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David de Gea (Manchester United)

There does seem to be a certain degree of inevitability that Manchester United are now just going to stroll to the Premier League title, as next on the list we look at Manchester United v QPR betting. It doesn’t appear to be the kind of fixture that is going to derail their chances of defending their title. Online bookmaker Paddy Power will be hoping thing do go particularly easily for the Red Devils at Old Trafford on Sunday, as they are running the risk of paying out lost stake refunds on the First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast markets on the match. The highly popular bookie will pay out lost stake refunds on those markets, if there are five or more goals scored in the match. Will United run rampant? Will the red hot Rooney have a field day? Or will QPR have a big say in the relegation battle by offering some threat up front themselves?

With the Paddy Power Money Back Special, you can look at the First Goalscorer market for example where Wayne Rooney is 5/2 favourite, with his team mates Javier Hernandez, Danny Welbeck and Dimitar Berbatov hovering around 4/1. A Correct Score punt on 2-0 win for United fetches good value at 6/1. So bets like these and more will be covered with the Paddy Power Man Utd v QPR Money Back Special if five or more goals are scored in the matches. Online bookmaker Paddy Power offer a free £50 bet for new customers registering an account with them. The bookie will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet, up to that maximum value.

Manchester United v QPR Odds

Man Utd to win: 1/5 at Paddy Power
Draw: 7/1 at Boylesports
QPR to win: 16/1 at Totesport

With a five point lead at the top of the table, and heading into the busy weekend period with a home match against a relegation threatened side, is the title race already over? Manchester United have been in unstoppable form, at least in terms of results, even if they haven’t played that well at times. You can’t argue with seven straight wins now, and ten wins and one draw in their last eleven. They are using Sir Alex Ferguson’s experience to the max, and the Red Devils haven’t conceded a goal in their last four outings. While they needed late goals to see off Blackburn at the start of the month, and were extremely lucky to not have given a penalty away which would have cost them points at home against Fulham, they have been getting the job done.

Because of the busy Easter fixture list, Ferguson may well shuffle his pack around, but his options have been boosted with the return of Nani. So the Premier League title could well be sealed by utilizing a squad that many thought were decidedly average. They just have goals galore in them, even when they aren’t playing well, and they should just be far too powerful for QPR. There is the incentive and the real possibility of opening up an eight point lead over Manchester City on Sunday, as the Citizens have a tough match away at Arsenal. The title could well and truly be decided this weekend, and you wouldn’t really bet against anything other than a home win here. Goals by Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick secured a 2-0 away win at Loftus Road earlier in the season.

However, QPR have been rousing themselves for the relegation battle under former United star Mark Hughes recently. They have landed two wins in their last three matches, and perhaps more impressively, they came against Liverpool and Arsenal. Big wins there for Hughes, giving QPR a fighting chance of staying up. But those precious wins came at home, and QPR’s away form is really nothing to write home about. They haven’t won on the road in their last nine outings and seven of those games have resulted in defeats for them. They have lost their last three straight, so turning up at Old Trafford and winning doesn’t really seem very likely. You have to go all the way back to last September to find the last clean sheet away from home for QPR and with Rangers conceding on average two goals per game away from home, well, this match should only produce one outcome. It could be a case of get through the ninety minutes then move on to their next fixture, which is a more winnable one at home against Swansea.


April 6th, 2012 / Lee A Jackson - Category: Premier League Betting

Manchester United - Rooney & Scharner - Albion

While Manchester City seem to just be rolling over and handing the league title to the Red Devils, Sir Alex Ferguson’s men still have a job to do in Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United betting on Monday night. Manchester United really have the change to drive home their supremacy in the title race now with a game against Rovers who are still fighting relegation. Manchester United will look to Wayne Rooney to fire them three points, and it is around the England striker that Paddy Power are offering their Money Back Special. If Wayne Rooney nets the last goal of the game on Monday night at Ewood Park, then Paddy Power will refund all losing First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast single bets placed on the match. So superb coverage being offered by the popular online bookmaker.

It means that you can dip into the First Goalscorer market, where Rooney himself is 13/5 favourite to open proceedings, while his team mates Javier Hernandez, Danny Welbeck and Dimitar Berbatov are all in the pecking order behind him at around 4/1. So great coverage and value there, as well as in the Correct Score Market for Blackburn v Man Utd betting, where a 2-0 win for United is trading as favourite at 6/1. So well worth taking the coverage on your betting with Paddy Power, who offer a generous £50 free bet to new customers. New customers with Paddy Power will get their first stake matched with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £50, giving you some great free betting cash to get started with.

Blackburn v Manchester United Betting Odds
Blackburn to win: 8/1 at Bet365
Draw: 4/1 at Bet Victor
Manchester United to win: 2/5 at Paddy Power

Blackburn boss Steve Kean has been appreciative of Sir Alex Ferguson’s support through his troubled times this season, where Blackburn fans were turning against him. How ironic would it be if Kean went and upset Ferguson’s title plans with a victory over the Red Devils on Monday Blackburn do need the win of course, as they continue to fight against relegation, but at least they have found a little bit of form lately, giving themselves a strong chance of survival. Blackburn saw QPR, Bolton and Wigan all win, so there is just one point separating four teams who are looking to get away from the remaining two relegation spots, with Wolves looking dead in water at the foot of the table. Blackburn of course did pull off that totally unexpected and improbable win at Old Trafford earlier in the season by a 3-2 scoreline.

Rovers have won two of their last three games now in the league, but lost their last outing against Bolton. At Ewood Park, Rovers are unbeaten in their last three, winning two and picking up a draw against Aston Villa. However, this is Manchester United were are talking about and form against them can usually get thrown out of the win. Rovers have scored 1.46 goals on average at home this season, while they have conceded 1.8 per game. They are in the trouble they are in because they have won just five at home this season, and three of those wins have come in their last five home matches. So there has been some fight from them, and Kean has been benefiting from fielding a settled side because of a fit squad.

Tip: Wayne Rooney has scored four in his last five games against Blackburn and is 13/5 in the First Goalscorer Market

However, can decent home form against a relegation side stand up to the power of Manchester United? Rio Ferdinand could come back into the line up as he is fit again, but they are still missing Nani. United are just in formidable form, winning eight of their last nine matches. It has been an incredible, run and one worthy of taking the title. They have won their last three on the road and have scored ten goals in those three matches. Wayne Rooney has been in blistering form, netting seventeen goals in seventeen matches now for his club. They haven’t lost in their last ten league games now, and with a two point lead now over Manchester City at the top of the table, a win on Monday should really put the title firmly in their grasp.

United are just in incredible scoring mode at the moment, and they have goals in them, especially against weak defences. Manchester United’s defence has also been standing up, with three clean sheets in a row as well. Having racked up eleven wins from fifteen away matches in the Premier League this season, it is hard to see them losing. They are averaging 2.27 goals away from home this season and are conceding on average less than a goal per game. The masters of the Premier League have ramped things up again, with Ferguson using of all of their experience to guide them home. They are unlikely to throw points away in a match like this.


March 31st, 2012 / Lee A Jackson - Category: Premier League Betting

BetFred

Can Fulham pull off a big shock against Manchester United on Monday night in the Premier League? Can the Craven Cottage crew put a spanner in the works of United’s title charge? Well, online bookmaker BetFred have a Money Back Special running for Manchester United v Fulham betting on Monday, just in the event that Fulham do create something special. If Fulham score two or more goals in the match, then the bookie will pay out lost stake refunds on losing match single bets. So you can plump strongly for United in this game for example, and if Fulham pop up with a couple of goals and stop United winning, then at least you would get your lost stake refunded. So a little bit of coverage worth taking on your Manchester United v Fulham betting, because Fulham are due something special on the road.

Manchester United are firm favourites to take this match, as they have only dropped points at home against Fulham once in the last 49 years, and have won the last eight straight against the Craven Cottagers at Old Trafford in all competition. So the Red Devils, especially with their red hot form of five straight wins, and four undefeated at home in the league at the moment, are seen as bankers for Manchester United v Fulham betting. But as we have seen at home in Europe this season, United have been guilty of giving away sloppy goals at Old Trafford. Martin Jol’s Fulham really have nothing to lose in this match, and while they have picked up just two away wins all season, and have only scored eight goals on their travels, they could well be due for a special result this season.

Things haven’t been easy on the road for Fulham, and seeing them net a couple of times is not expected. But you just never know in football of course, and so whenever there is football betting insurance to take on a match, it is always worth jumping on. That is just what BetFred are offering for Manchester United v Fulham betting on Monday night. The highly popular bookie BetFred offer a free £50 bet for new customers registering an account with them. Make an initial bet of a minimum of £5 will get their stake matched in this welcome bonus offer. The bookie will match the initial stake with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £50.


March 24th, 2012 / Lee A Jackson - Category: Free Bets & Promotions

Boylesports

Wolves v Manchester United betting has a nice bit of coverage being offered at Boylesports. The popular bookie is targeting the First Goalscorer markets, which always offer great value, for their promotion. Back a First Goalscorer in Wolves v Manchester United betting, and if your selected player fails to score first, but does net the second goal of the game, then you at least have the consolation of getting your lost stake refunded. What are the options like in the First Goalscorer Market? Pretty decent, with Wayne Rooney trading at 11/4 favourite ahead of Javier Hernandez at 7/2. Wolves top scorer Steven Fletcher is their best option to score first in the match at 9/1 with the bookie. So some great value all around, and it is always worth taking that extra bit of coverage if you can for your First Goalscorer betting. Boylesports offer a free £20 bet for new customers registering an account. They will match the value of your first stake (with a minimum of £10) up to the maximum value of £20 with a free bet! This great First Goalscorer promotion also applies to Sunday’s other Premier League match of Newcastle v Norwich.

Wolves v Manchester United Betting Odds
Wolves: 9/1 at Bet365
Draw: 4/1 at Totesport
Manchester United to win: 4/11 at BetFred

Well, think this one is cut and dry? So did we last season in this corresponding fixture, when Wolves popped up with a surprise 2-1 victory last February. However, Wolves look a bit of a spent force at the moment and they really didn’t want to see this fixture looming. Wolves are in a terrible slump, winning just one of their last fourteen Premier League matches, which clearly signals relegation form. They have conceded a hefty fourteen goals in their last four league matches alone, including a really poor showing at home in their last match, when fellow strugglers Blackburn were pretty much handed three points in a 2-0 win. Wolves have been very poor in their last two matches, and perhaps sacking Mick McCarthy has sapped whatever fighting spirit they had left.

It doesn’t look pretty for Wolves at the moment, and they have managed just three home wins all season, and their stat of scoring first in just 18% of their matches, paints a big story. They are always struggling to come from behind in matches. Incidentally, Wolves haven’t scored in the first fifteen minutes of a Premier League match this season. Steven Fletcher is their best route to goal, but the defence is just bad at the moment. Wolves have conceded in each of their last twenty five matches and are without a win in seven home matches. So not the kind of form which suggests that a repeat shock result is going to rear its head on Sunday. Far from it.

So it was finally sounded out that United are a great side for the Premier League this season, but not for Europe. After failing to qualify for the knock-out stages of the Champions League, the Red Devils landed in the Europa League. There they squeezed past Ajax, suffering a defeat at Old Trafford in the second leg, and were dumped out by Athletic Bilbao who totally owned United over the two legs. United managed just one home win out of five European ties, and suffered back to back losses against Ajax and Bilbao. While United were made to look very average by a very good Athletic Bilbao side in both legs, United are arguably still the best Premier League team around. Especially in terms of dealing with the pressures of the title race, and squeezing out wins in close matches.

United’s form in the Premier League can’t be argued with at all, with seven wins in their last eight matches, the other being a draw at Stamford Bridge which the Red Devils earned after being three nil down. Wayne Rooney is red hot at the moment, scoring seven goals in his last five league matches. Sir Alex Ferguson’s crew are the best away team in the Premier League, and have a fantastic W10 D3 L1 record away from home. They are conceding at less than a goal a match away from home, and scoring on average just over two per game. Can Wolves trouble them, or is all of this just going to be a routine three points to keep them on top of the pile? It could be a massive three points too, with Man City hosting Chelsea in midweek.


March 17th, 2012 / Lee A Jackson - Category: Football Betting

Premier League Betting

Manchester United v West Brom betting will be covered by the great football betting services at Bet365 this weekend. Bet365 provide superb Premier League football betting through their live in play services, and with their 0-0 Bore Draw Special, they offer some insurance as well. Place a pre match Correct Score, Half Time/Full Time or Scorecast bet on any football match listed on the site, including Man Utd v West Brom betting, and if any bets in those markets lose because the game ends in a 0-0 draw, Bet365 will refund those lost stakes. Online bookmaker Bet356 offer a free £200 bet for new customers registering an account. The bookie will match the value of your first deposit on a new account, with a 100% bonus. This means that on your new Bet365 account, you can get £200 worth of free bets, as they match your initial deposit. So will West Brom turn up and be able to frustrate Sir Fergusons’s title hopes?

Manchester United v West Brom Betting Odds
Man Utd to win: 3/10 at Bet365
Draw: 5/1 at SkyBet
West Brom 11/1 at Totesport

Well Manchester United again failed to impress at home in Europe on Thursday night, as Spanish side Athletic Bilbao visited north west England and inflicted a 3-2 defeat on the Red Devils. But back in the Premier League, Manchester United continue to look focused and in charge. They have ran up ten wins at home in the Premier League, suffering just two losses and one draw. Manchester United, since that malfunction against Blackburn at the end of December, have won their last three home matches, and have conceded just one goal in that period. Their form has just about kept them in touch with leaders Manchester City at the top of the league, and while their back line looked a little uncoordinated against a strong, quick and creative Bilbao side, they aren’t likely to face up to the same kind of barrage at the back on Sunday afternoon when West Brom come to visit. Many people are expecting this to be a banker for Manchester United, who beat West Brom 2-1 at the Hawthorns on the first day of the season. United are fine scoring form at the moment, and they have scored at least two goals in each of their last seven Premier League matches. Can’t really argue with that form, Throw into the mix that United have kept clean sheets in 46% of their league games at Old Trafford this season, you can see the uphill task that lies before the Baggies. United are averaging 2.84 goals per game at home this season and they have found the back of the net in all of their home games this season. Main man Wayne Rooney has fired himself up to 18 goals for the season now, and half of his goals have come at home this season. There has just been good contributions from the team going forward in support of Rooney, where other teams lack the back up scoring. But United always seem to find a winner from somewhere, and Rooney is the best protagonist in your First Goalscorer betting. They have enjoyed pretty good success against West Brom, winning over 52% of their encounters against the Baggies at Old Trafford. This fixture last season did throw up a surprise when it ended in a 2-2 draw. With the Red Devils just two points back off the top of the table, they should be hungry enough to take the three points here.

West Brom have failed to beat Manchester United in their last ten attempts against the Red Devils now (in all competitions). So you would not think that Saturday’s fixture is going to bode too well for them. But The Baggies have burst in to a bit of life in the Premier League, winning their last three back to back, and perhaps most surprisingly of all, they have scored ten goals in those three matches. There was a 5-1w in at Wolves, a 4-0 thumping of Sunder land, followed by a 1-0 win over Chelsea, so the Baggies are playing with some confidence at the moment. West Brom have actually been quite stubborn opponents on their travels this season, and while a draw would be a tremendous result for them in Manchester United v West Brom betting, the bookies still fancy a home win. But West Brom hold a W6 D3 L4 record away from home this season, and are only conceding on average 1.4 goals per game, and 60% of their league points this season have come away from home. West Brom have conceded in each of their last eleven away matches so, so it is not as if they are super tight at the back, but they taken five one-goal victories on their travels. History is not exactly on West Brom’s side as they have never beaten Manchester United in the Premier League, and out of those eleven Premier League meetings, the Baggies have earned just two points. But now is as good a chance as ever of causing a defensively slack Manchester United some problems at Old Trafford. West Brom head there with just one defeat in their last six and Roy Hodgson’s men will be looking to re-write a bit of that history.

 


March 10th, 2012 / Lee A Jackson - Category: Premier League Betting

Louis Saha (Tottenham)

Tottenham v Manchester United betting is the big match on Sunday in the Barclays Premier League. Football betting on the match has some nice extra insurance on it, thanks to popular online bookmaker Ladbrokes. Former Manchester United striker Louis Saha faces his former side for the first time in a Spurs shirt, and it is around the striker which Ladbrokes have launched their great Spurs v Manchester United Money Back Special. If Louis Saha scores at any time during the game on Sunday, then Ladbrokes will pay out lost stake refunds on any losing First Goalscorer bets for the match. This gives great coverage on your match betting, and it gives great coverage in the First Goalscorer market, as Saha is enjoying a new lease of life at White Hart Lane, scoring three goals in his last two matches for the club. So if Saha gets on the score sheet at any time, you will get lost stake refunds on the First Goalscorer market, where United’s Wayne Rooney is favourite at 9/2 to open the scoring, with Danny Welbeck just behind at 6/1. The big Tottenham threats will come from Emmanuel Adebayor at 5/1, with Jermain Defoe and Saha himself at 7/1 in the market. So superb value in your Spurs v Man Utd First Goalscorer market, especially with the Ladbrokes Money Back Special in place. The highly rated online bookmaker offers a free £50 bet for new customers registering an account with them. The bookie will match the value of your first take on a new account with a free bet up to the maximum value of £50, giving you some great free betting cash to enjoy!

Tottenham v Manchester United Betting Odds
Spurs to win: 19/10 at Bet Victor
Draw: 5/2 at Bet Victor
Man Utd to win: 8/5 at Boylesports

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It will be really interesting to see the reaction of Spurs after losing control of a 2-0 lead away at the Emirates against Arsenal the last time out. Harry Redknapp’s side were undone by some poor defending, which gave the Gunners a lifeline which they exploited by firing in five goals in the space of a half hour. That was a really surprising result, more so because Spurs looked to have gotten tighter at the back as the season had progressed. It all came apart a bit, but was it just a glitch in the works? It has been a tough run of games for Spurs, which has really tested their title credentials, and Spurs haven’t stood up that well to the tests. They have faced Liverpool, Arsenal and now Man Utd in three of their last four matches. With a draw against Liverpool and defeat against Arsenal, there has been valuable points dropped in their chase for the league title. Spurs have fallen ten points back of leaders Manchester United and stand eight points adrift of Sunday’s opponent’s United. So there is still an opportunity to eat their way back into the race for second place, but it has to come with a win against a top side, and area in which they have struggled of late as well, suffering a defeat against Man City too. So Harry Redknapp’s men need to show some resiliency and some fight in their Premier League status amongst the top clubs. A good win should help them secure third place in the league and that will mean an important return to the Champions League of course. With their league title chances having faded away, will that help persuade boss harry Redknapp to leave White Hart Lane and pursue the England manager spot? Redknapp has stated that he is focused only on Spurs for the season, but he needs to overturn some poor history against Manchester United, including a 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford in their first game of the season. Still, Tottenham do have the fire-power and creativity going forward to pose a threat to any team in the league. They play a high tempo game which can be destructive to the opposition, and that is their best way forward against United, take the game to the Red Devils and not try and defend their way through ninety minutes. Not at home. Spurs can carry a threat going forward, but will they be able to stand firm at the back against the experience of United in their title charge?

Manchester United relied on their old brigade to earn themselves an important three points away at Carrow Road against Norwich last week. The evergreen Ryan Giggs popped up with a very late winner, proving a couple of things about the Red Devils. First and foremost, is that they still haven’t lost that knack of pulling out late wins, and they remain ever so dangerous in the final stages of matches. Secondly, it doesn’t seem to matter whether or not they are playing particular well, or who Sir Alex Ferguson puts out, there is an individual there somewhere who will deliver the goods when needed. It is this kind of mentality, this kind of experience that could prove vital to United as they look to gain an advantage over rivals City at the top of the Premier League. Manchester United are in good shape at the moment, rolling off five wins in their last six matches in the league. They go into the weekend with just a two point deficit off the top of the league, and of course, without Champions League distractions, you feel that United are just going to keep chugging along and grinding out those points, not letting City get away from them. United should have Wayne Rooney ready to go, who sat out England’s midweek friendly with a throat infection, and being able to rotate the likes of Danny Welbeck, Dimitar Berbatov and Javier Hernandez, there is always goals in the United side. The Red Devils have scored at least two in each of their last six league matches, so are a good shout to get a couple on the board here. Just to further sum up their strengths on the road, United are conceding on average, less than one goal per game away from Old Trafford. A win for United would pretty much put paid to Tottenham’s chances of catching them up, and of course it would keep pressure on City. United can never be discounted, even in tough away fixtures like this, because you only have to go and glance at their away record in the Premier League this season. It is better than most team’s home records. It really is remarkable, as they have lost just one on the road this term, drawn three and picked up nine away wins. They are the best Premier League team on the road without a doubt, and they shouldn’t let a high flying Spurs stop them in their tracks. It means that United actually go as favourites with the bookies for this match. At this stage, experience, durability and consistency counts and the Red Devils just have all that in spades.


March 2nd, 2012 / Lee A Jackson - Category: Premier League Betting

David de Gea (Manchester United)

Manchester Untied v Ajax betting has some insurance coverage on it, thanks to a great Money Back special promotion from online bookmaker Coral. The second leg of this Europa League round of 32 match, sees the Red Devils go into the meeting with a comfortable 2-0 advantage. While their first leg trip to the Netherlands looked as if it could be a tricky one, goals from Ashley Young and Javier Hernandez put United in a comfortable position with a couple of away goals to take back to Old Trafford. Will they be able to capitalize further on an Ajax side which has to come forward? Online bookmaker Coral have a Europa League Money back Special, which applies to the Man Utd v Ajax game, and any televised live match from this round of games. If there are five or more goals in any live televised match from the Europa League this week, then popular bookie Coral will be paying out lost stake refunds on First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast bets placed on the match in question. So this provides a nice bit of coverage, especially with the likes of both Man Utd and Man City playing at home this week in the competition. The Coral Europa League Money Back Special will allow you to dip into markets like the First Goalscorer for Manchester United v Ajax betting, where Wayne Rooney is 10/3 favourite, with Javier Hernandez and Danny Welbeck both at 4/1, and these bets and any taken in the aforementioned markets, will be covered if they lose but there are five goals or more in the match. Coal welcome new customers with the offer of a generous £50 free bet. The bookie will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £50, giving you some great free betting cash to enjoy!

Manchester United v Ajax Europa League Betting Odds
Man Utd to win: 4/11 at Paddy Power
Draw: 4/1 at Bet365
Ajax to win: 10/1 at Bet Victor

Manchester United put themselves in a strong position in the Netherlands, and they can go into the second leg of this Europa League tie, almost in cruise control. Despite Ajax having a couple of good chances, Manchester United just had too much control in the match for the Dutch side to handle, and that should continue into the second leg, especially at Old Trafford. United have such a strong home record in European Competition and against Dutch sides it is perfect at home. Five times Dutch opposition have come to Old Trafford and the Red Devils have won all of those matches. Overall, United record against Dutch opposition in Europe stands at seven wins, two draws and two defeats. So, with United having had a rest on the weekend as well, not taking part in the FA Cup anymore, they should be rested and confident of producing a big result here. On the evidence of the first match, there will be chances for them to take of their own, especially because Ajax need to find a way to come forward and not leave themselves exposed. Not an easy balance to achieve against Manchester United at Old Trafford. United will have more pressing issues at home on Sunday in the Premier League when they travel to Norwich, so they will look to coast through Manchester United v Ajax Europa League Betting and move on to the next round. They too, look determined enough to take the challenge of the Europa League seriously enough, just like Manchester City by sending out a strong side. Not only is the advantage from the first leg on their side, but the record at home in Europe, and the record against Dutch sides, it looks as if only one outcome is going to happen.

Just to compound the uphill task facing Ajax in Manchester United v Ajax Europa League Betting, the Dutch side have only won five matches out of 18 attempts against English opposition. Reading into that a little bit further and we see that in England, Ajax have produced just one win, four draws and four defeats. They, like United though, have a great European tradition, and are one of the few sides to have won all three European trophies, but it looks as if they are going to fall short again this year. Ajax, like Manchester United finished third in their Champions League group, and while United have, by and large been a towering force in European competition, Ajax haven’t been in the quarter finals of a European Competition for a decade now. It has been eight matches now since Ajax actually recorded a victory over an English side, and that was against Nottingham Forest back in the 19080/81 European Cup. It’s been a long wait, and they may have to wait even longer.


February 22nd, 2012 / Lee A Jackson - Category: European Football Betting

PaddyPower

Online bookmaker Paddy Power have an Ajax v Manchester United Europa League betting special running for Thursday night’s match. Sir Alex Ferguson’s crew head to the Netherlands to start their Europa League quest. The Red Devils bombed out of the Champions League group stage in great disappointment after failing to see off Benfica and FC Basel. So now they are in the uncharted Europa League territory along with Man City and Stoke. With the experience in Europe that Manchester United have, they are favourites to progress against Ajax, who also dropped out of the Champions League group  stage. These are two old famous names of European football, and Ajax will be keen to press home any advantage which they can get on home turf, ahead of the return fixture at Old Trafford. Will United blow their lines again away from home, just as they did in Portugal and Switzerland in the Champions League? Well, Paddy Power are offering a Money Back Special for Ajax v Manchester United betting. If the Red Devils are leading at half time in this match, but they then fail to go on and win, Paddy Power will refund all losing First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast singles placed on the match. So fantastic coverage for your Europa League betting on this one.

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It means that coverage in the First Goalscorer market for example can be taken, where Wayne Rooney is 4/1 favourite to open the scoring, while Ajax’s El Hamdaoui is priced at 13/2. Over in the Ajax v Man Utd Correct Score market at Paddy Power, a United 1-0 win is trading at 13/2, while an Ajax win by the same score lines is priced out at 12/1 with the bookie. Bets like these and any in the First/Last Goalscorer, Correct Score or Scorecast markets in Ajax v Man Utd betting will be refunded if they lose, but Man Utd fail to go on and win the match after leading at half time.

Great football betting coverage for you at Paddy Power, where the popular bookie offers a free £50 bet for new customers registering an account. The online bookmaker will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £50. This gives you some great free betting cash to enjoy on your new Paddy Power account.

Ajax v Manchester United Europa League Betting Odds at Paddy Power
Ajax 16/5, Draw 5/2, Man Utd 17/20

 


February 15th, 2012 / Lee A Jackson - Category: Free Bets & Promotions

Berbatov (Manchester United)

Ajax v Manchester United Europa League betting is not something which were expecting to be looking at this season. But the demise of the Red Devils in the Champions League this season, has left them chasing the scraps of Europe in the Europa League. Failure to beat Benfica and FC Basel in their Champions League group undone Sir Alex Ferguson’s Champions League ambitions. It will be interesting to see just how seriously they treat the Europa League now, especially as they are in such a tight race with Manchester City for the Premier League title. United earned themselves an important 2-1 win in a heated contest against Liverpool in the league on Sunday, so the Red Devils take a bit of form over to Holland with them. The fall out from the Patrice Evra and Luis Suarez saga doesn’t show much signs of settling down, but the club needs to focus on the task at hand. A Thursday night trip to Holland to play a league match here isn’t too bad of a thing for United, and they will be thankful that they crashed out of the FA Cup, so they won’t see domestic action in between the two Europa League legs against Ajax (the return coming at Old Trafford on February 23rd). Starting away from home will give Sir Alex Ferguson’s men the chance at a bit of an advantage, especially if they can get on the score sheet, but losing away to Basel and only managing a draw at Benfica in the group stage of the Champions League, doesn’t exactly show great away form. But United have tons of experience in situations like this where they may not necessarily be all that interested and will just grind out a result. Their record in Holland is just one win from five matches there, but overall against Dutch teams, United have a W6 D2 L2 record, so they are hot favourites to move through to the next round of the European League. This is just Sir Alex Ferguson’s fifth UEFA Cup match with United, with all four of his previous matches ending in draws.

Ajax v Manchester United Europa League betting odds
Ajax to win: 7/2 at Bet365
Draw: 13/5 at Bet Victor
Manchester United to win: 17/20 at Paddy Power

Online bookmaker Ladbrokes have a Ajax v Manchester United Europa League betting promotion running for Thursday night’s match. If United striker Dimitar Berbatov scores in the match at anytime, then Ladbrokes will refund all losing First Goalscorer bets placed on the match. So there is a nice bit of Ajax v Manchester United Europa League First Goalscorer betting coverage from the popular bookie. What’s on offer in the market? Well Wayne Rooney, who now has four Premier League goals in two games is favourite at 4/1 to open the scoring, while his team mates Javier Hernandez, Danny Welbeck and Dimitar Berbatov himself are all at 9/2. Ajax’s top scorer Miralem Sulejmani is 9/1 in the market. Online bookmaker Ladbrokes offer a free £50 bet for new customers registering an account. The bookie will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £50, giving you some great free betting cash to enjoy.

Ajax were a bit cruelly undone in their quest to make it to the last sixteen of the Champions League. They were in a good position going into match day six, sitting in second place behind Real Madrid, but holding a strong goal difference over third placed Lyon. So it looked as if Ajax could afford to lose, as Lyon wasn’t going to run up a cricket score. However, Ajax’s 3-0 loss against Madrid combined with Lyon going goal crazy in a 7-1 win in their final match, meant that the Dutch side missed out on goal difference in the end. That was the thin line between the Champions League and the Europa League for them. Ajax showed a lot of promise going into the tournament, but they did fall a little bit short in terms of quality, and their form has started to take a dip in their domestic league as well, winning just one of their last four matches. Ajax are currently sixth in their league, eight points off the top and with a lot of work to do. It is not as if Ajax are strangers to this position in the Europa League, because this is the fourth consecutive season they have been here, moving through on two of those occasion. It has been just around a decade since the famous old name of European football was in the quarter finals of a European Competition, that was back in the 2002/03 Champions League (where they lost). If your Ajax v Manchester United Europa League betting needed a bit of extra backing up, then Ajax’s form against English clubs is not great. They haven’t beaten an English side in their last seven attempts now, losing four and drawing three. Their overall head to head record against English sides reads as W5 D6 L6 and at home they have won four, drawn two and lost two. The last time they beat an English side was back in the European Cup semi finals of 1980/81 when they triumphed over Nottingham Forest. It looks as if Ajax may need to keep a clean sheet on Thursday if they are going to have a realistic chance of causing an upset here.

The two sides have met on just one occasion before in European competition. That was in the 1976/77 UEFA Cup, which United won 2-1 on aggregate after losing the first leg in Holland.

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February 15th, 2012 / Lee A Jackson - Category: European Football Betting

Premier League Betting

Manchester United Betting v Liverpool Betting is being covered by a great Money Back Special with online bookmaker Paddy Power. As the weekend’s big Premier League fixture, Liverpool’s trip to Old Trafford is going to court a lot of interesting both in the betting world and beyond. But for punters wanting to take a bit of coverage for markets in the big match, then Paddy Power is providing good coverage. Liverpool’s striker Luis Suarez will be one of the central focuses of attention of course, and it around him which Paddy Power has built their Money Back Special. Controversy seems to follow the Reds striker wherever he goes, but if he does the most positive thing that he can do for his club and scores a goal on Sunday, then Paddy Power will be payout refunds. If Luis Suarez scores at ANYTIME during the Manchester United v Liverpool fixture on Saturday, then Paddy Power will refund all losing First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast singles placed on the match prior to kick off. Great coverage again by the highly rated online bookmaker, and the Money Back Special means that you can dive into the covered markets, like the First Goalscorer Market where Wayne Rooney is 4/1 favourite followed by Javier Hernandez at 5/1, or the Correct Score Market where a 2-0 United win is trading at 8/1. Bets like these and all losing bets in the aforementioned markets will be refunded if Luis Suarez scores during the match at anytime. The highly popular online bookmaker Paddy Power offer a free £50 bet for new customers registering an account with them. The bookie will match the value of your first stake on a new account with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £50, giving you some great free betting cash to enjoy.

Manchester United v Liverpool Betting Odds
Man Utd to win: 9/10 at Bet Victor
Draw: 13/5 at Bet365
Liverpool to win: 7/2 at Totesport

Manchester United found themselves dropping two points last weekend, as they were held to a draw at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea. It was a remarkable comeback, and as usual, not without it’s controversy either, as United fought their way back from a 3-0 deficit. Wayne Rooney netted twice from the spot, with Javier Hernandez salvaging a point, and while Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson contested that they should have had a couple more penalties, he has to be happy with the point at the end of the day. But those dropped points meant that points were also dropped in the race for the Premier League title, as rivals City opened up a two point gap. Now, it is another tough fixture for United in the defence of their league title, but if last weekend’s thriller at Stamford Bridge proved anything, then it is that old magical United resilience is still in force. How many other teams would have rescued a point from a three goal deficit? That draw broke a sequence of three straight wins in the Premier League from United, and they will be wanting more out of Saturday’s game than the 1-1 draw earned at Anfield earlier in the season. A little bit of revenge of course will be in their minds, as Liverpool edged out United in their fourth round FA Cup clash at Anfield as well, and with home advantage, Ferguson will be demanding nothing less than a win. United have a good home record, as they always do, winning 75% of their league fixtures this season at home, drawing one and losing two. As expected, the Red Devils have scored in every home fixture so far, and they are ticking along at a rate of 2.91 goals per match at Old Trafford this season, while they are, on average, conceding 1.16 per game. Under fire keeper David de Gea does court a lot of criticism, and fairly so because he makes mistakes. But United have still managed to keep three clean sheets out of their last four league matches at Old Trafford. In fact United have earned clean sheets in 50% of their home matches this season, so that says a lot about their defence too, which has also been under fire. Other clubs would love the issues Manchester United have. Wayne Rooney’s success from the penalty spot at Stamford Bridge ended a six match streak without a goal for the striker, and he is top scorer for United with 15 this season. United have a strong attack, which may need to be patient against a stubbornly defensive and hard working Liverpool side. The last three matches in Manchester United v Liverpool betting have ended in one goal margin wins at Old Trafford for the Red Devils, who fired off a thrilling 3-2 win in the league last season in this fixture.

Luis Suarez is 7/1 at Paddy Power in the Manchester United v Liverpool First Goalscorer market. All losing First/Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast bets will be refunded by Paddy Power if Liverpool’s Luis Suarez scores at Anytime in the match.

Liverpool’s Luis Suarez will be under the spotlight again. He is just back from his eight match ban of course for alleged racial comments made to United’s Patrice Evra, so the Liverpool striker clearly is not going to get a warm reception at Old Trafford on Saturday. In his first game back since his ban, he came off the bench at Anfield against Spurs, and almost immediately drew attention to himself by kicking Tottenham’s Scott Parker in the chest, which really should have been a red card. The referee didn’t see the incident and so Suarez remains active to face United again. There would have been a certain irony about him picking up a red card in the match before facing United again, but it didn’t happen. So will Reds boss Kenny Dalglish start the Uruguayan from the bench? Suarez is their spark up front, and little really appears to happen for Liverpool up front without him. The labouring Andy Carroll simply doesn’t have the touch on the ball to make an impact in a team which plays the ball into feet up front. So Liverpool need Suarez’s creativity and influence, but of course, the Reds aren’t a one man team. However, they have struggled for goals since Suarez was twiddling his thumbs. There have been just four league goals in their last five league matches for example, which has seen Liverpool slump and manage just one win, which was away to the struggling Wolves. To put Liverpool’s goal scoring problems into perspective (at least from the point of view that they want to be title contenders) Man Utd have scored more goals at home alone than Liverpool have managed all season home and away in the league. Away from home Liverpool have netted just fourteen goals, and they have conceded thirteen, so they do tend to be involved in tight matches. They will need their defence to hold tight for as long as possible because Untied can, and probably will, take the game by the scruff of the neck and launch their offensive power at the Reds back line. Liverpool earned a 0-0 draw against Spurs in their last match, not a bad result, but at home, they should be offering more chances of getting three points. Craig Bellamy is top scorer for the club this season with six.


February 10th, 2012 / Lee A Jackson - Category: Premier League Betting










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