Premiership Fixtures & Betting tips- 10th May 2008

After the shocking discovery that Ant and Dec received a British Comedy Award which should of gone to runner up Catherine Tate, Fernando Torres has asked officials to investigate into whether he should of received last week’s Football Writer’s Award(FWA) instead of Christiano Ronaldo.  Sources close to Torres claim that unlike Catherine Tate, he is ‘bovvered’.

The last game of the Premiership and for alot of football fans, tomorrow will be nerve wracking.

So Man Utd and Chelsea will fight it out on the last day of the season, Chelsea could finish level on points with Man Utd and not win anything due to a superior goal difference from United.  Chelsea fans will be hoping that Shevchenko will have his shooting boots on and score 20 goals against Bolton to make up the difference. 

Betting tip:Although the pressure is on, I can see both teams winning tomorrow, back both in a double at odds of 1.38 on Betfair (yes, the odds do look a little skinny!!)

Portsmouth v Fulham- Pompey will be hoping to do the double over Fulham this season.   Fulham will be hoping to pull off their great escape trick against a Portsmouth side that have lost the last three games and who have their eye on the FA Cup Final next week.

Betting tip:  Although I think Fulham could pull off the great escape, I’ve seen the odds of Portsmouth winning at home currently at 3.35 odds on Betfair and thought this is great value for the home team.  Back them to win and a put saver bet on the 1-1 draw (the score from last season) at odds of 7.6.

Tottenham v Liverpool- both teams don’t have anything to play for in this meaningless last game.  Spurs haven’t been beaten in five and Liverpool are unbeaten in 6 league games. 

Betting tip:Try bet on the draw at odds of 3.5.  Also Berbatov could be saying farewell to White Hart Lane, back him to score anytime 2.74 and first goalscorer 6.6 odds, to give Spurs fans and us a great farewell present.

UPDATE: As usual on the last day of the season there was alot of tension and excitement.  Fulham managed what seemed the impossible and stayed up to the detriment of Reading and Birmingham.  A big congratulations to Manchester United for their 10th title, it almost seems fitting to see their most loyal player Ryan Giggs scoring the goal that sealed the victory(sorry Chelsea fans!!).  As for the bets, nothing came off, with Chelsea conceding in the last few minutes, it left me feeling a sick as Reading, Derby and Birmingham fans combined!!  But here’s hoping the bad run is out of the way and we’ll make some profit from some betting on the Euro 2008 tournament coming up next month.

Barclays Premier League

Birmingham v Blackburn
Chelsea v Bolton
Derby v Reading
Everton v Newcastle
Middlesbrough v Man City
Portsmouth v Fulham
Sunderland v Arsenal
Tottenham v Liverpool
West Ham v Aston Villa
Wigan v Man Utd