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Bet on the UK Premier League – Premiership Betting

BET ON THE UK PREMIER LEAGUE
The ability to bet on the UK Premier League has proved extremely popular with football fans. It adds to the interest and adds an extra dimension to watching live games. Most fans find it difficult to resist a small financial interest in “their” team, before settling down to watch them (hopefully) prevail. As the popularity of betting on the Premiership has increased, so has the range of Premiership football betting odds and markets available with the online layers. The following seeks to provide an overview of the range of available opportunities to bet on the UK Premier League.

Markets Available

The majority of major online bookmakers, e.g. Blue Square, Ladbrokes, Victor Chandler, William Hill, Stan James, Paddy Power etc. already have prices available for the 2008-2009 season.

Premiership Winner
Prices are available on the outright Premiership winner. Each-way terms are 1/5 the odds a place 1, 2, 3. This bet is popular with punter, as it provides a season-long interest for a single stake. For those punters considering an each-way bet, the top 2, 3, 4 and 6 markets may provide better value, especially if the team in question is more likely to be placed than win.

Winner without the “Big 4″
skybet offer a bet on the UK Premier League “without the Big 4″, i.e. Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. Other online bookmakers are likely to follow suit closer to the start of the season in August. This bet invariably proves popular with fans of the “lesser” teams that are unlikely to trouble the “big guns” for the Champions’ League qualifying positions.

Top 2, Top 3, Top 4, Top 6 Finish
Betfair currently have Premiership football betting odds for teams to finish in the top 2, 3 or 6 positions. The fixed odds layers will undoubtedly have similar prices closer to the start of the season. skybet are offering prices for teams to finish in the top 4 places.

Top Scorer
Although no prices are currently available, punters will be able to bet on the UK Premier League’s top goalscorer for the 2008-2009 season. Liverpool’s Fernando Torres and Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo (assuming he remains at the club) are again likely contenders.

Relegation
The online layers also have a bet on the UK Premier League’s lower echelons, namely a market offering prices on teams to be relegated to the Coca-Cola Championship. In a similar vein, Premiership football betting odds are also available on the club to finish bottom of the Premiership. The teams newly-promoted from the Championship (Hull, Stoke and West Bromwich Albion) are likely to head these markets. skybet offer prices on which of these teams will be able to survive in the Premiership.

Match Betting
The above-mentioned bookmakers, along with 888sport, bet365, sportingbet and totesport already allow punters to bet on Premiership matches, having priced up the opening fixtures for 16th August 2008.

Outright Match Betting
Punter should note that prices offered are for 90 minutes play, so include prices for a home win, away win and adraw.

For matches shown live on TV, most online bookmakers offer constantly updated “in-running” prices on the match result. Other opportunities to bet on Premiership matches include:

Half-time / Full-time result
In order to win this bet, a punter must predict the correct result at half time and full- time. There are 3 possibilities after 45 minutes, namely home, away and draw and the same 3 possibilities after 90 minutes, giving 3 x 3 = 9 possible outcomes.

First / Last Goalscorer
Punters who like a bet on Premiership matches seem to like this bet, even though it is difficult to win. Prices offered on different players will depend on the position they play, with strikers offered at shorter prices than midfielders or defenders. A popular bet seems to be to back the same player to score the first and last goal of the game, so if the first part fails, there is still a financial interest in the game. N.B. In this set of circumstances, if the game finishes 1-0, you can only win once.

Correct Score
The object is to correctly predict the score after 90 minutes. Though a notoriously difficult bet to win, it is popular with punters as it can be very lucrative, especially if a number of games are combined in a small stake multiple bet.

Bookings
Several online layers operate a bookings “index” for live games, with each yellow card shown scoring 10 points and each red card 25 points (a maximum of 25 points per player). This is usually presented as an under / between / over bet, e.g. 6/4 under 25, 7/4 26 to 40, 7/4 over 40.

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