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Apologies for the brief analysis of my tips today and for the length of time it’s taken to get them up. I’ve had a few problems with my connection this week so I’m just getting on for a short period of time thanks to a friend. Let’s hope they are more successful than the last couple of week’s efforts.

Saturday 31^st October

Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday

Bristol City have an excellent home record with 5 wins from 7 matches, drawing the other two. Their strength lies mainly in their defence as they have only conceded 4 goals in this run of matches. Sheffield Wednesday have a poor away record with 4 defeats from 7 matches, winning only once. They were soundly beaten in their last away match against Watford. The Hornets had far too much quality going forward for Wednesday’s defence and with Nicky Maynard in good form for Bristol City, the Owls can affect another rough ride tomorrow.

City have defeated the likes of Middlesbrough, Blackpool and QPR at Ashton Gate this term so the visit of a poor unorganised and dispirited Wednesday side should not pose too many problems at all tomorrow.

My selection: Bristol City to beat Sheffield Wednesday

Best odds available: 10/11 available with several bookies including Bet365

English Premier League

Portsmouth v Wigan

I tipped Portsmouth last weekend as I have seen quite a bit of them already this season but was foiled by Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill. Pompey followed up last week’s draw with Hull by easily brushing aside Stoke City in the Carling cup in midweek. Paul Hart’s side were excellent against Stoke and finally converted some chances.

Wigan had a good win away at Burnley last week but they are pretty inconsistent at the moment as they have won twice and lost 3 on the road. Roberto Martinez will know that Pompey are performing much better now than they were at the start of the season so will be wary of tomorrow’s match.

Portsmouth are in desperate need of a win in the league and I doubt they’ll get many better chances than tomorrow. The crowd will be up for it, the players have been playing well and if they continue to make chances, I see no reason as to why they cannot record their 2^nd league win of the season.

My selection: Portsmouth to beat Wigan

Best odds available: 6/4 with Boylesports

English Premier League

Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers

The home side will be hurting after their defeat to arch rivals Liverpool last Sunday so it may not be an ideal game for the swine flu ridden squad of Sam Allardyce’s Blackburn Rovers.

Sir Alex Ferguson has fought back against the criticism levelled at his defenders this week after some recent dismal displays in the league. He has defended with his proven stoppers and fully expects them to get back to keeping clean sheets sooner rather than later. However, it may be the case that Ferguson will have to do without the services of Vidic and Ferdinand tonight. This may not be a bad thing as Wes Brown and Johnny Evans have proven to be more than adequate and are both no-nonsense centre halves.

Rovers have been hit with several call off’s in the last week due to an outbreak of swine flu in the dressing room. David Dunn, Christopher Samba and Jason Roberts have all contracted the bug and look very unlikely to play any part tonight with the latter definitely out of the match. Blackburn have already visited the Emirates and Stamford Bridge, losing heavily on both occasions.

United will be like a wounded animal after last week’s defeat and the media’s criticism of the team. The normal result is a resounding win next time out. I don’t see the status quo changing much and fully expect the Red Devils to get back on track today. They’ll start keeping clean sheets sooner rather than later and I don’t think they’ll have a better opportunity than today. Rovers have lost all 4 of their away matches this term, scoring in just two of those games.

PaddyPower go 5/6 for United to win to hill whilst others are as low as 4/9 so there is obvious value to be had.

My selection: Manchester United to beat Blackburn Rovers to nil

Best odds available: 5/6 with PaddyPower