Sports Betting Blog

Irish Bookmaker, Paddypower have opened up a variety of markets on Rafa Benitez. They are responding to Liverpool’s worst run of form in 22 years with a wide variety of betting requests speculating on the manager’s failure. Benitez is 1.73 not to be manager at the end of the season.

Responding to the range of requests Paddy Power are offering 10/1 that Liverpool’s crunch game against arch rivals Manchester United on Sunday is Rafa’s last game in charge of the Anfield outfit. Liverpool are also now just 4/11 to fail to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League and 11/8 not to finish in the top four of the Premier League this season. Benitez himself is odds on not to survive the season at 8/11.

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Boylesports are giving away a fantastic trip to South Africa next summer.

The 2010 FIFA World CupPrize includes:
– Return Flights
– Four Nights Accommodation
– Match tickets for one game (to be chosen by Boylesports).

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Something bizarre happened after the fall of Setanta sports TV channel. They had the rights to show the Ukraine vs England game 10th October 2009. Since they went bust, the rights went back Kentaro an agency that represents the Ukraine FA. Since they could not sell the rights to any terrestrial broadcaster or Sky they have decided to sell it on a pay per view on the internet only.

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Another 33 goals last weekend officially makes this top-flight campaign the highest scoring in over 40 years, with a total of 192 Premier League goals so far this season (excluding Monday night’s match) at an average of 2.95 goals a game. It is great news for both armchair fans and spread punters but an entertaining season for most of us usually means a disastrous season for the bookies. Estimates suggest that punters have scooped around £7million since the start of the new campaign. Buyers of Sporting Index’s goal spreads were in for another treat, particularly those wagering their hard-earned on Sunderland’s 5-2 win over Wolves, Liverpool’s destruction of Hull and Tottenham’s five-goal thrashing of Burnley. Buyers of Robbie Keane’s goal minutes spread would have been happy with four scores from Irishman at any point in the game, but three goals in the last 15 minutes and a final make-up of 256 was beyond their wildest dreams.
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