Michael Lintorn
With Borussia Dortmund dropping points for the fourth Bundesliga match in succession at home to rivals Schalke, there continue to be four sides separating them from leaders Bayern Munich, causing them to drift to 2/5 in the winner without Bayern market. It isn’t usual suspects Bayer Leverkusen or Borussia Monchengladbach … Read more
Next time somebody bores you with the line that no division can rival the Premier League for unpredictability, point them in the direction of the Bundesliga table. Schalke, Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg and Hamburg, all of whom have finished on the podium in the past 11 years, are in the bottom … Read more
Championship matchday 14 sees arguably the division’s three biggest box-office draws, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Leeds, all lining up at 15:00 on a Saturday for only the third time this season. news.bwin decided to use the opportunity to analyse the incidents that reoccur most frequently in matches involving each of … Read more
How does a coach go from winning the Champions League in two of his first three participations in the competition to falling short on every entry since? It’s not like the Bayern Munich side that Pep Guardiola led over the past three seasons or the Manchester City squad that he … Read more
At first glance, the damage to Man City following their first defeat under Pep Guardiola away to Tottenham doesn’t seem too severe: with top spot in the Premier League maintained and likewise their status as 91/100 title favourites. However, the problem with being perfect, as the Citizens were for their … Read more
Despite relegation, it was a summer of great promise for Aston Villa, with maligned owner Randy Lerner finally selling up and far more communicative replacement Tony Xia claiming that five years from now, they will be “the top club in Europe with the highest number of fans all over the … Read more
Nobody was talking about Arsenal as they hit upon a run of four successive domestic victories, but they made sure that people started paying attention with their performance in extending that to five. The Gunners exorcised close to five years of unrelenting misery in Premier League combat with Chelsea, going … Read more
Manchester City are two points clear at the top of the Premier League and even further ahead of their Big Six adversaries, with Tottenham four points back, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool five adrift and Manchester United five off the pace. They have won not only all five of their top-flight … Read more
The Premier League champions were among the clubs writing cheques late on deadline day, with Leicester breaking their transfer record to complete the £29 million purchase of Islam Slimani. Even though the Foxes are one of the few top-flight sides to field two strikers, the Algeria international is going to … Read more
Juventus, Roma and AC Milan were mentioned, but Jack Wilshere increased the surprise of Arsenal deciding to allow him to leave on loan by identifying Bournemouth as the club that he wanted to spend the season with. Arsene Wenger realised that the England midfielder wouldn’t command a starting spot at … Read more
The media and fans haven’t been too positive about David Luiz’s impending Chelsea second coming, but the bwin bookmakers anticipate a wider body of work this time around. The Brazilian defender played 81 Premier League games in his initial spell at Stamford Bridge, signing for £21.3 million in early 2011 … Read more
The latest Southampton summer reboot hasn’t yielded instant success, with the Saints collecting two points from the first available nine in the Premier League and consequently sitting 15th heading into the maiden international break of the campaign. Ronald Koeman, Sadio Mane, Victor Wanyama and Graziano Pelle were the prominent pre-season … Read more
The recent announcement of the judging panel for the 13th series of The X Factor was greeted with bemusement as the producers operated to the rarely-adopted mantra of “out with the new and in with the old”. Gone were Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora, the pair picked very deliberately to … Read more
Despite briefly threatening to claim the title in 2015/16, Tottenham are only fifth favourites at 15/2 in the Premier League winner betting market for 2016/17. They clearly have a few issues to address, including juggling domestic progress with their overdue Champions League return and the danger of burnout which appeared … Read more