Premier League Soccer Betting
A mixed start to the New Year with Leeds being soundly beaten 3-1 at home
by Oldham yesterday, at least the +2.5 goals bet was a done deal before
half time!
Tonight I am going for Newcastle to beat Manchester City in the
premiership match at St James Park.
Newcastle’s problems have been well documented and Sam Allardyce is under
extreme pressure to keep his job but tonight I feel his side can come
good. They were unlucky to say the least not to come away from Stamford
Bridge at the weekend with a point after the linesman obviously forgot the
offside rule when allowing Kalou`s winner to stand.
They are a Jekyll and Hyde side for sure but they have too much talent in
the squad to be where they are in the league. They currently are 11th in
the table with a home record of won 5 drawn 3 lost 2 scored 16 and
conceded 15, with the 2 defeats coming in successive home games in
November when they lost 4-1 to Portsmouth and 3-0 to Liverpool. Take those
7 goals off their home record and it looks a lot better then at first
glance.
Their form over the last 6 games sums up their season so far with 2 wins 2
draws and 2 defeats scoring 7 and conceding 7.
The opposition tonight Manchester City have been the surprise team in the
Premiership this season sitting 7th, and if the 0-0 draw at home to
Liverpool is anything to go by in their last match Sven has made them hard
to beat, though for me it is not the way football should be played
especially at home.
Form wise they are having a dip with 1 win 4 draws and 1 defeat in the
last 6 games scoring 9 and conceding 8, the 3 away games in that time have
seen 0 wins 2 draws and 1 defeat with 3 goals scored and 4 conceded.
Overall their away record has been poor with 1 win at West Ham on the
opening day of the season to go with 4 draws and 4 defeats.
A win tonight would see City move up to 4th and a draw would take them to
5th but on the evidence of what I saw on Sunday I would be surprised to
see them come away with 3 points.
Head to head over the last 10 games has gone in favour of Newcastle at St
James Park with 4 wins out of the 5 games played in that time with City’s
only success coming in last seasons game when they came away with a 1-0
win.
Sep 29, 07 Premiership Manchester City 3 - 1 Newcastle United
Mar 31, 07 Premiership Newcastle United 0 - 1 Manchester City
Nov 11, 06 Premiership Manchester City 0 - 0 Newcastle United
Feb 1, 06 Premiership Manchester City 3 - 0 Newcastle United
Sep 24, 05 Premiership Newcastle United 1 - 0 Manchester City
Feb 2, 05 Premiership Manchester City 1 - 1 Newcastle United
Oct 24, 04 Premiership Newcastle United 4 - 3 Manchester City
May 1, 04 Premiership Manchester City 1 - 0 Newcastle United
Nov 22, 03 Premiership Newcastle United 3 - 0 Manchester City
Jan 18, 03 Premiership Newcastle United 2 - 0 Manchester City
Early team news is that Newcastle striker Alan Smith is a major doubt as
he recovers from concussion but Michael Owen could return after recovering
from a thigh injury.
Midfielder Joey Barton will not play after being remanded in custody on
charges of common assault and affray.
Manchester City's Brazilian midfielder Elano may find himself on the bench
with fellow countryman Geovanni among the potential replacements.
Michael Johnson is out but Emile Mpenza could return from a muscle problem.
The 5/4 on offer generally about a Newcastle win is enough to tempt me to
go with the home side tonight and I hope that “Big Sam” gets a bit of the
luck coming to him.
If City shows the attacking “flair” they showed at home to Liverpool on
Sunday then the City defenders will be a busy bunch holding of wave after
wave of Newcastle attacks.
So for me just the one bet as the other options are either to close to
call or not good enough value to get involved in.
As ever good luck,
Silverfox.
