Liverpool v West Ham Betting preview

Liverpool v West Ham – Wednesday 5th March, Anfield, 20:00 kickoff.

Rafa Benitez’ side host West Ham United at Anfield on Wednesday evening knowing a victory will lift them back into fourth place at the expense of their Merseyside rivals Everton, and put their Champions League qualification hopes in their own hands. Liverpool are unbeaten since losing to the Hammers in the return ficture in January of this year, and have only lost one league game at Anfield in 12 months.

Alan Curbishley will be looking for a response from his players following their 4-0 drubbing by Chelsea at the weekend, and will want to avoid defeat at all costs, which might spell the end of their European ambitions. They will end the night in tenth place whatever…

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Premiership Preview 2nd March

Bolton v Liverpool

Bolton will have to ensure that their exploits in the UEFA Cup do not hamper their survival bid in the Premiership, and a stern test of their resolve will come in the form of Liverpool, who are the visitors at the Reebok Stadium for the Sunday lunchtime kickoff. both tema’s ambitions couldn’t be more different – Liverpool sit just outside the Fourth Champions League place, whilst Bolton hover just above the relegation zone. A win is crucial for both, a draw not good enough.

Bolton are in danger of beginning a bad run, having lost their last two – The last time they lost three in a row was their first three games of the season. Liverpool’s form is nothing to shout home about either…

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Premiership Betting Preview 1st March

Arsenal v Aston Villa

Form suggests that this could be a high-scoring affair, with both Villa and Arsenal amongst the Premierships top three scorers, as Arsenal look to extend their unbeaten run to a record 12 games and ensure that Manchester United, snapping at their heels in second place do not have a chance to catch them. Villas aims areslightly less lofty, as they chase for the Fourth Champions League place. It’s been 13 games since they kept a clean sheet, and Arsenal have scored in every game since Boxing Day, so don’t put your life savings on a 1-0 win for Martin O’Neill’s men.

Villa are rank outsiders in this match, with Sky Bet offering odds of 6/1 for the Villains to steal all three points from…

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Man City v Everton Betting preview

Manchester City have Elano and Vedran Corluka back from suspension following their historic derby win against United at Old Trafford two weeks ago as they aim for back-to-back wins for the first time in 16 games in what has been so far their best-ever season in the Premiership, having already won 1 more match that they managed in the whole of last season.

Everton welcome back Yobo, who was rested for their UEFA cup win over SK Brann to avoid picking up a suspension. The Toffeemen are unbeaten so far in 2008 having kept 5 clean sheets in their last six games, and conceding just one single goal, and are on course to pip their Merseyside rivals for the Fourth Champions League place.

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Premiership Betting preview 24th February

Blackburn v Bolton

Blackburn Rovers welcome back David Dunn, Morten Gamst Pedersen and Christopher Samba to the squad following their relative suspensions, whilst defenders Andre Ooijer and Ryan Nelson look set to miss out through hamstring injuries.

Gary Megson will more than likely make some changes to the side that disposed of Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Cup in midweek, with Gretar Steinsson and Tamir Cohen recalled due to being cup-tied in the UEFA Cup match, and Ricardo Gardner and Heidar Helguson are struggling for fitness.

Boyle Sports have Rovers as the favourites for this match, with odds of 5/6 being the best currently available. Bet 365 have the draw at 5/2, whilst VC Bet are offering the best odds for a Bolton win at 19/5…

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Premiership Betting preview 23rd February

Birmingham v Arsenal

League leaders Arsenal are the visitors to St Andrews on Saturday lunchtime as the Gunners have the chance to go eight points clear of nearest rivals Manchester United, for a few hours at least. Birmingham meanwhile need the points for a more desperate reason – They are only being kept above the relegation zone by goal difference, and reent form has been far from reassuring.

Birmingham have not won in seven games, whilst Arsenal have not lost in ten. The Blues welcome back top scorer Olivier Kapo, whilst Toure and Eboue miss out for the Gunners, who will also give late fitness tests to Adebayor and Hleb.

VC Bet have Birmingham out at 7/1 to gather a home win, whilst Skybet have the best…

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Arsenal v Blackburn betting

Arsenal v Blackburn – Monday 11th Feb, 8pm Kickoff, live on Sky Sports 1

Robin Van Persie and Johan Djourou are set to miss out for Arsenal as they aim to capitalise on Manchester United and Chelsea’s slip-ups on Sunday and put some daylight between themselves and the chasing pack at the top of the Premier League. Blackburn will be without Christopher Samba, Morten Gamst Pedersen and David Dunn due to suspensions.

Arsenal are strong favourites to win this one, with the best available odds for the Gunners to extend their nine-match unbeaten run in the Premier League with a win are currently 1/3 from BlueSq.com. VC Bet have the best odds for the stalemate at a tempting 21/5 – Blackburn have been known to cause Arsenal problems…

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Premiership Betting 10th February 2008

Manchester United v Manchester City

The Manchester Derby is the Sunday lunchtime kickoff, live on Sky sports 1, and comes at the end of a week-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air disaster which resulted in the deaths of 23 people, including eight of the original “Busby Babes”. An emotional minutes silence will be observed before the game, and the two teams will be sporting a one-off 1950’s style kit, with no sponsors, no names, and numbered 1 to 11.

City will be hoping to put one over on their local rivals and obtain their first win in five Premiership games, whilst Alex Ferguson will be hoping to maintain their unbeaten home record, and make it 10 wins out of 12 premiership games before tackling…

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