Sunderland v Everton: Black Cats to remain Toffees taunters
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
Proceed with caution? Penalties double and dissent bookings treble as refereeing directives take effect
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
Man Utd v Man City: Research suggests overdue pile up of penalties
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
Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest: defensive woes point to home victory
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
Man Utd and England managers are right to shelter Rashford from the spotlight
Rarely has a teenaged footballer seemed so utterly unfazed by the transition from academy prospect to first-team star as Marcus Rashford, whose hat-trick on Tuesday night made it three goalscoring debuts out of three. Rashford’s goals against Norway seemingly made a mockery of Gareth Southgate’s assertion that early exposure could … Read more
Middlesbrough v Crystal Palace: Pardew’s slump to continue at high-flying Boro
Last Result: West Brom 0-0 Middlesbrough Crystal Palace 1-1 Bournemouth (Scott Dann) Kick Off: 15.00, 10/09/2016 Stadium: Riverside Stadium Head-to-head: Crystal Palace 4-1 Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough 0-0 Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace 2-1 Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace 0-1 Middlesbrough Injuries: Middlesbrough: Out – Grant Leadbitter, James Husband, Fabio da Silva Doubt – Victor … Read more
Don’t panic over Kane’s scoring drought, back him to break it
If there’s a sense of deja vu floating around about Harry Kane’s current goalscoring situation it’s because the England striker was in almost the exact same position last season. The Tottenham man has now gone four games without a goal this term, which is the identical number of goalless games … Read more
For the sake of Lukaku, Bolasie’s Everton arrival can’t subjugate Deulofeu
Early signs suggest that Gerard Deulofeu may be the fall guy following Yannick Bolasie’s £25m move from Crystal Palace to Everton. Despite earning positive reviews for his performance as a false nine in the Toffees’ season-opening draw with Tottenham, it was the Spaniard who went off for Bolasie when the … Read more
Croatia v Turkey: Perisic can prove the difference in tight encounter
Last Result: Croatia 0-1 Portugal (aet) Turkey 0-0 Russia Kick Off: 19:45, 05/09/2016 Stadium: Stadion Maksimir (Zagreb) Head-to-head: Turkey 0-1 Croatia, Croatia 0-0 Turkey, Turkey 0-3 Croatia, Croatia 1-1 Turkey (aet), Croatia 2-2 Turkey Squads: Croatia: Ivan Vargić (Lazio), Lovre Kalinić (Hajduk Split),Šime Vrsaljko (Atlético Madrid), Ivan Strinić (Napoli), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), Vedran Corluka … Read more
The breakthrough Spurs talent of last season has most to fear from Sissoko arrival
Moussa Sissoko’s next move post-Newcastle was one of the longest running sagas of the recently closed transfer window. Yet, somehow even after his arrival at Tottenham, confusion continues to reign as to where it is he is actually likely to be played by new manager Mauricio Pochettino. Last term he … Read more
Ex-Arsenal trio and World Cup winner among freebies for Sunderland striker shortlist
Sunderland are reportedly keen to bring in strikers on a free transfer after a groin problem ruled Fabio Borini out for three months, leaving Jermain Defoe and new arrival Victor Anichebe as the club’s sole fit senior line leaders. The Black Cats are 37/20 third-favourites in the Premier League relegation … Read more
Home win in Peterborough v Swindon TV tussle part of big odds EFL five-fold
European qualifying for the 2018 World Cup doesn’t get under way until Sunday afternoon, so football betting eyes and the Sky TV cameras will be trained on the English Football League for much of this weekend. Below are five of the choicest cuts from bwin’s League One and Two coupons. … Read more
Bar set at nine goals for record Leicester signing Slimani
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
Arsenal midfielder tipped for 16 or more Bournemouth Premier League starts
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