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Weekend footy betting (Sat 20th)
Right, it's that time again & I'm determined (hoping!) that I'm gonna take a few quid off the bookies this weekend. 3 different bets as usual.
Main Accumulator:
Cardiff to beat Barnsley (H) @ 8/11
Newcastle to beat Preston (H) @ 8/15
Forest to beat Middlesbrough (H) @ 5/6
Colchester to beat Oldham (H) @ 8/13
Swindon to beat Carlisle (H) @ 8/11
Rochdale to beat Dagenham (H) @ 4/6
As a general rule of thumb I never normally pick more than 5 games for my main accumulator as it's far less likely to come in, however, no matter how many times I look through the form book & stats of the teams involved I just can't find one to drop so I'm gonna take a bigger than normal gamble this week. The 6 way on this currently returns a little over 21/1. I'll also be perming 5 from 6 as well.
Cardiff are generally strong at home & are yet to lose there this year. They very nearly beat one of the divisions stronger teams in West Brom in their last game there whilst Barnsley have only won 1 of their last 6 aways having lost 4 of them. Newcastle are unbeaten at home all season & have scored 9 in the last 2 at St James. Preston have won only once in their last 9 aways which came at rock bottom Peterborough. Forest are unbeaten in 12 at home in the league & they've won 11 of those. Their last home league defeat came at the hands of Blackpool way back in September. Although Boro seem to picking up a bit of late they are very inconsistent & really not great away from home. They've won 1 & lost 4 of their last 6 aways. Colchester have only lost 2 at home in the league all season & they were against the divisions top 2 teams in Norwich & Leeds. The only other team to have come away from there with anything is Exeter back in November when they managed a 2-2 draw. Oldham have only won 1 & lost 5 of their last 7 aways. Swindon have only lost 1 at home in the league all season when Hartlepool managed to come away with the points back in October. Despite picking up a point in their last away game Huddersfield, Carlisle are generally not that strong away from Brunton Park having only won 1 from their last 6. Rochdale are unbeaten in 6 at home whilst Dagenham are in freefall having only won once in their last 9 aways.
Long Shot:
Everton/Man Utd - DRAW @ 5/2
Portsmouth/Stoke - DRAW @ 12/5
Derby/Swansea - DRAW @ 12/5
Scunthorpe to beat Watford (H) @ 13/10
Millwall to beat Wycombe (A) @ 11/10
This week I've gone for a REAL long shot. These 5 are returning a whopping 194/1!!!!!!!.
Everton have been in great form recently and have beaten both Man City & Chelsea at home in recent weeks. Man Utd have been in decent form themselves recently having nicked a draw against Villa with 10 men last time out so the draw looks a good bet here. Portsmouth have certainly got plenty of fight in them but Stoke are difficult to break down. Stoke have drawn 3 of their last 4 games & Pompey are worth a point. Derby & Swansea are 2 of the form teams in the Championship at the moment & there's very little between them. Scunthorpe haven't exactly been the model of consistency themselves but are generally difficult to beat at home. Couple that with the fact that Watford have lost 7 of their last 8 away & the home win looks good value. As expected, Wycombe have struggled at this level all season. Their last home victory came back in December against a Stockport team who everyone is beating. They've lost their last 4 at home, Whilst Millwall have been fairly inconsistent away from home this season they do have a good record on the road against the struggling teams in this league.
For my 3rd bet of the weekend I've gone for something a little bit different. I've had a goalcast bet on the West Ham/Hull game with Carlton Cole to score first & West Ham to win 2-0. This pays 22/1,
Good luck to all with your betting this weekend.
Jay
Comments
I've got a good feeling about today, we're gonna hammer the bookies(we've got to really, some people stooped as low as betting on Eastenders yesterday so you know things aren't going too well).
League One should be good for some accas today, the form teams are strong at the mo and the other teams are a load of plop.
I'll post my selections in the next hour. Good luck everyone.
It turned out to be as exciting as extra-time and penalties.............
In a Johnstones Paint Trophy (northern section) Game.
cardiff 4/6
swansea 8/5
forrest 1/1
sheff United 11/10
Leeds 2/5
Norwhich 8/11
Rchdlase 4/7
Pays a nice 345.80
and had a couple of quid on the coupon where bot treams need to score in the match, gone for the following games
Wolves
newcastle
Plymouth
Tranmere
Walsall
Wycombe
Crewe
Rochdale
This pays 249.99
made a msiatke by putting rochdale in as they are in mymain bet dont really want dagenham to score.
Good luck all
West Ham
Forest
Colchester
Mk Dons
Swindon
Rochdale
Currently 24/1.
Eastenders is a truly woeful programme. I was channel surfing a few years back, landed on beeb 1 to find a load of peeps stood round the pool table in the Queen Vic having a go at some guy called Minty for dropping an awful guff. Surely the tv licence money the beeb gets should produce better stuff than this.
Derby v Swansea
Plymouth v Leicester
Sheff Wed v Ipswich
Aldershot v Notts County
Crewe v Northampton
Pays 389/1!
here's me weekend accum gl all dtw
Had to dip into the Conference North/South for a few.
West Ham 8/11
Cardiff 8/11
Colchester 4/6
Exeter 4/5
MK Dons 8/11
Port Vale 5/6
Staines Town 4/6
Basingstoke 11/10
Stafford Rangers 11/10
Gonna Try a single on Middlesbro at Forest. 10/3 is a big price.
As always, Good Luck to Everyone with their Bets Today!!
Have backed over 2.5 goals in the games at
Portsmouth
Blackpool
Palace
Charlton
Swindon
Grimsby
Rochdale
Falkirk
Cowdenbeath
8-folds and an acca.
Well done on your 5 fold silentbob.
Let us know if you are going to post your selections for tomorrow mate.
I can whiff the Brut from Quagmires house as I type......
Does anyone else have a team (or teams), that when you back them, they play like they have all just met each other 5 minutes before kick-off?
Mine Include...
Cardiff
West Brom
Tran*ere
Bristol City
Rotherham
Dundee
Discuss.........
On the subject of bogey teams that ruin accas, Stoke have cost me a good wedge on 2 accas in the past 2 seasons. Crewe, Carlizzle and Man Utd normally cost me aswell(Man Utd cost me and me mate £5,000 several years ago, we stuck an Ayrton Senna apiece on a 14-team acca and they were the only team to let us down, got beat by some non-descript Hungarian team. They hammered them 5-1 at Old Trafford the week after. Swines).
Villa win 2/5
Fulham/Birmingham under 2.5 goals 8/13
Man city/Liverpool under 2.5 goals 8/11
If it comes in i'll be about £7 in profit, if not the bookies have done well out of me this weekend.
achill
Hearts @ 4/6 v hamilton +
Villa @ 2/5 Pays just over 5/4.
I like your bet achill, city v l'pool last 3 years 0-1 0-0 0-0. (from last tuesdays sun pools guide)
+ fulham v brum. A 0-0 draw or 1-0 either way wouldnt surprise anyone, 0-0 last season. Almost 3/1 does look tempting. Good luck everyone.
marseille 1/2
Lyon 6/5
Athletico Bilbao 4/6
Osauana 4/5
Anderlecht 2/9
Porot 5/6
£10 pays £221.83