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Weekend footy betting (20th/21st)
Hopefully I can pick up where I left off on Wednesday night when my 3 way came in for a small profit so here are my picks for tomorrow
Main Acca
Everton to beat Bolton (H) @ 4/7
West Brom to beat Preston (H) @ 1/2
Forest to beat Peterborough (H) @ 1/2
Rochdale to beat Accrington (A) @ 11/10
Chesterfield to beat Burton (A) @ 7/4
These 5 are paying 19/1.
Everton have won their last 6 at Goodison including victories against Chelsea & Man Utd. Bolton have only won once in their last 6 away which, unfortunately for me came at Upton Park. Their last game on the road saw them go down 4-0 at Sunderland.
West Brom have won 5 of the last 6 at the Hawthorns with their only defeat coming at the hands of Forest back in early January. Preston are pretty poor away from Deepdale. They've lost 7 of their last 8 on the road with their only victory coming in a narrow victory at Peterborough back in January.
Forest have won their last 9 at the City Ground. Despite Peterborough winning last time out on the road against Watford, they'd lost 8 & drawn 1 in their previous 9 on the road so tbh, I'm a little surprised Forest ain't a lot shorter than this.
Despite Accrington having a good run at home of late (winning 5 from 6), Rochdale are fast closing in on their first promotion in 35 years out of the bottom tier. They won at Shrewsbury last weekend who had been in great form themselves at home.
Burton have lost their last 3 at the Pirelli Stadium with that bizarre game against Cheltenham last time out. They were leading 4-2 with just 6 minutes to go & ended up losing 5-6! Chesterfield lost their last game on the road at Notts County (1-0) but were unbeaten in 5 on the road before then (winning 4).
Long Shot
Villa (-1) to beat Wolves (H) @ EVENS
Wigan to beat Burnley (H) @ 4/5
Blackpool to beat Palace (H) @ 4/5
Newcastle to beat Bristol City (A) @ 5/6
Norwich to beat Swindon (A) @ 11/8
Notts Co to beat Crewe (A) @ 11/10
These 6 currently pay a huge 58/1 so in the words of DOHHHHHHH, worth a big blind.
Villa are decent at home & will be looking to put some real pressure on Spurs who currently occupy 4th spot (please God, ANYONE but Spurs to finish 4th). Wigan will see this as a great opportunity to put a bit of daylight between themselves & Burnley who currently occupy 18th spot. So far Burnley have only managed to pick up 1 point from a possible 45 on the road this season. Blackpool are decent at home whilst Palace have lost their way a bit since Warnock left for pastures new. Newcastle have been a bit indifferent away from St James' having drawn 4 of their last 6 on the road but they come up against a managerless Bristol City team that have only won 2 of their last 12 home & away. Last week I correctly predicted that Norwich would be the first team to win at Huddersfield & whilst Swindon have only lost once at home all season they are suffering from an horrendous injury list including their top scorer, Billy Paynter. Crewe have been indifferent at Gresty Road & they're running into one of the divisions form teams in Notts Co who have only lost once in their last 10 home & away.
Draw Acca
Stoke/Spurs @ 9/4
Sunderland/Birmingham @ 12/5
MK Dons/Southampton @ 12/5
Torquay/Lincoln @ 12/5
Ross Co/Inverness @ 5/2
Something a little different for me this week as I don't usually do draw accas. Draws are notoriously hard to pick out so it's no surprise that these 5 are paying a monster 446/1.
Good luck to all having a bet this weekend.
Jay
Comments
Its Hearts v Hibs and Bristol City v Newcastle Utd on a "Live" footy/beer frenzy for me tomorrow.
Have been hitting the post regularly (but quietly) in the last few weeks.
Going to do the following games to have over 2.5 goals in 7, 8 and 9 folds.
Blackpool V Palace
Bristol C V Newcastle
Scunthorpe V Plymouth
Burton V Chesterfield
Crewe V Notts Co.
Northampton V Morcambe
Kettering V Forest Green
York V Afc Wimbledon
East Fife V Stirling
Footnote.......
Quagmire, if you are listening to the programme....I need you to lump on HIBS and BRISTOL CITY.*
*T&C`s and standard renumeration rates apply.
EVERTON
ARSENAL
FOREST
CARDIFF
CHARLTON
PAYS ABOUT 9/1
Thanks Quagmire...she thinks that the special treat she is getting tomorrow involves slightly out-of-date Freddo`s from Farmfoods.
and it is a dead cert!
66-1 Liverpool win by 3 or more goals against Man U.
Liverpool for the first time this season have put to good performances together on the trot, Torres has his shooting boots, Mascherano is playing amazing and the defence doesnt look like they are going to concede every time the ball is in our half.
Add to that the fact Liverpool whipped them already 2-0 this season while they were struggling and Man U were doing well, and Rafa seems to have a water tight gameplan to stop Rooney (hence his 2 touches of the ball in the last 3 games V Liverpool)
here's my sat accum dtw
Everton
Ipswich
Forest
West Brom
Charlton
Notts County
Northampton
Pays 36/1
Good luck everyone
Pompey v Hull
Stoke v Spurs
QPR v Swansea
MK Dons v Southampton
Swindon v Norwich
Pays 433/1!
Fingers crossed this comes in or it's homemade easter eggs for the nephews this year.
Here is my weekend accum Bit of a long shot but fingers crossed:
Villa
Everton
Arsenal
Wigan
Forest
Scunthorpe
West Brom
Newcastle
Charlton
Oldham
Bournemouth
Celtic
Leicester
Chelsea
Man United
odds are around 2080/1
Good luck everyone having a bet this weekend! Quick question: has anyone received a free bet this week during skyfest. I'm still waiting for mine lol
LAST BLOODY KICK OF THE GAME HAS COST ME!!!!!!!!!!
All 5 of my main acca were coming in until Burton equalised with literally the last kick. Would've picked up just over £108 as well.
fwiw, the 4 fold kicked in which almost covered my outlay but I'm fuming right now. No problem with losing these bets, it's the nature of the beast but when it's like that it's a right kick in the balls.