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Premier League Preview Nov 8th – 9th

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It’s been said many times before but the top sides are often vulnerable on the weekend immediately after playing in Europe.

Two of those sides clash in the match of the weekend when Liverpool host Chelsea at Anfield in Saturday’s early kick-off. Brendan Rodgers courted controversy by dropping/resting three of his star players for the Champions League match at Real Madrid in midweek. His players saved him to a certain extent by ONLY losing 1-0, although many Liverpool supporters were understandably disappointed.

Jose Mourinho started with Oscar and Costa on the bench in Maribor but sent them out for the second half in a game that produced quite a gripping second period. The coach has been critical of some of his fringe players in recent weeks and famously fielded a supposedly weakened side at Anfield last season. They went on to win 2-0 in a game that effectively handed the title back to Manchester City. I thought Willian played very well against Maribor until substituted and he could be worth a bet at 16-1 to be MOTM.

The rest of the weekend action is a bit tame in comparison with opportunities for Man United (v Crystal Palace) and Man City (v QPR) to bounce back from their respective disappointments. City look the more suspect after their disastrous defeat at home to CSKA Moscow with two players sent off. Even if Chelsea stumble at Anfield, it is no foregone conclusion that City will close the gap.

In fact, it could be Southampton that benefit as they are at home to struggling Leicester. Ronald Koeman is no fool and he knows that it is vital to accumulate as many points as possible while this rich vein of form continues. Pelle will give Leicester plenty of problems and he could be worth noting in the goal scorer markets.

Diafra Sakho’s back in action for West Ham after missing last week’s 2-2 draw at Stoke. He will again be a popular choice in the scorer markets but why change a winning formula? Aston Villa slumped to a sixth straight defeat against Spurs and this looks like three points for the Hammers.

Arsenal looked to be in cruise control against Anderlecht but somehow allowed a 3-0 lead to disappear. Arsene Wenger must surely have read the riot act after that second half collapse and they now face a tough game at Swansea on Sunday.

A red card in the match Liverpool v Chelsea @2-1 Skybet

Willian to be man of the match @16-1 Paddy Power

Graziano Pelle to score and Southampton to win @17-10 Paddy Power

Diafra Sakho to score and West Ham to win @11-4 BWin

West Ham to beat Aston Villa @8-11 Bet365

QPR (+2 handicap) v Man City @8-11 Ladbrokes

Swansea (+1 handicap) v Arsenal @4-5 Ladbrokes

Premier League Preview Oct 18 – 20th

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The Premier League makes a welcome return on Saturday after the International break. First up are champions Manchester City who host Tottenham in the lunchtime kick-off.

Spurs have been down this route before, arriving here in buoyant mood last year to be thumped 6-0. They also suffered similar humiliation at home, conceding a further five as City waltzed through their non-existent defence. Will Tottenham make a game of it under Mauricio Pochettino?

Although Spurs trail City by just three points, this is really a match that the Champions should win if they are to keep tabs on Chelsea. Sergio Aguero scored three times against Spurs last year and is back to something like his best. He looks a decent bet to score in a home win.

Arsenal are currently residing in eighth place and they need a confidence booster at home to Hull. The dust has now settled on another defeat for the Gunners at Stamford Bridge and Arsene Wenger has begrudgingly apologised for shoving Jose Mourinho. There should not be too much to get fired up about in this one, although Hull may feel that they have a score to settle from last season’s FA Cup disappointment.

Burnley are starting to look like good things for relegation and a defeat at home to West Ham on Saturday would confirm that view. Sam Allardyce has pulled a rabbit out of the hat with Diafra Sakho who has scored in all five games so far for the Hammers. He could be worth combining with a Hammers victory, especially with Stewart Downing relishing his new role as midfield provider.

League leaders Chelsea travel to Crystal Palace for a game that they should win in a canter. Somehow they contrived to lose this match last year and it provides an opportunity to measure their progress since. Three points against Palace counts just as much as three against Arsenal and that is a lesson that they should have learned from last year. The bookmakers are growing to hate Diego Costa as he keeps coming up with the goods. He even scored for Spain in midweek and the omens are not good for Palace.

Everton must be scratching their heads when they look at the league table and see themselves one point above the drop zone. They have played some good football this season but their defence has been woeful. They need to tighten up against a slightly unpredictable Aston Villa side but should just edge it.

I would normally skip past Newcastle v Leicester but the Alan Pardew show re-starts at 3pm with more trials and tribulations expected. Papiss Cisse is the only man keeping Pardew in a job at the moment and he will be the key player again on Saturday. Don’t put it past him to pop up and save his boss for the third time in little over a month.

Southampton continue to astound and sit proudly in third position. They are at home to Sunderland but you get the feeling that the pressure will start to tell sooner or later. They needed a world class goal from Pelle to beat QPR and Sunderland returned to winning form last week. It may be worth taking the Black Cats to steal a point on Saturday.

QPR look as weak as Burnley at present and should provide Liverpool with a much-needed three points on Sunday while Stoke and Swansea has “draw” written all over it. The mega-bucks spent at Old Trafford have started to pay off and they can continue their upward climb by winning at the Hawthorns on Monday. Di Maria continues to impress and can get on the score sheet for the Red Devils.

Sergio Aguero to score and Man City win @11-8 Coral

Arsenal to win by one goal @11-4 Skybet

Diafra Sakho to score and West Ham win @5-1 Bwin

Diego Costa to score and Chelsea win @6-5 Ladbrokes

Everton to win by one goal @11-4 Skybet

Papiss Cisse to score and Newcastle win @15-4 Bwin

Southampton v Sunderland DRAW @3-1 Bet365

Liverpool to win by three or more goals @4-1 Skybet

Stoke v Swansea DRAW @21-10 Bet365

Angel Di Maria to score and Man Utd win @3-1 Paddy Power

Last Day Of The Premiership 2012-2013

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Well we had a stormer of a day today in the Premiership as there was goals flying in from all angles. I must say the two most boring games that could have been on telly were aired to the millions. I would have loved to have watched the West Brom v Manchester United game as this was a goal fest.

I had a nightmare with the bookies today but I did have some fun along the way. I did a massive any time goal scorer 10 fold and got five out of ten which is not a bad result. It did leave me on the edge of my seat for allot of the time and certainly running up to the last ten minutes.

If this bet would have won – For a £20 Stake the return would have been £193,198.62 with Betvictor and if I would have put on a 5 fold with the five that won in this massive 10 fold then the result would have look like this – For a £20 stake the return would have been £3,664.53

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Well done Arsenal for grabbing that all important European spot. I personally would have liked to have seen Tottenham take forth place but if they cant win at home against Sunderland with the pressure of securing a European place then in my book they don’t deserve a place in Europe with the big boys.

My lady luck was not with me today as i also put a full time result bet on my beloved West Ham United. I place a bet of £10 on the final score being 3-2 to West Ham United. Well if you would have been following the results you would have seen that I had this bet in the bag right up to the dieing minuted and then Nolan goes and bangs in a goal to get his hatrick and take West Ham in to next season with a home win of 4-2 against Reading there old Championship revels.

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That’s not all folks I also did a massive 10 fold bet on both teams to score…and Yes you guest it I backed West Brom not to score and look what happened they banged in 5 goals against the Premier winners. What a day, but loads of fun.

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