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Betting Preview: Robin van Persie to lead Arsenal to a win over Manchester City?

Even after suffering their first defeat of the Premier League season, Manchester City still sit atop the Premier League table, but archrivals and reigning league champions Manchester United are only two points behind and ready to pounce, and Tottenham, Chelsea, and Arsenal can‘t be dismissed at this juncture. Right now, it’d appear that the title…

What Now For Fernando Torres?

Fernando Torres, once renowned as one of the most feared strikers in world football now finds himself in a disastrous situation. Almost one year since his record breaking £50 million move to Chelsea, Torres has scored mere 5 goals i.e. cost £10 million per goal. The blues have been patient but not anymore as the…

Betting Preview: Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and United to catch up with City

This weekend, the big teams have a chance to catch up with the Premier League leaders Manchester City, and you can get great betting odds for United, Arsenal and co. to cut down on the lead and make the title race more interesting. Manchester United v Wolves Manchester United have endured a horrendous week, crashing…

Premier League Preview: Arsenal and Chelsea fight to catch up with Tottenham and Manchester City

With 15 points separating the top five teams in the English Premier League, the race for a top four place is well and truly on. If you bet on football, you’ll know that Manchester City are still favourites for the league title but with a tough set of fixtures ahead of them, things can change…

Retro Football Kits

Throughout history, people have been kicking a ball but the earliest scientific evidence suggest that it was an exercise from a military manual in the second and third BC in China – it was called Cuju. Modern football took years in the making after the Chinese forgot about cuju. In 1872, the first ever international…

Do or die time for Manchester teams in the Champions League

Of the four English representatives in this season’s UEFA Champions League, Arsenal and Chelsea are assured of a passage through to the knockout stages; both Manchester clubs must perform in their last group game to stand a chance of progression. FC Basel and Bayern Munich (and Napoli) stand in their way. Will Manchester City and…

Champions League Preview: Big clubs in fear of dropping to Europa League

Nine teams are through from the group stage but 16 other sides can still dream of joining them this week. Here’s a look at the the key deciding matches of today and tomorrow. Seven places remain to be filled in the 16 December round of 16 draw. Group winners FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano,…

Man City & Chelsea’s Champions League hopes hang in the balance, as Ajax faces Real Madrid juggernaut

The last round of the Champions League group stages sees a number of mouthwatering and do-or-die ties. If you’re going to be betting on football, you should be very careful where you put your money. For some teams the last 16 and knockout stages await; others will have to make do with the Europa League….

El Clasico showdown, Old Firm derby and lots of Man City action in December

There’s only one more month left in 2011, and it looks like the year will go out with a real bang from a football standpoint. December features several must-see matches, with a few that will have title implications on top of deciding bragging rights between fierce rivals. Watch the best of Premier League action this…

Man City can doom Liverpool revival while Utd, Chelsea & Arsenal are favorites to win

Liverpool once again take centre stage this weekend when they play host to Premiership leaders Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday (4pm KO, Live on Sky Sports 1), and they look decent value at 2.63 with bet365 to emerge victorious. Liverpool v Manchester City Kenny Dalglish’s side continued their unbeaten run with a good solid…