Blackburn vs Burnley Betting Tips

In East Lancashire, this is the biggest match of the season. Apart from, of course, the return match in Burnley. As derbies go, this one is more ferocious and competitive than most. Put simply, the fans of Blackburn Rovers and the fans of Burnley hate each other.
Combine that with the fact that the two sides [...] http://bit.ly/2NmJ4b

Wigan vs Manchester City Preview

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has something of an injury crisis ahead of this trip to Wigan Athletic’s DW Stadium.
WIth Robinho and Zabeleta definitely out, knocks to Craig Bellamy, Kolo Toure, Martin Petrov, Joleon Lescott and Nigel De Jong could mean City are down on numbers.
Bellamy, De Jong and Petrov are the most likely to [...] http://bit.ly/2mK9wi

Blackburn Vs Burnley Preview

Midfielder Vince Grella is out for Sam Allardyce’s Blackburn Rovers, while Burnley boss Owen Coyle has no new injury concerns.
Grella picked up a thigh strain playing for Australia and is likely to be replaced for Blackburn by Steven N’Zonzi.
Returning for Sam Allardyce’s side, however, are defenders Chris Samba and Ryan Nelsen, both of whom were [...] http://bit.ly/fERAb

Money Back Betting On Wigan v Man City

If you’re thinking of having a punt on Wigan vs Manchester City (Sun, Oct 17th, 16:00 GMT), then you might want to do so in the company of Paddy Power.
The Irish bookmaker will refund all losing 1st/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles up to £200/€300 if Craig Bellamy scores last in this match.
We at [...] http://bit.ly/1k58Cj

Sunderland v Liverpool Preview

Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard are missing for a Liverpool side, while ex-Liverpool midfielder Bolo Zenden could start for Steve Bruce’s Sunderland side.
Zenden, who signed a year long deal with Sunderland in midweek, could come in as left back in place of the suspended Kieran Richardson, although George McCartney would be in contention if he [...] http://bit.ly/4BDOyY

Stoke City v West Ham Match Preview

Glenn Whelan is a doubt for Tony Pulis’ Stoke City side, while Scott Parker is missing for West Ham United.
Youngster Jack Collison could replace the suspended Parker in the center of midfield for Gianfranco Zola’s side, although the fit again Valon Behrami could also fulfill that role.
Junior Stanislas is pushing to start in support of [...] http://bit.ly/3HWSC

Portsmouth v Tottenham Preview

David James returns to goal for Portsmouth after missing England’s midweek match with Belarus; while Spurs may be forced to rest midfielder Wilson Palacios.
Palacios will not return to the UK from Honduras until Saturday morning after being obliged by the Honduran military government to celebrate his country’s qualification to the World Cup Finals. If Palacios [...] http://bit.ly/42HQoL

Manchester United v Bolton Preview

Wayne Rooney is out for Manchester Utd with a calf injury, while fellow striker Johan Elamander is full fit and in contention for Bolton Wanderers.
Also rated doubtful for Manchester United is Dimitar Berbatov as the striker is still in Bulgaria following the birth of his daughter.
However, Michael Owen is fit again and is likely to [...] http://bit.ly/2UDRl4

Everton vs Wolves Team Preview

Fifa have given Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini clearance to play against Wolverhampton Wanderers, despite protests from the Belgian FA.
Fellaini had pulled out of Belgium’s midweek international, but Fifa have accepted that Everton have broken no rules.
Fellow midfielder Steven Pienaar will face a late fitness test on the knee injury that has kept him out of [...] http://bit.ly/1y4wxE

Arsenal v Birmingham City Preview

Both Arsenal and Birmingham City have a number of injury problems ahead of Saturday’s match at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal left back Gael Clichy has picked up an ankle injury on international duty and will join Nicklas Bendtner, Eduardo, Samir Nasri and Denilson on the sidelines.
First choice ‘keeper Manuel Almunia will face a late fitness test, [...] http://bit.ly/1tBamZ

Aston Villa vs Chelsea Preview

Petr Cech returns from suspension to face an Aston Villa side with no new injury worries.
Both Luke Young and Ashley Young return for Martin O’Neill’s Villa side; the former having been given compassionate leave after the death of his brother, while the latter has overcome  the injury that saw him substituted against Manchester City.
Despite question [...] http://bit.ly/2pFRr3

Kalou Signs New Chelsea Deal

Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou has put pen to paper on a new three year deal with the club.
The Ivory Coast forward is the latest Chelsea player to sign a new deal and boss Carlo Ancelotti pronounced himself “pleased” with the agreement.
Ancelotti commented:
“He is always well motivated and works hard at his game at all times. [...] http://bit.ly/20IJEK

Ukraine vs England Betting Tips

With England already qualified for the 2010 World Cup, it’s hard to know how either the manager or the team are going to approach this match with Ukraine.
Despite all Wayne Rooney’s talk of wanting to win all their qualifying games, Capello may look to experiment in the second half of the match, thus reducing England’s [...] http://bit.ly/48wL8i

Man United Cleared Over Pogba Deal

Manchester United have been cleared of any wrong doing over their signing of 16 year old player Paul Pogba.
French side Le Havre alleged that United were in breach of transfer regulations relating to minors, saying that they (Le Havre) had agreed a contract with the player.
However a judge appointed by football’s governing body FIFA disagreed. [...] http://bit.ly/jvFAR

Cruise Ship Hotels For 2010 World Cup?

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is a man who has more than his fair share of ridiculous, unworkable and spurious ideas. But his latest is also possibly his greatest.The, um, 'great' man has suggested using cruise ships as alternatives for hotels at the 2010 World Cup Finals to overcome the shortage of hotel rooms in South Africa.Just one teeny, tiny problem. The South African government doesn't want http://bit.ly/AHDBH

Maradona Not Going To Pompey

No sooner has Sulaiman Al Fahim taken over at Portsmouth, than rumours start linking Argentina legend Diego Maradona with a role at the club.Al Fahim, you will remember, was the face of the group that took over Manchester City. He was the man that declared City would sign Cristiano Ronaldo for £134m and other similarly ridiculous things. He was soon sidelined by the group behind the Manchester http://bit.ly/2LCoHm

It's Time To Reorganise Qualifiers

This week, three days before the Scottish Premier League season started, Scotland had to play a World Cup 2010 qualifying match against Norway. They got hammered. 4-0 to Norway.Also in World Cup Qualifying action were France, Croatia and Germany, not to mention San Marino. I said : not to mention San Marino.The leagues in France and German started the week before, while the new Croatian season http://bit.ly/1KXBHM

Tottenham Transfer Rumours

Despite a report in The Daily Express that Manchester United are also interested, rumours are circulating about a January move by Tottenham for Portsmouth’s Daivd James. Why? Who knows.
Other Tottenham transfer gossip suggests that Roman Pavyluchenko is on his way, either to AC Milan in some kind of swap deal involving Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Gareth [...] http://cli.gs/aDhNv

Kalou Signs New Chelsea Deal

Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou has put pen to paper on a new three year deal with the club.
The Ivory Coast forward is the latest Chelsea player to sign a new deal and boss Carlo Ancelotti pronounced himself “pleased” with the agreement.
Ancelotti commented:
“He is always well motivated and works hard at his game at all times. [...] http://cli.gs/R18V0