Sports Betting Blog

The FA Cup would appear to be Chelsea’s to lose following the exit of Arsenal this weekend.

With Arsenal joining Liverpool and Manchester United on the FA Cup sidelines Paddy Power now have Chelsea the 6/4 favourites to win the FA Cup with apparent cup specialists Manchester City their nearest rival at 10/3. City are 12/1 to complete the Cup double this season ahead of the Carling Cup semi-final against neighbours United on Wednesday.
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William Hill are now 1/3 that David Beckham will be on the plane to South Africa, following a good display in-front of the England Manager but the odds suggest that he will not be part of the original starting eleven with Hills offering 2/5 he is not . Patrick Vieira looks set to join Man City and Hills expect City to carry on adding to their squad offering 14/1 that they bring in just Vieira but 5/2 that five or more players join City in the January window. Leeds fans will be disheartened to see that star striker Jermain Beckford is now 8/15 to be a Newcastle player come February.
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William Hill now make Liverpool 11/8 to finish in the top four following their win at Villa, and 8/15 not to. ‘The win at Villa was just what Rafa needed to keep his ‘top four guarantee’ a realistic prospect’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. Liverpool were fortunate with a stoppage time goal from Fernando Torres. The 0-0 results looked on the cards until Torres struck with just minutes to go.
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Mark Hughes is the opening favourite with Paddy Power to be the next Bolton manager following Gary Megson’s sacking today. The club said, “The decision has been taken in the light of the position the club finds itself in the Barclays Premier League at the halfway point of the season.” Fans were calling for Megson’s head even before the 2-2 home draw with Hull in which they were 2-0 up.

Hughes is 11/4 for a quick return to management following his recent exit at Manchester City with Alan Curbishley the next name in the frame at 6/1.
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Paul Hart was the first casualty in the Premiership sack race and Hills odds suggest that there will be a further two sackings in the season at 15/8, with five more offered at 5/1. Phil Brown is the 1/1 favourite to be the next manager to be shown the door, Gary Megson is second favourite at 7/4 and the under pressure Rafa Benitez a 7/1 shot. New Portsmouth Manager Avram Grant is a 14/1 shot to be the next man out.

“The sack race is an ever popular market and so far most of the bets in the new book have been for Benitez at 7/1,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.
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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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Tonight sees the Milan Derby. This is one the highlights of the Serie A League. Last seasons winners Inter Milan are the away side even though they both play at the same stadium. You watch a free legal stream online at Skybet. Just use the skyplayer in the bottom right corner.
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So after 3 games, Burnley are sitting in 7th place. With the fixture list they way it was, Burnley manager, Owen Coyle will be on cloud 9. Even the most die hard Burnley fans could have thought this was possible.

Not many teams get anything from the Britannia Stadium so the opening day defeat was not a disaster. Newly promoted teams like Burnley usually live or die by their home form. That has, in a word been, exceptional. Who’d have thought that Burnley would beat Manchester United? The bookies certainly didn’t offering 10/1 on the Burnley win. On Sunday, they beat Everton 1-0 too. Saha missed a penalty so Everton could have got something from the game.
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Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and of course Manchester United, for the last few years these four have dominated English football and as a neutral I have found it rather boring. Well there’s a new kid on the block. A club with more financial muscle than anyone else in this great footballing land of ours. Please step forward Manchester City.
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