was when Wenger told Sky: ‘I didn’t see it’. Laying Chelsea to win this match at about 1.88 on Betfair instead of backing the draw was a good decision in the end, bringing us a winning Premiership bet for the last day of November!
Tuesday and Wednesday bring a full list of Premiership mid week fixtures, which of course means more matches to choose to bet on!!
Aston Villa v Blackburn- Villa are unbeaten at home so far this season and Blackburn have drawn their last two Premiership games. Blackburn last won at Villa Park in 2004, this is their only win in 7 games away to Villa.
Betting tip (Winner)- It’s tempting to go for the draw here just like last year, but I do believe that Aston Villa can take all three points, they are priced at 1.69 currently on Betfair. I’m tipping ’Over 2.5 goals’ in this match, you can currently get a price of 1.97 on Betfair.
UPDATE- Well we’ll start with the amazing match at the Emirates stadium, it’s fair to say that this match had 4-4 written all over it….even after 65 minutes!!! On to the betting tip, the Villa v Blackburn produced 5 goals, which meant the over 2.5 goals tip was a winner, a great way to just abut double your money midweek!!
Newcastle 2-1 West Brom
Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham
Aston Villa 3-2 Blackburn
Bolton 0-1Everton
Fulham 2-0 Wigan
Hull 0-3 Chelsea
Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth
Man Utd 2-0 West Ham
Middlesbrough 2-0 Man City
Stoke 1-0 Sunderland
Pound coins were in the news this week, with an estimated £30 million fake £1 coins in circulation in the UK. A word of advice to Tottehnam, if Manchester United just so happened to have paid Berbatov’s thirty million pounds transfer fee in pound coins then they may want to start double checking!!
Everton v Liverpool
The big game this week has to the be the 179th Merseyside derby. If you are fan of backing red cards and yellow cards then this is the game for you, 16 out of the 32 meetings have resulted in red cards. I can always guarantee Phil Neville will find himself in the book for a hasty challenge (1.9 odds on Betfair) and an own goal may just occur once again in this fixture!!!
Betting tips: Who will win this derby?…Who knows? It’s hard to predict these derby games, but judging on form Liverpool look to be likely winners, especially with Everton only picking up points away from home this season. But the main bet I’ll be backing is Stephen Gerrard to score. Needing one more to make 100 goals, what better team his 100th against? Back him to score at anytime at odds of 3.75 on PaddyPower. Also back Robbie Keane to score at odds of 3.25.
Wigan v Man City
The last time City played Wigan away from home the scoreline was 1-1. From a quick glance this game may look like a Man City win, but City have failed to beat Wigan in the Premiership. Wigan have been in good form lately, with the 5-0 win over Hull being their biggest result this season.
Betting tip: City are the favourites to win this game at odds of 2.46 (Betfair) with the home team priced at odds of around 3.25. Let go for the value bet here and back Wigan, they’ve been in good form and Man City may be a little weary after having to play extra time mid-week. This looks like it could be cracking game, I would like to think there will be goals galore!!!
UPDATE- The Merseyside Derby produced alot of whistle blowing moments by the referee, meaning that there was no flow to the game. Liverpool deserved the victory (as predicted), but Everton can count themselves unlucky to have Cahill sent off. There was no luck in picking Gerrard and Keane to score, but I had to back Neville to get a yellow card when I saw the odds for a yellow jump up to around 2.3 on Betfair, so when he made that crashing challenge I celebrated like it was a goal!!
The Wigan game brought us the biggest betting winner of the season, courtesy of a Zaki penalty. Hopefully this will be the turning point and we can get a good run of winning bets now. Goals were predicted in this game, if only I had backed over 2.5 goals as well!!
Arsenal 1-2 Hull
Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland
Everton 0-2 Liverpool
Fulham 1-2 West Ham
Man Utd 2-0 Bolton
Middlesbrough 0-1 West Brom
Newcastle 1-2 Blackburn
Stoke 0-2 Chelsea
Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham
Wigan 2-1 Man City
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