Seeing Mark Hughes perched ominously above the gaping jaws of managerial doom, altruistic Swansea City boss Francesco Guidolin flung him a rope, heaved him clear then positioned himself, a foot on each slobbery lip, in the Welshman’s place. Hughes kicked off the week as favourite to lose his job before … 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
There’s no Monday Night Football in the Premier League this week, but Greece, Spain and Portugal’s top tiers are in service. Combining the three bets suggested below from those games provides treble odds just shy of 11/1: Asteras Tripolis to beat PAOK @ 13/5 PAOK have finished above Asteras Tripolis … Read more
Last Premier League Result: Stoke City 0-4 Tottenham [Son Heung-Min (first scorer) (2), Dele Alli, Harry Kane] Sunderland 0-3 Everton [Romelu Lukaku (first scorer) (3)] Kick Off: 16.30, 18/09/2016 Stadium: White Hart Lane Head-to-head: Tottenham 4-1 Sunderland, Sunderland 0-1 Tottenham, Tottenham 2-1 Sunderland, Sunderland 2-2 Tottenham, Tottenham 5-1 Sunderland Recommended Bets: * Harry … Read more
Few pundits tipped Everton’s acquisition of Idrissa Gueye for £7.1m to be the signing of the season, but four matches into the new campaign and the Senegalese international is the early front runner. The former Aston Villa midfielder was one of the outstanding players of 2015/16 despite his side’s horrendous … Read more
Last Premier League Result: Liverpool 4-1 Leicester City [Roberto Firmino (first scorer) (2), Sadio Mane, Adam Lallana – Jamie Vardy] Burnley 1-1 Hull City [Steven Defour (first scorer) – Robert Snodgrass] Kick Off: 15.00, 17/09/2016 Stadium: King Power Stadium Head-to-head: Burnley 0-1 Leicester, Leicester 2-2 Burnley, Burnley 0-2 Leicester, Leicester 1-1 Burnley, Burnley … Read more
Last Result: Reading 0-0 BIRMINGHAM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 3-2 Bristol City – Steven Fletcher, Barry Bannan, Kieran Lee Kick-off: 17:30, 17/11/16 TV: Sky Sports 1 Stadium: St Andrew’s Head-to-head (last five meetings – most recent first): Birmingham 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Birmingham, Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Birmingham, Birmingham 0-2 Sheffield … Read more
Chelsea manager Antonio is reportedly eyeing up Burnley’s Michael Keane and Middlesbrough’s Ben Gibson as he plans for life after the club’s long-time captain and centre-half John Terry. The Italian is particularly keen on recruiting British talent with a view to remaining on the right side of Premier League homegrown … Read more
Paris Saint-Germain carried all before them domestically last season, but much has changed at the Parc des Princes and their Ligue 1 title odds of 7/50 are begging to be opposed. Former boss Laurent Blanc had arrived steeped in Ligue 1 nous, having previously landed the title with Auxerre as … Read more
It’s hard to see quite why Angelique Kerber is 53/100 to beat Karolina Pliskova in the US Open final. This being her third Grand Slam final this year, after victory in Melbourne and defeat at Wimbledon should be enough to see her shade favouritism, but there are persuasive reasons as … Read more
Last Result: Southampton 1-1 Sunderland (Jay Rodriguez – Jermain Defoe 1st goalscorer) Everton 1-0 Stoke (Shay Given own goal) Kick Off: 20:00, 12/09/16 Stadium: The Stadium of Light, Sunderland Head-to-head: Sunderland 3-0 Everton, Everton 6-2 Sunderland, Everton 0-2 Sunderland, Sunderland 1-1 Everton, Sunderland 0-1 Everton. Injuries: Sunderland: Out – Victor … Read more
New directives handed to referees by the Premier League, Football League and the Football Association before the start of the 2016/17 campaign have been generating big noise in the opening weeks of the season. Ryan Shawcross and Raheem Sterling have been among those to fall foul of the clampdown on … Read more
Research conducted by the statistics boffins at sports.bwin.com/en/news suggests that Premier League referees have never been keener to award penalty kicks. It’s news that’s likely to have penalty punters falling over themselves to back spot kicks in the Manchester derby, a contest that has been starved of 12-yard showdowns in … Read more
Last Result: Bristol City 3-1 Aston Villa (Jack Grealish) Nottingham Forest 3-1 Leeds United (Pajtim Kasami, Damien Perquis, Oliver Burke) Kick Off: 13.15, 11/09/2016 Stadium: Villa Park Head-to-head: Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa, Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa … Read more