Sports Betting Blog

Some punters are rushing to bet that the early season goal-rush in the Premier League will continue this week, and William Hill are quoting 7/1 that last week’s Premiership total of 37 goals will be exceeded, and 5/2 that a hat trick will be scored during the games – which was a 10/3 shot last week. William Hill have also seen business for their offer of 9/2 for another Premier League scoreline of 6-0 to come up in the next round of games. ‘The early season goal-rush has sparked a rush of bets for it to continue’ said William Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

It could well be worth backing individual games to be overs too. Hopefully the rest of the market will not have caught on and there may be some value there.
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After tonight’s stunning 3-0 win over Liverpool, the odds on Manchester City to finish above Manchester United are just 13/8.

Manchester City are now 13/2 to win the Premier League title – and 11/8 to finish above United. ‘City’s display tonight suggests they will be serious title contenders and that United will be hard-pressed to finish above them this season’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. There were some doubts about how Roberto Mancini could get all the stars playing. However, tonight, they showed they mean business this year.
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Double winners Chelsea kick off their Premier League title defence against newly-promoted West Brom on Saturday evening in what many people will have down as their banker of the weekend. It’s no surprise to see the Blues as short as 1/6 to win this one, with West Brom 14/1 outsiders and the draw 11/2.

While we’ve grown used to seeing Chelsea throwing eye-watering amounts of cash around during the close season, its been very different this year with Ricardo Carvalho’s move to Madrid making him the 5th big name to leave the club after Joe Cole, Michael Ballack, Juliano Belletti and Deco.

With only Yossi Benayoun’s arrival and the pending transfer of Ramires to balance those losses, the Blues are putting plenty of faith in the players who did so well last year on their way to breaking the Premier League goals record with a staggering 103 for the season.
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The new Premier League season kicks off at White Hart Lane on Saturday afternoon as Champions League debutants Spurs take on a Man City side whose minimum requirement this term must be a top four finish.

At the time of writing, Harry Redknapp has so far defied his ‘wheeler-dealer’ reputation with no significant signings coming into the club over the close season, and it remains to be seen whether he strengthens his squad in time for this one.

A fairly indifferent set of pre-season results could tempt ‘Arry into splashing out, with Craig Bellamy and Scott Parker two of the players strongly linked with the north London club. A 1-4 hammering by Villareal at the Lane a couple of weeks go will certainly have had Tottenham fans perusing the gossip columns with a certain desperation.
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