Premier League Tips – English Acca Bets

Blackpool V Fulham – Saturday, 28th August (15:00 GMT)

A little piece of history will be made down at Bloomfield Road on Saturday, when Blackpool play host to the renowned poor travellers Fulham in the clubs first ever home Premier League fixture – Their first top flight home fixture since 1970.

The Tangerines made a sprightly start to the season with a resounding win over slow starters Wigan at the DW Stadium, but their aspirations of going on a point-spree were soon dashed as Arsenal provided manager Ian Holloway with an early dose of Premiership reality, not that the former Leicester City and Plymouth Argyle manager was under any illusions as to how difficult surviving in this league would be. Fans, though, well they were beginning to get a little ahead of themselves, although to some extent rightly so, and they should maintain their positive aurora ahead of their teams clash with a side unwillingly boasting one of the poorest away track records in Premier League history, in London outfit Fulham.

The Cottagers haven’t really escaped Gear 1 as of yet having drawn their opening two games of the season, but their draw last Sunday at home to Manchester United will have lifted their spirits ahead of a fixture which, just like their opposite numbers, they will eye up as a definite point-scoring opportunity.

Blackpool, despite not actually locating the back of Manuel Almunia’ goal, created a couple of decent openings at the Emirates last weekend, while they were all over Wigan at the DW on the opening day. Fulham, well they were slightly lethargic in their season opener when playing out a 0-0 stalemate with Bolton, but they improved immensely for the visits of the Red Devils and had created several glorious openings.

There are so many reasons as to why this fixture has goals written all over it starting with the fact both sides will consider this very much as a winnable encounter, but both these teams have the know-how and the courage to play some attacking football, with Blackpool in particular. Fulham’s Premier League class may edge them through this tricky fixture but Blackpool won’t go down without a fight, so Both Teams to Score at odds of 4/5 with BetFred looks a cracking bet.

Tottenham Hotspur V Wigan Athletic – Saturday, 28th August (15:00 GMT)

When a fixture contains an overwhelming favourite and a donkey, you don’t often find a great deal of value around. That certainly isn’t the case with our pal Peter Crouch who, by his own acclaim, can spot a bargain or two, just ask Monica Mint, the teenage hooker he bedded for a mere £900 – I’m sure him and John Terry will now have hours of endless conversations when the pair next HOOK up for England duty – Like advice for one another on where to find them, can I pay extra to bag one with a husband, that sort of material really.

I was massively impressed with The Sun’s headline after Tottenham’s hammering of Young Boys, a name so  wrong on so many levels, claiming Peter Crouch bagged a three-some following his hat-trick haul against the Swiss boys. Classy!

As Crouch himself would say; enough of the small talk and on to business… Tottenham play host to a leaky Wigan on Saturday in a game which surely promises another heavy loss for the travelling Latics, who’s fans deserve a knighthood for sticking with them through thick and think so far following an horrific start to the season. Chris Kirkland was England’s next top goalkeeper a couple of years ago but he committed international suicide when signing on the dotted line for Wigan Athletic from Liverpool. The Wigan defence has never been lined with glistening stars, I mean they had Titus Bramble on their books for Christ sake, but this is a current crop containing misfits strung together over the summer by a deluded and soon to be out of the job Spaniard. Roberto Martinez has drafted in Antolin Alcaraz and Steve Gohouri as some sort of weird, two left-footed centreback duo, two of the worst centre-half’s I think I’ve ever seen, to the point where Wigan fans are actually begging Titus Bramble to come back – Desperate times indeed.

Jermain Defoe is set to undergo an operation on a groin problem early next week but is expected to play some part on Saturday before jetting off for a month on the sidelines, but surely Harry won’t let three-star Peter Crouch sit on the bench for Saturday’s three-point banker with Wigan. Spurs have a striker bang in form with the lanky Crouch, a player determined to put his off-field drama to bed by nailing a few points for his team.

Wigan’s full-backs is an area of the field where the problems will start I’m afraid, as both Blackpool and Chelsea exploited those positions to huge affect. There’s no way Ronnie Stam, a name which really does flatter to deceive, and Maynor Figueroa will live with the pace, the trickery and agility of Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon, arguably the two best wingers in the Premier League right now along with Chelsea’s Florent Malouda. Both Bale and Lennon are going to have the time of their life’s out on the flanks on Saturday, hitting the byline with any fuss whatsoever and who will be waiting inside the Wigan penalty area to pounce, none other than the Green Giant himself, Peter Crouch.

Crouch is 4/1 with Bet365 to open Wigan’s floodgates tomorrow (First Goalscorer), while he’s EVENS with 888Sport to score at any point in proceedings. If there was such a bet as Peter Crouch to Score with a Header then we would have smothered it, but 888.sport, the king of novelty player bets, haven’t opened such a market for this fixture – Devastated!

NAP Accumulator: Everton, Hull City, Scunthorpe & Sheff Wed (All 4 to WIN) – 54/1 WilliamHill

Premiership Punt: Blackpool, Wolves – Newcastle DRAW, Man City & Everton – 56/1 Ladbrokes

All to Draw: Wolves – Newcastle, Leyton Orient – Exeter, Portsmouth – Cardiff, Lincoln – Crewe (4 Draws) – 123/1 PaddyPower

Both Teams to Score (Goals Galore): Blackpool – Fulham, Portsmouth – Cardiff, Bristol Rovers – Southampton, Port Vale – Torquay (4 Matches) – 9/1 BetFred