Manchester United 1/6 Favourites to win the Premier League

Manchester United go into Sunday’s final round of Premiership games knowing that a win against Wigan Athletic will guarantee that Sir Alex Ferguson’s side will retain their Premier League Championship trophy for another season, regardless of how rivals Chelsea fare against Bolton Wanderers. Both United and Chelsea are level on points going into the final game, something that has not happened in 40 years, since United were beaten to the summit by rivals Manchester City on the final day. United’s goal difference is far superior to Chelsea’s though, so it would take a miracle for both teams to win an Chelsea to win the title – Avram Grant’s side would need to score 18 more goals than United to snatch the title in this manner!

Manchester United’s fate is very much in their hands therefore, and that is reflected in the short odds available for the Red Devils to win the Premier League – Most bookies will give you odds of just 1/6 on United retaining their title – the best available at the moment is 1/5 from skybet and VC Bet. Those looking to back united to retain might get better value by betting in running should Chelsea take the lead at Bolton.

United’s match against Wigan at the JJB will be shown live on Sky Sports 2, and the odds for a United victory in the match (regardless of the Chelsea outcome) is just 1/4 (888sport, Blue Square and VC Bet), whilst you can get 12/1 on a win for the Lactics (Ladbrokes, skybet, VC Bet and William Hill).the draw is available from Ladbrokes at 11/2.

Both Bolton and Wigan, led by former Manchester United player Steve Bruce are pretty much safe from relegation worries, so whilst you would expect them to put up a reasonable fight, they must have one eye on their summer holidays, and you would expect both United and Chelsea to win their respective games, which would hand Man United the Premiership Trophy. Of course, Chelsea will be fired up to take full advantage in the rare event that United do slip up at the final hurdle – There will be a replica of the Premiership Trophy at Stamford Bridge just in case, whilst the official trophy is being taken to the JJB Stadium.

There’s very little value in the match odds for the Chelsea v Bolton match – The best available odds for the home win is just 1/6 (VC Bet and blue Square), and whilst you can get 18/1 on a Bolton win (Ladbrokes and Sky Bet), it’s 18/1 for a very good reason… VC Bet have the best odds for a draw (15/2)

In contrast to the short odds on United retaining the title, you can get a fair price on Chelsea to win the Premiership – 7/2 is the best price we’ve seen (Currently on offer from 888sport, Bet 365, Blue Square, Ladbrokes, William Hill, totesport, Stan James and Boylesports), and there’ll be a few Blue pounds being spent on that particular punt! Of course, the showdown doesn’t end there, as the two sides meet each other in the Champions League Final on 21st May, and Stan James are currently offering odds of 8/1 on Chelsea winning both Premiership and Champions League trophies, whilst the odds on Manchester United doing the same are just 11/10 (Bet 365 also offer evens on Man United doing the double).



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    • Written by John Lamerton · Filed Under Football, Premiership Betting 

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