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Saturday 01st January 2011 Barclays Premier League West Brom v Man Utd 12.45 West Brom have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the visit of Manchester United. However, United will be sweating on the fitness of Nani, who has been struggling recently with a hip injury. A claf strain has kept John O’Shea out of the matchday squad lately but he could be in line…
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Once upon a time, when the big, bad corporation paid my mortgage, I used to share a corner of the office with a wily old wag. To my knowledge, he never had a bet but every now and then the words ‘system horse’ would murmur from his lips and he’d write a name on his notepad and slide it across the desk. In my naivety, I used to think he had a fabled meth…
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Talk of anybody getting the sack at this time of year isn’t pleasant. But a couple of chairman in the Championship have already wielded the axe since Christmas and a few Premier League managers will have been anxiously looking up at the boardroom recently. Punters have latched on to this fact in recent days and the market for Next Manager To Leave has sud…
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Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers Betting Tip & Odds: Really strongly fancy a 1-0 win for Chelsea in this one (see below for more details about that), but with Correct Scoreline bets more of a risky business, we will stick in the field of Asian Handicaps for the tip here. Chelsea aren’t playing well, Bolton are doing ok. This should be a tough match, for both…
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Wigan Athletic v Arsenal Betting Tip & Odds: Overall, Arsenal have a 78% win percentage against Wigan in all their matches. That’s eleven wins for the Gunners, one draw and just two for the Latics. Hard to see those records improving for Wigan to be honest, as they just aren’t good enough this season. Yes, they have had their moment, but Arsen…
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England have achieved their first objective Down Under after retaining The Ashes with an emphatic innings-and-157-run victory in the Fourth Test at the MCG to go 2-1 up in the five-match series with one to play. Andrew Strauss and his team are now a best-priced 4/11 to complete a series victory by avoiding defeat in the final Test at Sydney, with a general 6/4 o…
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Decimal odds vs fractional odds – betting prices. I never gave decimal odds a thought when I was a Betting Shop Manager. Why should I, I’d been settling bets for God knows how many years when the debate came to the fore? At the time, of course, it was better the devil that you know. Most other managers I spoke to were of a similar mind. The idea being &qu…
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In the last few years, an increasing number of punters have been betting on whether a football match will feature two goals or less, or whether there will be three goals or more. Although there is no such thing as half a goal being scored, bookmakers classify the bet as being Under 2.5 Goals or Over 2.5 Goals to keep things simple. With several Premier League game…
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Latest Football Fixtures 27 Dec - 3 Jan Date/Time Country Football Match League 27 Dec/20.00 Arsenal vs Chelsea (English Premier League) 28 Dec/15.00 Manchester City vs Aston Villa (English Premier League) 28 Dec/15.00 Tottenham vs Newcastle United (English Premier League) 28 Dec/20.00 Birmingham vs Manchester United (English Premier League) 29 Dec…
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