Here comes the rain so go with Balding inmate August 14, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS TOMORROW’S RACING WITH more biblical rain expected to fall on Berkshire today, there is every chance that tomorrow’s Hungerford Stakes (3.45pm) at Newbury will be run on unseasonably soft ground. When bookmakers priced up the Group Two seven furlong contest earlier in the week the likes of Safety Check, Home Of The [...]
Champions Chelsea can prove their class August 14, 2015 ACCORDING to the bookies the title is set to be fought out between these two clubs and just a week into the new season we have the first big battle. It just shows how fickle the betting markets have become that the favourites for the league have flip-flopped after Chelsea drew at home to Swansea [...]
Aston Villa v Manchester United: Expect goals galore at Villa Park August 14, 2015 The after work drinks crowd will come face-to-face with an unusual sight tonight: Premier League football. A one-off for this season it will give a flavour of things to come next year, when Friday evening fixtures are part of the new TV deal for 2016-17. The clash between Aston Villa and Manchester United looks an [...]
Happy Hammers can outfox Leicester at the Boleyn August 13, 2015 If there was a manager of the week trophy then Slaven Bilic and Claudio Ranieri would have been strong contenders after the first round of matches. Having masterminded the result of the opening weekend with a 2-0 win against Arsenal at the Emirates Bilic would have got my vote, but with Ranieri a close second [...]
Russ wiseman August 13, 2015 THIS is always a really exciting time of year and everything looks set for a fantastic few days of football. Sportingbet are dangling a rather large carrot to punters – we’re going to add 25% to winning football accumulators this weekend. It’s great that we’ve got a Premier League game to get stuck into tonight [...]
Crystal Palace v Arsenal: Gunners to bounce back from surprise opening defeat August 13, 2015 Former glazier Alan Pardew has moved on from installing windows as a part-time player to breaking through glass ceilings as a manager. He might not be everyone’s cup of tea but his CV bears comparison with any other British manager in the Premier League. Pardew led Reading and West Ham to promotions, took Newcastle into [...]
Maximum excitement on Man City v Chelsea August 13, 2015 SOME teams have already suffered surprise disappointments this campaign, but losing this one will be a big blow to either Jose Mourinho or Manuel Pelligrini. These are the best two sides in the league and they have been very evenly matched in recent seasons with four Chelsea wins, three Man City wins and three draws [...]
Premier League betting tips: New boys Bournemouth to show Aston Villa Howe it is done August 7, 2015 It's never going to be an easy ride for a team playing in their first ever Premier League season. Read more: Bournemouth set for £130m League windfall But when new boys Bournemouth host Aston Villa tomorrow, there is a good chance they'll get off to a flyer. In midfielder Fabian Delph, defender Ron [...]
Rodgers to be red-faced again as Liverpool return to Britannia August 7, 2015 OPENING day results tend to be the hardest to predict. New signings are still being bedded in, managers don’t know their best sides, and summer tournaments mean that not all players have had the same level of training. A surprise result is never far away and sometimes it is better to look for these than [...]
Premier League betting tips: Manchester United to see off Tottenham in Old Trafford opener August 7, 2015 Stick or twist? That’s the quandary for every Premier League club during the summer transfer window and, while it remains open for a few weeks, Tottenham, traditionally one of the most active in the annual high-stakes gamble, have been unusually conservative. Read more: Why Zlatan Ibrahimovic would be perfect next buy for Manchester United [...]