Sunday bloody Sunday... predictions

Sunday:

13.30: Arsenal Vs Blackburn: On paper this must be an Arsenal win. So there is no value in Backing Arsenal. Football as they say is a funny old game so Blackburn to have a shocking 2-0 win at the Emirates being 66/1 looks very tasty.

Theo Walcott set to make appearance from subs bench on Sunday

15:00: Everton Vs Stoke: Both teams haven’t been very impressive this term, but Everton are expected to win, a 3-2 win for Everton looks attractive though with most sports-books offering around 25/1.

15:00: West Ham Vs Fulham: West Ham have not won in the League since the opening day of the season and Fulham haven’t exactly set the league on fire either. Both teams have a lot to prove, so how about a thrilling 3-3 draw? Most bookies are offering around 50/1.

16:00: Chelsea Vs Liverpool: Finally a match we can sink our teeth into, a real highlight in the fixture calendar. I fancy Chelsea (as do the bookies), but I don’t think Liverpool will go down without a fight. 4-3 either way will give you odds of 100/1, fantastic value.

What's your betting one of these three open the scoring?

Monday

20:00: Aston Villa Vs Manchester City: The second mouth watering fixture of the weekend. The bookies think Villa will just shade it I fancy City and if there’s another goal feast how about City win 4-2, a cracking bet at 80/1!

With only two genuine ‘stand out’ games taking place this weekend (Chelsea Vs Liverpool, Sunday 1600 and Aston Villa Vs Manchester City); perhaps I might be being too optimistic about the astonishing ‘goals per game’ average continuing.

Yet with English football never looking as good why should we not indulge ourselves? Particularly with other European leagues looking increasingly insipid, anyone for the monotony of 0-0, 1-0, and 1-1 that is Serie A this season? I thought not!

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High Scores In The English Premier League This Weekend?

Hello Sports Fans!

With the back pages of the U.K. newspapers all over the highest goals per game rate in the top flight of English football for 41 years, I thought it might be fun to look at the odds for some big scores in this weekend’s Premier League games.

Saturday:

15:00: Bolton Vs Tottenham: Both teams come into this game on the back of a win last weekend. Spurs put 5 past Burnley and must definitely fancy their chances. But the Reebok (or the Breeze Block, as the travelling fans call it) isn’t an easy place to play fast free flowing football, so how about a tightly fought 2-2? This at the moment is around 12/1.



15:00: Burnley Vs Birmingham: This would usually scream ‘low scoring draw’ to me, but in this climate and with Birmingham’s disappointing form of late and Burnley looking to respond to their critics after their drubbing; last weekend 3-1 looks a good bet at around 25/1.

15:00: Hull Vs Wigan: Another less than thrilling game, or so it would seem on paper. BUT, Wigan must be flying after their tremendous win over Chelsea last Saturday and Hull have lost their last three league games, a thrilling 3-2 will give you a return of about 28/1 for either team.

15:00: Wolverhampton Wanderers Vs Portsmouth: Wolves lost 5-2 last Sunday to an impressive Sunderland, but Portsmouth have had the most abysmal start to their Premier League campaign, so it is no surprise then there isn’t much value in betting on Wolves comfortably beating Portsmouth, so if you fancy a punt why not go the other way, Portsmouth to win 3-0 is 40/1.

17:30: Manchester United Vs Sunderland: Surely United will win this? The Bookmakers certainly seem to think so as they have Sunderland at a massive 11/1 to win. United to win 5-0 is appallingly low odds just 16/1! If you fancy an out and out gamble I would just back Sunderland on a straight win.