There's a huge Sunday for Premier League football but before that there's still plenty of great action this Saturday & we've got bets from the Championship & a Premier League derby game. As ever you can also follow us on Twitter by clicking the follow button above & if you like what we do tell everyone you can about us!
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| (The evergreen Kevin Phillips is still a thorn in many Championship sides with 8 goals so far) |
In the Championship, Blackpool entertain Crystal Palace at Bloomfield Road, the Tangerines sit in 9th place with 39 points & Crystal Palace are two points behind them in 13th. Blackpool have a good home record with seven wins & three draws in their 12 home league games, they haven't suffered defeat in front of the home faithful in five games (including a 3-0 victory over strong travellers Middlesbrough last time out) & haven't conceded a goal their in the last three. Visitors Palace are a mixed bag away from home with six wins & seven defeats but four of these wins came against sides in 19th position & lower. Also next Tuesday they have a massive 2nd leg Carling cup semi-final clash with Cardiff as they look to defend a slender 1-0 lead so there is a question of whether they will be fully focussed on this Championship clash. With this in mind &
Blackpool's strong home record we expect them to be too strong for Palace & take the points at the general price of 4/5.
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| (Steve Cotterill's Forest have slipped into the relegation places & look in trouble) |
Another games in the Championship sees second placed West Ham United host relegation threatened Nottingham Forest at Upton Park, the sides are currently separated by 20 league positions and 26 points. Steve Cotterill's Tricky Trees come into the game bottom of the current form table having picked up just 4 points from 8 games, the Hammers in the same period have collected a modest 13 points. Without setting the division alight West Ham are very well placed to bounce back up to the Premier League at the first time of asking following relegation in 2010/11, Sam Allardyce's side has been grinding out result of late, their tight defence takes the pressure off the forward players who have found it hard in front of goal - West Ham haven't scored more than one goal in any of there last 9 matches. Steve Cotterill knows that there is no money for new signings in the transfer window so he needs to rely on the players currently at his disposal. Forest's defence is also fairly sturdy, prior to letting in 3 against Southampton last time out in the league they went into that game having on conceded 5 in 7. We think the home side should win this one, especially if they have aspirations of playing top flight football next season.
West Ham are available at 4/6 with William Hill to collect all three points.
(Darren Bent will hope to be a villain to Wolves fans this Saturday)
The big Premier League game on Saturday has to be the Midlands derby between Wolverhampton Wanderers & Aston Villa where to our minds two of the league's most negative managers face off in what looks inevitably to be a tight & tense encounter. Both teams have just 23 goals in their 21 games played & it's little wonder neither set of fans is particularly enamoured with the men on the sideline, they've both had some tough fixtures of late & results have suffered with Wolves last win coming 8 games ago & Villa with just 2 wins in 10. There is at least grounds for optimism at Villa with a great win at Chelsea recently & the super talented Stephen Ireland starting to show some of the form from his outstanding 2008-09 season, they've got talent in other areas as well with Bent & Agbonlahor up front & Shay Given between the sticks. Wolves meanwhile are basically in relegation form mode after having started so well with two wins to start the season & apart from Steven Fletcher getting in the goals they really don't look to have that much attacking threat. If Wolves do manage to get in front the order seems to instantly go out that they should withdraw into their own half & hold the lead & they regularly end up paying the price for their negativity. It's a big game but unlikely to be a classic & we think under 2.5 goals is more likely than the 4/5 on offer, if a team is going to win it looks more likely to be Villa & they've only lost twice on the road in the league backing them on the draw no bet market at 21/20 is the way to go.
Selections:
Blackpool to beat Crystal Palace at 4/5 (various)
West Ham United to beat Nottm Forest at 4/6 (William Hill)
West Ham United 2-0 Nottm Forest at 15/2 (William Hill)
Aston Villa to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in draw no bet market at 21/20 (William Hill)
Under 2.5 goals in Wolves v Aston Villa game at 4/5 (various)
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