All Entries in the "Football" Category
Manchester United V Ajax UEFA Cup Betting Preview
Manchester United take on Ajax in the second leg of their Europa league clash thursday night with manager Alex Ferguson being afforded the luxury of resting numerous players after his teams comfortable 2-0 victory in Holland leaves the Dutch side needing a miricle to qualify. One man who definately wont start is striker Wayne Rooney [...]
Derby County V Leicester City Betting Preview
Leicester will arrive at Pride Park on Thursday night 11 points shy of the play-offs and in the last chance saloon, they simply have to keep winning to stand any chance of making a late surge towards the play offs this season. Striker David Nugent insists promotion is not beyond the grasp of Nigel Pearson’s [...]
Valencia V Stoke UEFA Cup Betting Preview
From Crawley to Valencia, Stoke City’s campaign of contrasts will extend beyond tonight on its European front only if the Premier League’s 13th-placed team achieve what only three English clubs have managed in Valencia’s half-century among the continental elite, a victory in the Mestalla stadium. The side chasing Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga [...]
Marseille V Inter Milan Betting Preview
Marseille have the finest chance a French side has for the last couple of years to advance to the quarter finals of the champions league as they take on struggling Inter at the Velodrome on tuesday night. With the French side enjoying home advantage in the first leg of their continental tussle, they will want [...]
FC Basle V Bayern Munich Betting Preview
Bayern Munich will look to correct a slump in their away form when they visit Basel in the UEFA Champions League last 16 on Wednesday night. The Bundesliga giants are yet to win on the road in the league this year, with Freiburg holding them to a goalless draw at the weekend. That result saw [...]
Manchester City V Porto Betting Preview
No doubts remain about Manchester City’s commitment to the Europa League and on Wednesday night they will aim to complete the elimination of holders Porto in the last 32. Despite being knocked out of the UEFA Champions League and falling into Europe’s secondary competition, Roberto Mancini has spoken of his determination to win both a [...]
Napoli v Chelsea Betting Preview
The Naples side came through the group of death in this years Champions League in second place just behind Bundesliga Giants Bayern Munich but crucially in front of Englands big spending Premier League Leaders Manchester City and well clear of a totally disappointing Villareal team that looked far more impressive last season in qualifying for [...]
CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid Betting Preview
CKSA Moscow (15/2 for the match) came through group B in second place just behind Internazionale Milano edging out Turkeys Trabzonspor by a point and Lille a point further back in last place. They were unbeaten at home during the group stage winning one and drawing the other two but managed four away goals and [...]
Tuesday Night League One Football Betting Preview
Three matches in the English Football League Championship League one on Tuesday and this is our mini take on all of them. Leaders Charlton (4/9 to win the match) take on struggling Rochdale (13/2 to win) is what should be a stone walled banker, the second game should be more competitive as play-off chasing MK [...]
Blackpool v West Ham United Betting Preview
Blackpool (5/4 for the match) will recall a host of their players rested for the weekend FA Cup defeat by Everton at Goodison Park, the Premier League club winning 2-0 thanks to very early strikes from Royston Drenthe and Denis Straqualursi. Blackpool have been very solid at home this season winning nine of their matches, [...]
Millwall v Middlesbrough betting preview
Kenny jacket’s Lions (11/8 to win the match) have pulled six points clear of the Championship dropzone over the last few weeks after being in deep trouble at one point, but their improved form coupled with Portsmouth’ woes they have managed to climb to a position of relative safety. Before the FA Cup defeat to [...]
Barnsley v Birmingham City betting preview
Barnsley (12/5 to win match) are formidable at Oakwell winning eight of their sixteen home games including their last game against troubled Portsmouth at the weekend, goals from Jim O’Brien and Matt Done lifting them well into mid-table safety and 17 points clear of the drop zone. The bad news for Barnsley is that the [...]
Brentford v Carlisle United Betting Preview
The English Football Championship League One takes centre stage for Monday Night Football on Skysports tomorrow night and they are covering Carlisle United’s 620 mile round trip to Brentford as the Cumbrian will try and move back into the play-off places again. Carlisle United (12/5 for the match) have been boosted by the news that [...]
AC Milan V Arsenal Betting Preview
AC Milan have themselves suffered elimination at the hands of English clubs in each of the last three seasons and will be keen to break the jinx this time around. They go into this game as clear favourites giving their season and the injury problems that have dogged the whole of Arsenals. Milan may welcome [...]
Zenit St Petersburg V Benfica Betting Preview
Portuguese leaders Benfica will have to brave the elements this Wednesday as they travel to Saint Petersburg to take on Russian Champions Zenit in the first leg of their last sixteen clash. Zenit are the favourites for the contest with William Hill offering an industry leading 8/5 on a home victory. Benfica are 2/1 with [...]
Bayer Leverkusen V Barcelona Betting Preview
The UEFA Champions League is back and it’s pretty serious stuff now we have hit the knockout stages. Bayer Leverkusen are on a run of three straight home wins in the prestigious competition, but they only have one win from their last six league matches. On the other hand, Barcelona have managed an average of [...]
Wolves v West Brom betting preview
Mick McCarthys Wolves (6/4 for the match) released some of the pressure on him by winning away at Queens Park Rangers last weekend, a much over needed three points that snapped a winless run stretching back to before christmas and had left them languishing in the relegation zone and out of the FA Cup. That [...]
Manchester United V Liverpool Betting Preview
A potentially explosive encounter will take place at Old Trafford on Saturday when Manchester United host Liverpool in a highly-anticipated Premier League clash, tensions have been high between the two sides this season following off field problems and the Red Devils will be desperate for revenge after the FA Cup exit at Anfield just two [...]
Middlesbrough v Sunderland betting preview
Its part two of a north east derby match between two sides that have tussled on many occassions in the Premier League but these days Middlesbrough are a championship side but have high hopes are regaining their EPL status come the middle of May. Middlesbrough (5/4 to qualify for round five) are currently sixth place [...]
Southampton v Millwall betting preview
These two sides have differing ambtions in the Championship for the rest of the 2011-12 season with Millwall desperate to reatain their status in English footballs second tier whilst Southampton are desperate to make their own stay in the division as short as possible by making a return to the Premier League for the first [...]
Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool betting preview
It’s the FA Cup fourth round replay time with a trip to Premier League Everton up for grabs in the fifth round. Blackpool needed a last minute penalty from veteran striker Kevin Phillip (13/2 to score first / last or 7/4 anytime) at bloomfield road to keep their cup run alive, a repeat of their [...]
Chelsea v Manchester United betting preview
The Champions (6/4 for the title with SKYbet) are clicking into gear at just the right time of the season (pretty much like they have for the last 20yrs) they have won eight from their last ten games home and away including the last three in a row against Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers and latterly Stoke [...]
Newcastle United v Aston Villa betting preview
Alan Pardew’s Newcastle (11/10 for the match) team are still chasing hard for a top four finish this season and the Champions League riches that comes with it (22/1 for a top four finish with SKYbet), they are just three points behind fourth placed Chelsea following a run of four wins from six whilst their [...]
Derby County v Nottingham Forest betting preview
It is quite simply the biggest game of the season for both of these sides given the history between them and the Managerial family links they share, both being coached, to great success, by one Brian Clough in the late 70′s and early 80′s. Brian’s son Nigel Clough is now the man in the Derby [...]
Man City V Fulham Betting Preview
Manchester City have suffered a few slight stutters over the last couple of months and there can no slip up in this match as Mancini incredibly admitted his side has underestimated Everton in midweek to leave them again level with Manchester United at the top of the table. Manchester City are again without suspended striker [...]
