To quote an old cliché, you can cut the tension on Merseyside with a knife this week. After the High Court soap opera, Liverpool’s ownership looks like it has been resolved and with attention diverting back to the pitch just what Liverpool didn’t want, a trip to Goodison is on the cards for this afternoon. Preparation will have been affected and Liverpool travel without Dirk Kuyt, who has played well against Everton in recent seasons. Fernando Torres is still a [...]
Newcastle are 4/7 to beat Blackpool at Home and it seems a bit too short against a stubborn Blackpool side which have been surprisingly competent in the Premiership this season. I think Newcastle will win, so I am not that tempted by the 3’s available on the draw or the 5’s available on Blackpool. These teams have been involved in high scoring games this year and the the Magpies won this fixture last year 4-1. Both teams have gained four [...]
England have been trimmed to 7/1 to win Euro 2012 after opening their qualifying campaign with a 4-0 victory over Bulgaria. And a comfortable victory couldn’t have come at a better time for Capello’s men as they face what is on paper their toughest task in Basle tomorrow night. Switzerland set a record at the world cup for the Number Of Minutes Without Conceding A Goal by keeping a clean sheet for 559 minutes. Having said they don’t score many [...]
Everton to win at Villa at 2-1
After a good start to the premiership campaign despite the loss of Martin O’Neill the wheels have somewhat come off following a poor away draw to Rapid Vienna and then a 6-0 thumping away at Newcastle on Sunday – a result we predicted here at Gambling Man. The difference to Villa’s form can be explained by the loss of James Milner who made such a difference to Man City in their game against Liverpool on Monday, City’s new found width [...]
Now having got it wrong in the last two games that Spurs have played you would think I would have given up by now. However when you have had the benefit of watching a team televised games or even better watching them live, you should continue to look for value because you are starting to develop an edge. Now Spurs are 1-4 to beat Young Boys at home and the fact that pretty much any score takes them through on [...]
lay villa, city or celtic in the europa leauge tonight
There are four british short priced favourites playing in the Europa Cup this Thursday. In these situations the bookies expect to take a load of money on the UK team and hardly anything at all on the plucky foreigner. It therefore goes without saying that there is value elsewhere. The same is always true when England play, they are too short with UK bookies and should either be backed with a foreign bookie or opposed. A fun bet I sometimes [...]
Tottenham v Manchester City (1245 BST) Gambling Man has written a lot about Man City over the summer so it should come as no surprise that my first match review for the premiership season should be on Man City’s visit to White Hart Lane. I still believe City are too short for the premiership but that doesn’t mean they wont be a big threat where ever they play. The first game of the Barclays Premier League matches last season’s fourth [...]
Spurs v Man city draw – 12/5 with stan james
