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Wales vs England 260311
Wales vs England betting
Wales vs England odds
Wales will be hoping that they can come out victorious in this battle of Britain and get off the mark in qualifying. On the other hand England will be looking to regain top spot in the group with a win in Cardiff. The two teams form going into the match on Saturday is quite different, England are so far unbeaten, but Wales have lost all three of their matches so far.
Wales
Wales record in qualifying so far has been pretty poor, after losing all three games and scoring just one goal, but they will be looking to halt that run against their local neighbours England on Saturday. Gary Speed has the chance to turn that form around after being appointed Wales boss in December but the former Sheffield manager lost his first game 3-0 back in February. This form is represented in the odds with Wales priced as long as 9.0 with Paddy Power to get the victory. Aaron Ramsey is set to captain his country, but Tottenham winger Gareth Bale is set to miss out through injury and he will be a big miss. Andy King has had a great season at Leicester so far, scoring 13 league goals, and the midfielder is a great price at 9.0 with Bet365 to score at any time.
England
England will be looking to kick on with their qualification campaign on Saturday with a win that could see them return to the top of the group. After the disappointing World Cup, manager Fabio Capello will be looking to qualify with ease for the competition next summer with one eye on the final prize. With this in mind a correct score of 2-0 is looking good at Betfred with odds of 6.5 available. It is often difficult to predict how a national team with shape up after such long periods without a game, but England shouldn’t be too dissimilar from the side that beat Denmark 2-1 with Ferdinand and Gerrard both out injured. This would mean Wayne Rooney and Darren Bent starting upfront together with Jack Wilshere expected to start in midfield. Bent looks good to score the opening goal in Cardiff with odds of 6.5 available from Bet365.
Highlighted Bets
Wales 0-2 England – 6.5 Betfred
Darren Bent first goal scorer – 6.5 Bet365
Andy King anytime scorer – 9.0 Bet365
Any Player from outside the Premier League to score – 2.5 Coral
Wales WIN – 9.0 Paddy Power
By Sam Markham
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Scotland vs Brazil 270311
Scotland vs Brazil betting
Scotland vs Brazil odds
Scotland
Scotland’s manager Craig Levein has already been accused of being overly negative, playing an extremely conservative 4-6-0 formation, with no out and out striker. Scotland have also been hit by a number of high profile injuries to the likes of striker Steven Naismith, defender Phil Bardsley and goalkeeper Iain Turner. Kenny Miller is left as the only experienced international forward and will most likely be chosen to lead the blues attack against the Samba boys. Therefore if you think Scotland can nick a goal in this fixture, it’s most likely to come from Kenny Miller, so a bet on him being the first goalscorer is good value at 12.5 on UniBet.
With David Luiz likely to start for Brazil there is a chance that his reckless tackles could reward Scotland with a penalty which will most likely be taken by central midfield star Charlie Adam, so why not have a bet on him scoring at any time in the fixture at 7.0 on ExtraBet. Late addition to the squad Craig Mackail-Smith has been in fantastic form of late and has netted 27 times in all competitions all season, so why not look at him as a late super sub scoring the last goal.
Brazil
Brazil are trying to usher in the new era of stars now, with the Ronaldinho’s, Robinho’s and Ronaldo’s having reached their peaks. The new generation are incoming alongside the old guard, expect appearances from Lucio, Julio Cesar and Maicon alongside young blood like Neymar, Ramires and David Luiz. Neymar’s selection will have excited many Brazilian fans as he looks to spearhead the next generation of Brazilians attack, so why not put a bet on him being the first goalscorer at 6.0 on Bet365.
Brazil are clear favourites for this fixture, and they are expected to come out and severely outplay Scotland so a bet on Brazil winning this fixture by 4 or more goals at a price of 9.0 on StanJames. Brazil will be looking to restore some form after a failure to win at the world cup in South Africa. Alexandre Pato is a doubt for the fixture as well as Nilmar so the starting line-up will be touch and go until the start.
Highlighted Bets:
First Goalscorer Kenny Miller 12.5 UniBet
Anytime Goalscorer Charlie Adam 7.0 ExtraBet
First Goalscorer Neymar 6.0 Bet365
Brazil to win by 4 goals or more 9.0 StanJames
By John Fernandez
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Ireland vs Macedonia 260311
Ireland vs Macedonia betting
Ireland vs Macedonia odds
Republic of Ireland: Euro Champion Qualifying Group Position: 2nd, Group Form: WWLD
With no Shay Given long term and Richard Dunne doubtful, and Leon Best and Seamus Coleman having withdrawn themselves from the squad with ankle injuries, the only positive fitness news is that Captain Robbie Keane is expected to start. Although without much first choice football in the past three weeks, he is still vital to his sides chances. Manager Trapattoni must be confident, having said on Keane “maybe after 60 minutes we can look at other options.”
Their group form has been good, and sees them in second place of European Championship Qualifying Group B, two points behind leaders Russia, after four games. Two wins, a draw and a defeat, at home to Russia can leave them confident of at least taking the playoff spot come the end of qualification, but to do this they must beat second rate teams like Macedonia.
Keane is the most experienced of a growing attacking threat, with Kevin Doyle, Aidan McGeady and others growing into their potential more and more with every game.
Macedonia: European Champion Qualifying Group Position: 5th, Group Form: LDWL
What to say about Macedonia? They have one player of real international repute in their squad, Goran Pandev, top scorer in his nation’s history over their only other notable player, Georgi Hristov. Results during and before the qualification are mixed, beating Andorra away and drawing with Armenia at home, whilst only losing by a goal each time against Slovenia and Russia in qualification. They also beat Romania in a friendly before the group stage started, which shows they are definitely improving.
Scoring only in games they’ve attained points, they are clearly not venturing forward at pace against teams they are not expecting to beat. Ireland shouldn’t be a team they can take more than a point from, and any positive result would be a shock.
To see how their qualifying campaigns usually go, they won only two games in World Cup Qualifying for South Africa 2010, one of them a shock home win over Scotland. Otherwise, they are generally beaten by teams of Ireland’s stature, and many below that.
Match Prediction: Ireland Win – Victor Chandler
It’s hard to see Ireland dropping points here, and if they want to qualify then they need to win games like this. They can still take first place, but only if they keep a high class record. Russia will take some stopping, so Ireland must be Macedonia.
Frankly, unless Pandev takes the game and single handedly takes Ireland down, Trapattoni’s men should take a comfortable three points.
The Irish beat Andorra 3-1 with ease, whilst Macedonia beat them 2-0 away from home. Clearly, the Macedonians aren’t pushovers, but they have little else than Pandev to threaten, and the Irish do carry a good attacking threat. A two goal margin in an Irish win would be of no surprise, neither would it shock if in form Kevin Doyle fired for them.
Highlighted Bets:-
Over/Under: Under 2.5 Goals – 1.67 Bet 365
First Goalscorer: Kevin Doyle – 6.5 Victor Chandler
Correct Score: 2-0 Ireland Win – 6.5 Bet Fred
By Chris Wilkerson
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England vs Ghana 290311
England vs Ghana betting
England vs Ghana odds
England will face world cup quarter-finalist Ghana at Wembley on Tuesday after completing a solid 2-0 victory over Wales at the weekend. Since that win 5 of that team have been released from the squad for the midweek friendly with John Terry, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson and Wayne Rooney returning to their respective clubs, while Kyle Walker has dropped out through injury. Their opponents Ghana continued their African Cup of Nations qualification at the weekend with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Congo to take themselves top of group I.
England
England played well in Wales on Saturday as goals from Frank Lampard and Darren Bent secured a good win for a new look team. Capello opted for a 4-3-3 system with a front 3 of Rooney, Young and Bent looking very dangerous. Although the personal may chance, with Capello admitting he could change his entire starting 11, it looks as though the formation may continue for the friendly on Tuesday. Despite this change in personnel England are still firm favourites and best priced at 1.62 with Bet365 to claim victory on the night. Young midfielder Jack Wilshere put in another good performance on Saturday and the Arsenal player is a good price at 17.0 with Stan James to open the scoring. Darren Bent scored his third goal in 3 games for England and the striker is looking good at 2.5 with William Hill to score again at any time. This game could be a lot more difficult for England than at the weekend and so a 2-1 home win is showing nicely at 9.0 with Skybet.
Ghana
Ghana will be looking towards the game on Tuesday with plenty of confidence as England will be without most of their top names and they are a team with plenty of technical ability. They lost out only on penalties in the quarter finals of the World Cup last summer and the Black Stars have risen to 16th in the FIFA world rankings. They have several players from top European Clubs with Asamoah Gyan and Andre Ayew up front particularly dangerous. Sunderland fans will know all about Gyan but Ayew has scored 7 goals for Marseille this season and is looking good at 6.0 with Sportingbet to score at any time. Finally, it is looking like Ghana may well get on the score sheet and so Ghana to score first is most definitely worth a look at 3.4 with Bwin.
Highlighted Bets
England 2-1 Ghana – 9.0 Skybet
Jack Wilshere first goal scorer – 17.0 Stan James
Jordan Ayew anytime scorer – 6.0 Sportingbet
Ghana to score first – 3.4 Bwin
England WIN – 1.62 Bet365
By John Fernandez
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World Cup Playoffs
World Cup Playoffs Betting Preview
With FIFA deciding at the last minute to introduce the seedings rule into the Football World Cup 2010 Playoffs, many feathers were ruffled and many unseeded teams were unhappy at the thought of having to play the likes of Argentina, Portugal and France, with no chance of them playing each other. However the draws were made and it is our neighbours Republic of Ireland who are playing a two-legged tie with the 2008 World Cup finalists France for a place in the finals.
Ireland vs France Betting preview
Looking across the bookmakers, most, if not all, have made France heavy favourites to win outright and qualify for the tournament with Ladbrokes offering poor, but average odds of 1/3 and Coral offering slightly better with 2/5. Although you won’t get much back from your money if France do go through, Raymond Domenech’s team do seem to be in decent form having only lost one game during qualifying, however I would not put a huge amount on the French going through. They will be missing star player Franck Ribery through injury and without the winger the team looks tired and I believe it’ll be difficult for the likes of Thierry Henry and Karim Benzema to break down a Republic of Ireland defence that boasts the likes of Richard Dunne and John O’Shea, without a creative playmaker like Ribery behind them, so those who do put a large amount on France to get through, they might be in for a shock – I just don’t think the odds are good enough for me to bet. Although I do believe France will be eventual winners of the tie and go through to the final, I think the Republic will give them a good game on home turf on the 14th November, and would suggest you take a bet with William Hill allowing you to bet on each game in the tie, with odds of 13/8 on the Republic beating France in Ireland on the 14th.
The other European Playoffs include Portugal vs. Bosnia, with Portugal expected to be the runaway winners. As expected the bookmakers are backing Portugal to qualify for the tounament, with most giving odds 1/5 and 1/6, and Coral seeming the best odds with 1/3. Although you will not have much of a return, it seems almost an inevitability that Portugal will go on to qualify, with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco on display against a Bosnia side who are ranked 42nd in the world and have never Qualified for the World Cup.
Other playoffs include Ukraine vs. Greece, and I would take the offer up on Ladbrokes who are offering 5/6 on Ukraine to qualify for the tournament. Most of the bookmakers odds are favouring Ukraine only slightly, but I believe they will comfortably go through with Greece not looking like a team of quality since their shock Euro 2004 win.
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World Cup Betting News
Latest World Cup Betting
England are 7/1 to lift next year’s World Cup after finding themselves among the eight seeded nations, according to bookmakers Ladbrokes.
Sven Goran Eriksson’s team are third favourites behind holders Brazil at 11/4 and 6/1 shots Argentina, who they recently beat in a friendly.
The surprise of the seeding was that Holland were not seeded, meaning they could face one of the “big boys” such as Brazil or Argentina in a group match. The final draw for the group stage will take place later this month.
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January Transfer Window
January Transfer Window Betting
January’s transfer window is always an interesting one; big names have been thrown around for the last month and now is the time for the business to be done, big spenders Manchester City are looking increasingly more likely to offload a number of big name stars and could be bringing in some expensive new signings. For convenience I will be splitting up the transfers and targets into sections. Make sure you check out are list of free bet offers for betting on the January Transfer window.
Emanuel Adebayor
Emanuel Adebayor’s £25 million move to Manchester City from Arsenal was one of the first big moves of City’s new era. Sadly for the Togolese captain things have not gone entirely to plan at Eastlands. After an exciting start he has slowly fallen behind Carlos Tevez and Mario Ballotelli in the pecking order of strikers at Eastlands and with Eden Dzeko looking set for the blue side of Manchester his time at City looks to be up. A number of clubs are rumoured to be interested but leading the pack as favourite are Italian giants Juventus with odds of 6/4 on SkyBet for a winter move there. Tottenham are also supposedly interested and rumour on the grapevine is that he may be going there as a 4th striker and new option if Robbie Keane departs, Tottenham are priced at 10/1 to land the powerful striker.
Ashley Young
Ashley Young could be next in the line of talented English midfielders to leave Villa park in recent seasons, and with Villa struggling under Gerrard Houlier of late the young winger may feel it is time that he left for pastures a new. Harry Redknap’s Tottenham are looking like the smartest place to put your money in regards to the pacey England international, they are strong favourites at 5/2 on SkyBet. However with Liverpool really struggling for form and with the immense failure of Joe Cole, Ashley Young could be Anfield bound with healthy odds of 6/1 on SkyBet. Other potential suitors include Manchester United, Arsenal and big spenders City who are priced respectively at 8/1, 10/1 and 16/1.
David Beckham
One of the less expected names has popped up again and again this past month and it now looks increasingly likely that old Golden Balls will be making a Premier League return on loan during the MLS close season. Recent reports seem to suggest that he is bound for Tottenham, and it is spurred on by leaked reports in America that Tottenham will be receiving a player on loan from the states. The odds of 1/4 on SkyBet make it seem very likely that Becks will be back in Englandm the only other location that seems plausible at this time is his old club Manchester United which is priced at 20/1 on SkyBet. Sky Bet is now one of the few online bookmakers accepting paypal.
Shay Given
Shay Given’s future at City looks very uncertain, especially with the emergence of Joe Hart as Mancini’s preferred number 1. Obviously a goalkeeper as talented and as used to first team football as the Irish international will want to play week in week out and it looks likely that he will be heading away from Eastlands this January. Whether permanently or on a loan move is yet to be seen, Celtic have been looking most likely to pick up the ex-Newcastle stopper and are a firm 9/2 on SkyBet to get Given. Italian club Roma also look to be sniffing around for Given’s services as well and are the favourites to pick him up at 4/1 on SkyBet.
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Shaun Wright-Phillips is another of the big names who looks to be on the way out at Eastlands, the likely destination of the England winger is really unknown at the moment, with a number of clubs sniffing around after a good bargain. However it is the wages of players like SWP that may put some teams of, the favourites for his signature look to be West Ham, Newcastle and Stoke City who are all priced at 5/1 on SkyBet.
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Supreme Novices Hurdle
Cheltenham Supreme Novices Hurdle
Cheltenham Festival race guide – the Supreme Novices Hurdle
What better way to kick start this year’s Cheltenham Festival than seeing some of the finest novice hurdlers across the UK and Ireland contest the Prestbury Park curtain raiser. The field can expect to hear the traditional “Cheltenham Roar” as they embark on their two mile journey. And despite his fall two flights from home in the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury last time, the previously unbeaten Darlan just shades favouritism for this Grade 1 event. But the Nicky Henderson-trained five-year-old can expect stiff competition from a whole host of exciting novices including Cinders And Ashes and Midnight Game amongst others. It promises to be another fantastic renewal run on the old course at Cheltenham, and one which should whet the appetite for all four days.
Paddy Power are refunding losing singles on the race if Cue Card wins so it is worth doing any other bets in the race with them, the unbeaten Spirit Son head the list of challengers, he has shown more potential than actual form so far in his three starts, he has also shown a liking for soft ground so may not find conditions to suit. Recession Proof is solid but not outstanding whilst Zaidpour might like it a little softer, best of the each way chances could be Sprinter Sacre who has shown a good level of form on a variety of ground.
Supreme Novices Hurdle odds
The field of runners will swing left-handed as they complete their near two-mile journey. The race should see a large number of entrants and the early ante-post betting is centred on the Colin Tizzard trained Cue Card. After winning the Weatherby’s Champion Bumper at the festival last year, the 4yo gelding bolted up by thirteen lengths in a subsequent Novices Hurdle at Aintree in late October. If entered for the Cheltenham opener, the unbeaten hurdler will be hard to beat and it is hard to see Cue Card surrendering his unbeaten record. Bookmakers across the board list him at 6/1 to scoop the £100,000 purse, so perhaps one to keep an eye on in the build up to March’s showdown.
Recent Trends
Favourites have underperformed in recent years in the Supreme Novices with only two market leaders crossing the line first in the last seventeen runnings of this race. Last year’s winner Menorah went off at a healthy 12/1 and rewarded those punters looking for value in the market. The whole population of Ireland seemed to be on Irish raider Dunguib in the race, but he fluffed his line at 4/5 favourite. Therefore it may be worth chancing an outsider to get your betting week off to the best possible start. The ante-post market will certainly hot up in the run up to the race, so as ever it is important to make regular market inspections as horses making their debut Cheltenham debut have gone in before at hefty prices. The form book has gone out of the window several times in recent years which makes the race one of the toughest to predict.
Testing conditions underfoot could influence the betting, and when identifying your chosen fancy for this one, examine key qualities such as stamina and pace with regards flat bred runners. Tactics could play a huge part should the pace be frenetic over the first mile and it will be interesting to see who takes up the running. Irish horses have a particular good record in this event, and this another one of the many factors to consider before placing your bets and finding the first winner of the 2011 Cheltenham Festival!
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