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FA Cup Final Tips
by Ben, last updated 2008-05-15 20:01:04FA Cup Bet
What a bizarre year for the FA Cup. The quarter finals did not go as expected. First Portsmouth knock out Manchester United at Old Trafford and then Barnsley beat Chelsea. The joint favourites knocked out in one of the strangest weekend of football I can remember. Cardiff also disposed of Middlesbrough on that weekend in early March.
So this Saturday its cup final day. Portsmouth of the Premiership vs Cardiff of the Championship. To be honest I can’t see past a Portsmouth win. They packed up in the Premiership early, losing their last 4 games. Their season rests on this 1 game. The last 4 games have been about not risking injuries.
Cardiff are a mid-table Championship side. The quality of the Championship this year has been particularly bad. West Brom won the title with the lowest points total in years. The gulf in class between the top two divisions in English football is huge. Not surprisingly, the 3 teams that are promoted this year will be the favourites for the drop.
I know its a one off match and there’s some ‘magic’ there but shocks don’t really happen that often. Otherwise they wouldn’t be shocks. Bet365 have gone top price for a Portsmouth win at 1.8. The 3.6 for the handicap draw looks tempting too but I think the straight win at 1.8 is the bet to have on the Cup Final. Barring any major team news on Saturday, this is a banker bet at a decent price. Time for the bookies to give some money back from the Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool shocks of previous rounds.
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UEFA CUP Betting
by Ben, last updated 2008-05-13 01:18:23WALTER SMITH AS LIKELY TO PULL A PINT IN ROVER'S RETURN AS WIN QUADRUPLE
by Paddy Power
Rangers will be the outsiders for their UEFA Cup Final clash against Zenit St Petersburg according to bookie Paddy Power.Walter Smith's men are 6/5 to lift the cup to Zenit's 8/13 and 11/5 to have won the game in the regulation 90 minutes of normal time. However with more than 100,000 fans expected in Manchester it's a huge night for the blue half of Glasgow and Paddy Power have a wide range of bets on the 3/1 quadruple hopefuls.
Despite the quadruple still being on Rangers have been criticised this season for playing negative football. Slightly bemused that a team who have seen off Lyon, Fiorentina, Sporting Lisbon and others this season might be criticised, Paddy Power are betting on how many goals Rangers score in 90 minutes with one goal being the favourite at 11/8.
Old Boys Firm
Rangers will also be meeting a couple of old boys in the Final and Paddy Power are offering 11/1 that former Rangers captain Fernando Ricksen scores against his old team and 150/1 that Zenit's manager Dick Advocaat watches the game wearing a kilt in a nod to his former club.
Rangers' Rover's Return
With the final taking place at The City of Manchester Stadium, home of Manchester City, Paddy Power are also betting on who will be the first to roll out the usual "I'm in Manchester" PR stunt and be pictured pulling a pint from behind the bar of the famous Rover's Return. Rangers manager Walter Smith is the 3/1 favourite (the same price as winning the quadruple), The Gers' most famous fan Sean Connery is 7/2 whilst Russia's new President and Zenit St Petersburg supporter Dimitry Medvedev is the 20/1 outsider.
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UEFA CUP FINAL SPECIALS The City of Manchester Final
1st To Be Pictured Pulling A Pint Behind The Bar Of Coronation Street's Rover's Return
3/1 Walter Smith
10/3 Barry Ferguson
7/2 Sean Connery
4/1 Ally McCoist
7/1 Alex Salmond
10/1 Gordon Ramsey
12/1 Dick Advocaat
20/1 Russian President Dimitry Medvedev (Zenit supporter)
Rangers Specials
3/1 Rangers to win the quadruple
6/1 Scottish team to reach next season's UEFA Cup Final
5/2 English team to reach next season's UEFA Cup Final
How many of their last 4 games will Rangers win?
40/1 None
11/2 One
6/4 Two
5/4 Three
6/1 Four
Number of Rangers goals in the match (90 mins)
7/5 No goals
11/8 One goal
7/2 Two goals
13/1 Three goals
50/1 Four goals or more
Dick Advocaat Specials
66/1 Dick Advocaat to be seen cheering a Rangers goal
150/1 Dick Advocaat to wear a kilt during the match
UEFA CUP FINAL MATCH BETTING
To Lift The Cup
8/13 Zenit St Petersburg
6/5 Rangers
Match Betting
5/4 Zenit St Petersburg
21/10 Draw
11/5 Rangers
To Win in Extra Time
8/1 Zenit
11/1 Rangers
To Win on Penalties
8/1 Zenit
8/1 Rangers
Who will have most yellow cards in the match
6/4 Rangers
6/4 Zenit
11/5 Tie
Number of Yellow cards in match
16/1 None
8/1 One
5/1 Two
4/1 Three
7/2 Four
11/8 Five or more
Number of red cards in match
1/5 None
3/1 One
14/1 Two or more
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