English Premier League 2011 Betting

[Choppa]

New EPL season about to start, so it's time to butter up after a successful World Cup campaign.

Here's a brief club by club breakdown...

Premier League preview | Herald Sun

For the record, my predictions are:

1st Chelsea
2nd Manchester City
3rd Arsenal
4th Manchester United

Relegated:
Blackpool
West Brom
Wigan

Opening round matches:
Tottenham Hotspur ($2.40) v Manchester City ($3.00); draw ($3.20)
Aston Villa ($2.00) v West Ham United ($3.85); draw ($3.30)
Blackburn Rovers ($2.97) v Everton ($2.42); draw ($3.20)
Bolton Wanderers ($2.20) v Fulham ($3.35); draw ($3.25)
Sunderland ($2.20) v Birmingham ($3.35); draw ($3.25)
Wigan Athletic ($1.85) v Blackpool ($4.60); draw ($3.30)
Wolverhampton Wanderers ($2.32) v Stoke City ($3.15); draw ($3.20)
Chelsea ($1.16) v West Bromwich Albion ($17.00); draw ($7.00)
Liverpool ($2.50) v Arsenal ($2.85); draw ($3.20)
Manchester United ($1.25) v Newcastle United ($12.50); draw ($5.50)

Locks: Chelsea, Manchester United
Value: West Ham to get a result against a Villa side that just lost their biggest asset - manager Martin O'Neill; Blackpool to steal a draw in their first EPL match.
Avoid: just about everything else!

Actually, don't like this opening round a lot from a multi's perspective (it can be seen that many matches are a toss-up).

Regardless, bring on the new season!

[HeeHaw]

Ah the EPL is back. Good times. This is the only competition I will not bet on as my hatred for all teams not from Liverpool and not in red prevents me from rationalising any selections. In saying that

Spurs/Man City draw
Fulham to beat Bolton
Chelsea to beat WBA
Everton/Blackburn draw

Bring it on.

[Choppa]

Wow, saw the replay of Villa-West Ham. The Hammers were lol-bad; but not as laughable as Wigan, spanked 0-4 by the anticpated easy-beats of the EPL, Blackpool...

[TroyVanz]

Sheffield wed to win their league. aek athens to win greek league, and a few bucks on them to win the greek cup.
adelaide united to win he league.
man united to win the league

[Choppa]

Haven't actually laid an EPL bet to date, but am in the mood. Blackburn v Arsenal underway, so let's see what is on top the rest of the weekend (picks in bold):

SATURDAY
Chelsea v Stoke @ $1.11
Blackpool v Fulham - no bet
Wolves v Newcastle @ $2.93
Spurs v Wigan @ $1.25
Man Utd v West Ham @ $1.14


SUNDAY
Bolton vs Birmingham draw @ $3.30
Sunderland v Man City @ $4.35 in an upset
Liverpool v West Brom $1.28
Aston Villa v Everton draw @ $3.20

No value tonight, perhaps look for the obvious bets in handicap betting. May go the 4 leg multi tomorrow @ $58.80 instead for the proverbial shits and giggles.

[chenyan]

Did you add the Aston Villa game after an edit?

Pretty sure your original three-leg multi for approx $16-1 was on the money..

[Choppa]

Sort of - I thought the Villa game was on Monday night, but realised about an hour before the Bolton game that it was in fact on Sunday night - hence the change.

WP, GG, jog it in Chop... hopefully someone who saw the original post got on board (it was actually around the $17.75 mark, out to about $18.40 last night).....it's no wonder I woke up feeling ill this morning!

[Choppa]

Righto, selections for the weekend:

- Everton to draw with Manchester Utd ($3.30) - Rooney has been left out after revelations that he has been spending his dough on 1,000 pound a night hookers.
- Arsenal to beat Bolton ($1.23)
- Fulham to draw with Wolves ($3.40)
- Manchester City to beat Blackburn ($1.45)
- Newcastle to beat Blackpool ($1.52)
- West Brom to be beaten by Spurs ($2.15)
- West Ham to be beaten by Chelsea ($1.33)
- Wigan to draw with Sunderland ($3.20)
- Birmingham to draw with Liverpool ($3.20)
- Stoke to be beaten by Aston Villa ($2.80)

Multis: anchor Chelsea and Arsenal; to a slightly lesser extent Newcastle, and Manchester City - look incorporate the high draw potentials in Wigan-Sunderland, Birmingham-Liverpool and maybe Fulham-Wolves for a bit of extra value, also include Spurs. Leave out unless you're feeling very confident the Everton-Man Utd, Stoke-Villa matches.

I have plumped for Chelsea, Arsenal, Newcastle, Spurs and draws for Fulham-Wolves and Wigan-Sunderland at just over the $58 mark.

GL if you're having a punt.

EDIT: Ended up omitting Newcastle at the last minute following a gut feeling - just need Spurs to score without reply and the rest to hold dagnab it!

[Choppa]

Everton v Man Utd showing why the EPL probably has the most exciting action in the world game...

[luckyshades]

Big point for Blackburn away at Man City today.

Slight disparity in the two teams ... Rovers spent $0.00 in the off-season, Man City spent $130 million.

MBN to just bring on David Silva with 5 minutes to go as an "impact player".