Weekend Premiership Betting
Last night`s bet was a winner with Tranmere beating Huddersfield 3-0 in
the league 1 game.
I will be following Huddersfield on their travels and for the chance to
bet their opponents to win to nil as they are really struggling to find a
goal on the road at the moment.
Today I am going for the late match in the Premiership today and backing
Portsmouth to beat West Ham.
Portsmouth have made a fine start to the season despite having a very hard
set of opening fixtures against all the top clubs. They find themselves in
5th position 1 point off a Champions League place at this early stage of
the season and with a home record of won 2 drawn 2 lost 0 scored 11 and
conceded 6 though it must be said that the majority of their goals scored
and conceded at home came in the 7-4 win against Reading.
They are unbeaten in their last 6 games in league and Cup and are on a run
of 5 consecutive wins in all competitions with only the 4 goals scored by
Reading being the only ones they have let in during this period.
West Ham are 10th in the league and have an away record in the league of
won 2 drawn 0 lost 2 scored 5 conceded 4 and have been inconsistent this
term. For me they look a better team all round when Dean Ashton is fit
which unfortunately he is not today.
To highlight their inconsistency they have won 3 and lost 3 of their last
6 league games scoring 10 and conceding 6, and when I watched them against
Sunderland last Sunday I felt they were a bit fortunate to end up winning
the game 3-1.
Recent head to head meetings between the 2 sides have definitely favoured
Portsmouth with 3 wins and 1 draw over the last 4 matches played:
Dec 26, 06 Premiership West Ham United 1 - 2 Portsmouth FC
Oct 14, 06 Premiership Portsmouth FC 2 - 0 West Ham United
Mar 18, 06 Premiership West Ham United 2 - 4 Portsmouth FC
Dec 26, 05 Premiership Portsmouth FC 1 - 1 West Ham United
Team news is that Portsmouth have Pedro Mendes back in the squad but
fellow midfielders Sean Davis and Richard Hughes are banned for one and
three games respectively.
Striker David Nugent is likely to miss out with a groin injury and joined
Kanu (knee) in the treatment room this week.
West Ham's injury list is not showing any signs of diminishing with Scott
Parker,
Freddie Ljungberg, Dean Ashton, Bobby Zamora, Kieron Dyer, Julien Faubert,
James Collins and Calum Davenport all sidelined with injuries.
Harry Redknapp has built a side that I feel can challenge for a place in
Europe this season and with the fantastic support the Pompey fans give
their team I think West Ham will find it hard to come away with anything
out of this evenings encounter.
For those who like to follow trends Harry Redknapp has yet to lose a match
against his former side in a run that goes back to 2001.
So for me Portsmouth to beat West Ham @ generally 4/5 with most bookies,
Good luck as always,
Silverfox.
