Tony Kelshaw 
Luton have been draw specialists at Kenilworth Road this season and another stalemate could be on the cards when they entertain Norwich. The Hatters have shared the spoils in a Championship-high seven home matches, including the last three fixtures played at this venue.
QPR returned to form last time out and have a great record against Cardiff, so they look a value bet. Rangers beat the Bluebirds 3-0 on home turf in October to make it five wins from six head-to-head meetings, including two straight victories when visiting Wales.
Southampton need to hit the ground running after the international break but past history points to a close encounter with Brighton. Since the Seagulls secured promotion to the Premier League, four of the five stagings of this fixture at St Mary’s have ended in stalemate.
With the World Cup over, many players have already returned to European club football ahead of the resumption of their domestic seasons. We’ve analysed the impact of international exertions on each squad and who has the toughest reintroduction to their league schedule.
Sunderland versus Blackburn should be a close contest on paper, with the Black Cats eight points adrift in the Championship but buoyed by home advantage. However, it is hard to go for a draw, as Rovers have gone 23 league games without sharing the spoils this season.
With a host of World Championships and major events on the horizon, we’ve picked out 10 sporting stars to look out for in 2023. These hot prospects are best placed to take their respective sports by storm and could provide punters with some good betting opportunities.
We’re posting our sports quiz of the year for 2022 to test your knowledge of what happened in some of the key events over the past 12 months. There were tears of joy at thrilling victories – and also a few shed over the near miss of what might have been.
We’re taking a look at the Rory McIlroy odds for 2023, with the world number one quoted at 9/4 to end a Major drought stretching back to 2014. Golf’s big four trophies have since eluded the Northern Irishman, but he had rock-solid 2-8-5-3 placings in 2022.
After collecting on 21/10 for over 1.5 first-half goals in the third-place play-off, we’ve picked out a final World Cup bet of the day from bwin’s price boosts. Punters can get special offers involving all kinds of betting markets on Argentina vs France and here’s our top pick.
Argentina and France will meet in a mouth-watering World Cup final on Sunday, highlighted by the Lionel Messi versus Kylian Mbappe sub-plot. Of course, both are backed up by excellent supporting casts and this clash is expected to come down to just a few key moments.
We’ve looked back over the history of the World Cup to unearth the top players and teams who never claimed football’s biggest prize. Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to go down as the latest superstar to miss out on adding a World Cup win to his otherwise stellar CV.
Lionel Messi is now a slight favourite in bwin’s World Cup 2022 top scorer odds after drawing level with Kylian Mbappe ahead of the final. The Argentina legend took his tally to five by netting with a fine penalty strike in La Albiceleste’s 3-0 defeat of Croatia in the semis.
Croatia and Morocco must both try to pick themselves up from semi-final losses when meeting in the World Cup third-place play-off. If body language is anything to go by, we reckon the Atlas Lions will be more up for this Qatar 2022 consolation prize.
We’ve reached the closing stages with our World Cup 2022 predictions and are expecting some classic matches on the final weekend of this tournament. There were plenty of shock results during the group games in Qatar but the cream has risen to the top for the final.