Chelsea Travel to the scene of their 2008 Champions League final defeat to Manchester United on Tuesday when they face Spartak Moscow on a plastic pitch. Having dropped 5 points away from home in their last two games and are likely to start without Drogba, Lampard, Cole and Alex they look vulnerable. Spartak have a 100% record in the champions league so far, just like Chelsea, however they last played on Friday and have not had to travel. As we [...]
Manchester United travel to Spain for the second round of Champions League games licking their wounds from a third draw against one of the smaller teams in the Premiership. They have now drawn wth Everton, Bolton and Fulham and none of these teams is exactly flying. United’s bets win of the season courtesy of a Berbatov hatrick against Liverpool still saw them concede two goals against a very poor Liverpool side. To add to this they drew 0-0 against rangers [...]
Gambling Man reviews the Weekend
Gambling Man Previews the premiership game between Chelsea and Man City today
I don’t think Liverpool playing at Eastlands will through the same sort of barrage at them as Spurs did, but neither do I expect City’s offense to be at the height of their powers this early in the season.
It is a well known fact that winning in the premiership the weekend after a champions league game is a difficult task and teams like Manchester United and Chelsea have huge squads and lots of champions league experience to help them overcome this particular disadvantage and the often don’t get it right
It is difficult to know which side to back when Arsenal visit Anfield in the first game between two of the old “Big 4” this season.
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 [...]
There are only a few days to go until the start of the Premier league season, the Charity Shield is behind us and the majority of the transfer information is now available to us so it is time to make our tips for the champions.
Chelsea are the bookies favourites with a best price 7/4, however they are on the slide and I know
Derby’s strength last season was their defence and they managed to shut out the opposition 16 times last season and a combination of the extra squad experience in the Championship, pressure from the TV cameras and a weak strike force against a strong defence leads me to think that 11/10 for Leeds is too short and there is value elsewhere.
