Posts Tagged ‘Chelsea’
Wayne Rooney
July 18th, 2013 by G WaldorfThere is little doubt about it, the biggest transfer story of the summer, certainly in the EPL centres around Wayne Rooney, and his potential / possible / probable transfer from Manchester United to Chelsea Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »EPL Odds, Transfer Gossip and Rumours
June 28th, 2013 by G WaldorfWith Isco shunning Manchester City in favour of Real Madrid (who can blame him?) City are strongly rumoured to be preparing a massive bid for Tottenham’s Gareth Bale. Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »EPL Soccer Transfer Gossip and Rumours
June 4th, 2013 by adminAnother day, another load of EPL transfer rumours to get stuck into. That’s English Premier League if you don’t know what I am on about.
Chelsea are rumoured to be in negotiations with Galatasaray to reunite Wesley Sneijder with his former boss Jose Mourinho. Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Chelsea are rightly huge favourites for the Europa League Final 2013
May 13th, 2013 by adminWednesday’s Europa League final in Amsterdam looks likely to yield more entertainment for Benfica fans with activities outside the stadium than in, as Chelsea are rightly installed as keen favourites.
To lift the trophy Chelsea are $1.64 with Benfica $2.17. I feel the better value is on the handicap betting, with Chelsea -1 available at $5.00.
Chelsea’s recent form is strong, winning 6 of their last 8 games and with 2 draws, scoring at least 2 goals in every game bar the 1-0 victory against Manchester United. They have also got very recent European Final experience with last year’s Champions League victory.
Benfica on the other hand have a relatively weak streak, with 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in their last 8 games, including losing their last game, against PC Porto. They do often score though, so I think a cheeky correct score bet on Chelsea winning 3-1 at $19.00 is in order.
In my opinion an Over 2.5 goals at $2.00 is an almost certainty.
Other interesting Europa League 2013 Final bets are:
Chelsea to win both halves: $8.00
Lampard to score in 90 minutes and Chelsea to win the match: $5.50
Chelsea to score before and including 28th minute: $3.78
I don’t see much hope for Benfica, however given their likelihood to score, a bet on Benfica to Score Exactly 1 Goal is available at $2.50.
Read more »Who will pinch the Winterbottom?
November 22nd, 2009 by adminIt’s interesting seeing which races are available when in the online betting markets – for example, the Melbourne Cup was up and running wager-wise months before the actual event took place, much as you would expect.
Saturday’s Railway Stakes was a different matter – even though it was the first main group 1 event since Cup week, the usual bookmakers didn’t open their betting on it until around Wednesday. Even Betfair and IASbet, who seem among the earliest with most races, didn’t get going on it properly until the middle of last week.
Strange then, that the Winterbottom Stakes, due to appear next Saturday, is already on the go over the web, and in some cases was up and running before bets were being processed on the Railway.
When I had a good root around on Saturday, before the Railway, you could get 4.20 for Warathas Secret at the top of the Winterbottom market at IASbet – while a number of runners who were due to feature in the Railway were in there at tempting prices.
All American, second favourite for the Railway most of the week, was on 31.00 for the Winterbottom, for example.
A point worth bearing in mind, and there will of course be more on the three-year-olds and up race at Ascot throughout the week.
Elsewhere, back with the soccer, all of the major European leagues have now passed the ten games played stage – always a good benchmark to decide who really is in and who is definitely out, when it comes to title races.
In the English Premier League betting markets, Chelsea, the current league leaders, are still the favourites, while Liverpool’s challenge is already all but dead and buried after a poor start.
Holders Manchester United have faltered of late while Arsenal have been growing slowly and steadily. Although there’s little to choose between them and United, points-wise anyway, Arsenal at the moment look like a side capable of powering through later in the season and providing some value – Betfair have them at 5.00 now and this could be the best value for a side which is not Chelsea- the Blues are far too low in many markets given how early in the season it still is.
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