Craig Levein’s Scotland side favourite for Liechtenstein Euro 2010 qualifier
September 6, 2010
Scotland have not qualified for the European Championship since 1996 when they failed to get past round 1 and are currently lying in second place in Group I following their 0-0 draw last week against Lithuania and tomorrow night they will be playing Liechtenstein where they are expected to claim all 3 points and go at least temporary to the top of the group in a group that could be the sides best ever chance of qualification.
The match will take place at Scotland’s Hampden Park stadium tomorrow night and Scotland manager Craig Levein is thought to be considering making several changes to his squad for this fixture but will not name is his squad until later this evening.
Scotland v Liechtenstein match odds
Barring any major upset the game should easily be Scotland’s game for the taking, but in Scottish international football matches anything can happen, they can beat teams like France and the Czech Republic then lose against Macedonia or worse Wales. Even so looking at the odds for a Scotland win you would have to put on thousands of pounds to make your bet worthwhile.
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Can Manchester City get all 3 points against a busy Liverpool side?
August 19, 2010
The Reds kicked off their season with a 1-1 draw against Arsenal where they were leading up until the first minute of extra time when Liverpool keeper Reina fumbled a save to give the Gunners a last minute draw. Roy Hodgson’s Liverpool side face their second tough game of this seasons Premiership campaign when they take on Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium on Monday 23rd August, this game is squeezed in between Liverpool’s Europa League qualifying games against Turkish side Trabzonspor on the 19th and 26th August.
Reina own goal
Jose Manuel Reina disastrous own goal cost Liverpool all 3 points in their opening game of the season and is at odds of 17/2 to do it again.
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Man City v Liverpool match odds
The serious money that Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan has pumped into Manchester is beginning to pay off as City are the favourites to win this fixture, hard to believe for a team that 10 years ago were in League One (the old third division). With Liverpool’s busy schedule of fixtures Manchester City could take advantage of a tired Liverpool side.
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Bellamy rushed in as bookies favourite for top goal scorer in the Championship
August 18, 2010
The bookies William Hill have taken the news that Craig Bellamy has joined Championship side Cardiff City on loan from Premiership side Manchester City by making him one of their favourites to be the top goal scorer in the Npower Championship and they have also cut Cardiff’s odds to win the Championship from 10/1 to 9/1.
Whether Bellamy will gel with his Cardiff side remains to be seen as he does have a history of upsetting the atmosphere in the dressing room but Hills are offering odds of 4/11 that Bellamy will still be with Cardiff come the end of the season and odds of 2/1 that he will be gone.
His entrance to the Cardiff side will mark the 31 year olds 9th club (including loan signing), of his permanent 7 signings Bellamy has left 4 of those sides within a year. His most unsuccessful run was back in 2000 when he was with Coventry City and only managed to 6 goals out of 34 appearances and as such this led to the teams relegation form the Premiership.
Championship top goal scorer
All odds are supplied by William Hill.
- 8/1 – Craig Bellamy (Cardiff City)
- 8/1 – Kris Boyd (Middlesbrough)
- 9/1 – Michael Chopra (Cardiff City)
- 12/1 – Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough)
- 14/1 – Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers)
- 20/1 – David Nugent (Portsmouth)
- 20/1 – Matty Fryatt (Leicester City)
- 20/1 – Grant Holt (Norwich City)
- 20/1 – Danny Graham (Watford)
- 20/1 – Steve Morrison (Millwall)
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Where will Sheffield United finish this season in the Championship?
August 18, 2010
Sheffield United have confirmed that their new manager will be first team coach Gary Speed who was the bookies favourite to win the role of Sheffield United manager. He has been offered a 3 year contract with the Blades in replacement for the sacked Kevin Blackwell who was dismissed following the 3-0 home loss against QPR. Speed has already been with the club for over 2 years but this will be his first ever managerial role.
With the current speed of the managerial merry go round bookies are placing odds on whether the former Welsh international will still be in charge by the end of the season or can Speed survive the sack race?
The bookmakers William Hill are offering odds of 11/4 Gary Speed will no longer be boss of Sheffield United on the first day of NEXT season, are the odds are 1/4 that he will still be there..
Where will Sheffield United finish?
United are currently holding up the bottom of the Npower Championship in the 23rd slot with just 1 point out of 2 games, but a new manager being installed generally gives the team a boost and wins are more likely.
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Spurs look set to beat the Young Boys of Switzerland
August 17, 2010
Its an exciting time for Spurs fans as they are about to be rewarded for last seasons 4th place finish as they take on the Berner Sport Club Young Boys of Switzerland at the Stade de Suisse in Bern for the first leg of their first ever Champions League fixture. Harry Redknapp’s side will be looking to get the first leg advantage and then proceeding to the Group Stages. The game kicks off tonight at 7.45 and can be watched live on Sky Sports.
Spurs will be going to the game missing captain Ledley King and midfielder Jermaine Jenas who have niggling injures and will not be risked for the away game. Their opponents are currently 7th in the Swiss Super League after 5 games and have already eliminated the Turkish side Fenerbahce SK from this years tournament.
Young Boys v Tottenham Hotspur match odds
As Tottenham are the favourite to win this fixture the bookmakers William Hill are offering an enhanced price on stiker Jermain Defoe opening the scoring and Spurs to win the game 3-1 they are offering odds of 55/1.
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Is success on the cards for Newcastle’s return to the Premiership?
August 16, 2010
The Barclays Premier League has kicked off and there has already been one surprise so far with Blackpool winning their first games of the season. How will the other newcomers to the league fare tonight when the final game of the new season kicks off between Manchester United and Newcastle United. The other newcomers to the league West Brom were comfortably beaten 6-0 by Chelsea so with a win and loss for former Championship sides could tonight see a draw for Chris Hughton’s team.?
Newcastle make their return to the Premiership following their year in the Championship and emerged as the Championships strongest side but they have not managed a win at Old Trafford since September 2001, the last time the Magpies were in the Premiership their opening game was coincidently against Manchester United that time it ended 1-1.
Manchester United v Newcastle United match odds
The odds supplied by Betfred do not bode well for Newcastle for their return Premiership match.
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Gary Speed favourite to take on the role of next Sheffield United manager
August 16, 2010
It look as if Gary Speed will soon be officially be able to hang up his boots for good if gets the role of Sheffield United manager, the job has become available following the sacking of Kevin Blackwell at the weekend following the 3-0 home defeat by Queens Park Rangers. Speed has been with United since 2008 making 37 appearances and scoring on 6 occasions, he has recently completed his UEFA Pro Licence qualification and was Blackwell’s first team coach but did recently find himself named on the bench in their recent Carling Cup fixture against Hartlepool which ended in a 2-0 loss for the Blades.
Untied were recently approach by Championship rivals Swansea to take on their managerial role but were spurned which has prompted bookies to make Speed their favourite to take on the role.
Next permanent Sheffield United manager
The top ten managers that bookmaker Victor Chandler thinks are in line for the job as Sheffield United manager.
- 4/9 – Gary Speed
- 5/1 – Phil Brown
- 10/1 – Tony Mowbray
- 10/1 – Sean O’Driscoll
- 10/1 – Nigel Adkins
- 10/1 – Chris Wilder
- 12/1 – Lee Clark
- 12/1 – Andy Scott
- 14/1 – Gareth Southgate
- 14/1 – Steve Clarke
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Next permanent Aston Villa manager odds
August 9, 2010
Following the shock news that Martin O’Neill has resigned his position as manager of Aston Villa with immediate effect the rumour mills are working over drive on who will emerge as his successor.
Even though he had reportedly pledged his future to Villas new chairman Randy Lerner who took over the club in May. Before a new manager is installed Kevin MacDonald has been appointed as caretaker manager for the club and will be in charge of the team for their Premier League opening game against West Ham on Saturday.
Next Aston Villa Manager
Current Ajax manager was the favourite to take over O’Neills place but there are rumours of USA coach Bob Bradley heading in for the role have pushed the American to the top of the list.
- 9/4 – Bob Bradley
- 4/1 – Sven Eriksson
- 15/2 – Alan Curbishley
- 8/1 – Jurgen Klinnsmann
- 8/1 – Kevin McDonald
- 9/1 – Dave Jones
- 10/1 – Gareth Southgate
- 10/1 – Martin Jol
- 1212/1 – Slaven Bilic
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Will Portsmouths problems continue in tonights Carling Cup fixture?
August 9, 2010
Cash strapped Portsmouth hit the Championship with a bump when they recorded their first (presumably of many) loss of the season when they travelled up to the Midlands to face Coventry City at the Ricoh Arena and came away with a 2-0 defeat, neither side looked fantastic but Portsmouth’s lack of squad was obvious when new boss Steve Cotterill was only able to name 4 subs on the bench out of a possible 7, currently the Portsmouth side is down to just 18 eligible players.
Now Portsmouth must try to bounce back as they take on Stevenage tonight in the first round of Carling Cup, a loss tonight for last years FA Cup finalists could put Pompey fans in a disparate place for the rest of their season.
Stevenage v Portsmouth match odds
This will be the first time that these two clubs have ever faced each other, the last time Portsmouth were eliminated at this stage of the competition since they were beaten by Colchester in 2001.
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Will Norwich be triumphant in their return to the Championship?
August 6, 2010
The first game of the Npower Championship kicks off tonight between Norwich who gained promotion from League one and last years Championship strugglers Watford. Norwich will be looking for a good start to their Championship campaign but the opening result of last years opening match may be playing on their mind when they were humiliated by their 7-1 defeat by Colchester and they may have to do this without last years Supporters Player of the Year Grant Holt who is standing trial for a motoring offence in Shropshire.
In their last four games against each other at Carrow Road Norwich have only managed to win on one occasion but last year saw Grant Holt, Chris Martin and Wes Hoolahan excel in League One where all are expected to excel in this higher level.
Bookmakers Bet Fred are running a cash back offer on the game between these two sides if Norwich’s midfielder Wes Hoolahan scores the last goal of the game then Betfred will refund all losing correct score, first and last goal scorers as well as scorecast bets made on the game for you to use as a free bet.
Norwich v Watford match odds
Although Norwich have lost their opening game of the season for the last two seasons they are the favourites to win this fixture they will be facing an inexperienced Watford side.
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