CSKA (10) v Bayern (1/3) Bayern Munich look to have found more fluency of late following a stuttering start to the season with 4 wins in their last 6 games – including a deserved late winner over Manchester City on matchday 1 – and they should prove far too good for CSKA… Read More Champions League 2014/15: Matchday 2 (Tuesday 30th September)
The Grand Comeback of Gleneagles? That’s what the USA will need after a foursomes drubbing to retain the Ryder Cup with Europe just 4 points away, and even less of that most overused of words – momentum – going into the last day’s singles. The draw too looks to have been unkind, with three of… Read More Ryder Cup 2014 – Singles
Another weekend, another massive set of games in the Premier League. This weekend is all about the derbies; Two of English football’s most reversed clashes taking place on the same day, with all four teams desperately needing a win, as the two title favourites are also in action on a bumper day. The fixtures are… Read More Premier League – 27th September 2014
Sport is always about the big event, and for even the most hardened fans to those who turn away the back pages of newspapers with disgust, there are some sporting landmarks that demand attention. The World Cup captivated us for a month earlier this year. Olympic memories still run raw for many, and in two… Read More Ryder Cup 2014
As said previously, there is formula to finding the Ryder Cup’s most successful players in a betting sense and the most important category tends to be matches played. Only 2 of the top pointscorers in the last decade didn’t play a full 12 matches and the other two played 10. Her are the… Read More Ryder Cup 2014 – Top American Pointscorer
Predicting the Top Pointscorer in the Ryder Cup could be said to work in the opposite of trying to find the winner of a strokeplay tournament. While in the strokeplay format of the game massive prices can regularly become of the order of the day as one offs (even though they are incredibly are at… Read More Ryder Cup 2014 – Top Pointscorer (Europe)
The competition nobody wants to win. As unfair as that might sound to the organisers, that is the attitude towards the Capital One Cup that has prevailed in English football and it makes the “third competition” a very difficult and intriguing betting heat to predict in advance. With most teams opting to play their… Read More Capital One Cup 2014/15 Preview
Leicester (9/2) v Manchester United (4/6) The brave new era at Manchester United went off to a flyer with a 4-0 demolition of QPR but Louis Van Gall and his legion of new players have their first real test against Leciester at the King Power. After an underwhelming start to the season with defeat… Read More Premier League 2014/15: 21st September 2014
QPR (15/8) v Stoke (15/8) QPR were unable to resist Manchester United’s expensive new purchases but they should be far more competitive against a Stoke side that has made a stuttering start to the season despite their fantastic win against Manchester City. That said, they were unlucky not to get at least a point… Read More Premier League 2014/15: 20th September 2014
Ajax (19/4) v PSG (8/11) This is a hard game to evaluate on current form. PSG have ambitions on winning the trophy while Ajax’s budget has crippled their ambitions, especially upon the European stage, but the vast budget has not prevented three teams from holding them to a draw on their travels and that… Read More Champions League 2014/15: Wednesday 17th September
Group E Bayern Munich (GER) Manchester City (ENG) CSKA Moscow (RUS) Roma (ITA) Many of the groups this year look to be two horse races but there is nothing simple about Group E, easily the hardest in the competition. Bayern Munich and Manchester City are meeting for third time… Read More Champions League 2014/15: Groups E-H
Messi or Ronaldo? That is the question on everyone’s lips for the La Liga top scorer is also the question for the Champions League accolades with the two having won the award for the last 6 seasons and it is clear that both are sure to take the beating assuming a clear campaign. … Read More Champions League 2014/15: Top Scorers
Chelsea are already odds on for the Premier League after just 4 games but Jose Mournhio’s side look excellent value to go furthest of all the English clubs in Europe this season. The Portuguese has a fine second season record, having won European titles with Porto and Inter, and his Chelsea side looks… Read More Champions League 2014/15: Specials
Group A Atlético (ESP) Juventus (ITA) Olympiacos (GRE) Malmö (SWE) This is a two horse race – or at least it really should be – between Atletico Madrid and Juventus, who should provide a good test of eachother’s level in their two crunch clashes. The games between the two should be tight –… Read More Champions League 2014-15: Groups A-D
To the joy and sheer relief of many, the club football season has rolled back into gear, slowly but surely, and after the interruption of the international break we now have Europe’s greatest prize in the Champions League – the pinnacle of the club game. Recent finals have often seen one country dominate… Read More Champions League Preview 2014/15
3.55 Longchamp Qatar Prix Du Moulin De Longchamp Stakes – Group 1 (Class 1) (3YO plus) Winner €283,500 Advice: 1 pt win Night of Thunder (9/2 general), 2 pts win Night of Thunder w/o Toronado (2/1 Bet Victor) Toronado: One of the leading milers of last season, winning the Sussex Stakes to end… Read More Prix Du Moulin 2014
3.25 Longhchamp Qatar Prix Foy Stakes – Group 2 (Class 1) (4YO plus) Winner €81,900 Advice: 1 pt win Flintshire (7/4 general) Flintshire: Looked set for big things when an impressive winner of the Grand Prix De Paris last year but soft ground didn’t suit when fourth in the Niel and eights in… Read More Prix Foy 2014
Longchamp Qatar Prix Vermeille Stakes – Group 1 (Class 1) (3YO plus) Winner €220,500 – 10 run Advice: 1 pt Pomology w/o Treve (85/40 Hills) Treve: Took this on her way to stunning 3yo season which saw her dismantle Arc field of the highest quality afterwards; Not won in two starts this… Read More Prix Vermielle 2014
1.30 Longchamp Qatar Prix Niel Stakes – Group 2 (Class 1) (3YO only) Winner €81,900 – 8 run Advice: 1 pt win, 1 pt each/way Teletext (11/2 Paddy Power) : One of the star juveniles of last season, winning the Prix Des Chene and Criterium International in the style of a top class… Read More Prix Niel 2014
3.50 Doncaster Ladbrokes St Leger Stakes (British Champions Series) (Group 1) (Class 1) (3YO only) Winner £368,615 – 13 run – Draw Advantage: None Advice: 2 pts each/way Romsdal (8/1 Bet365) Alex My Boy: Taken some time to live upto his top class pedigree (out of a dual Oaks winner) but has… Read More St Leger Stakes 2014
Arsenal (2/1) v Manchester City (13/8) Arsenal’s pre season promised so much but they have proven to be an exact example of why not to trust such form and unless previous standards improve then they look set to suffer another defeat to a key title rival at the Emirates today. Last year Arsenal were… Read More Premier League 2014/15 – 13th September 2014
Doncaster’s St Leger meeting has really kicked into gear with a fine card today filled with valuable action and competitive racing a plenty. Arguably the most fiercely contested race of the day looks to be the Sceptre Stakes (2.10), where many of the 16-runner field can consider themselves serious contenders for honour today. … Read More Doncaster St Leger Meeting 2014 – Day 2
Not many things seem to link together English and Italian football but both teams had a shocking World Cup and find themselves on the comeback trail, and with the expanded Euro 2016 format, both should stroll through. England managed to swipe away some awkward questions with a well deserved win over Switzerland last… Read More The Road to Euro 2016 – Tuesday 9th September
The mood is one of Doom and Gloom around England’s national team at the moment and while tournament glory is a long way off qualification to Euro 2016 looks assured regardless of the result against Switzerland tonight in Basel. The World Cup was the traditional story of hope and disappointment with a very… Read More Euro 2016 Qualifiers – Switzerland v England
Group A Whether the Netherlands can keep their World Cup progress going as Robin Van Persie and Arjen Robben in particular being to take a step back and Louis Van Gaal now at Manchester United, but they should have too much quality for the rest of their section. The Dutch are qualifying masters,… Read More Euro 2016 Qualifying Groups
It’s no surprise to see Vereniki Goneva as the top tryscorer favourite – after all, he did scored 12 tries last season and would have gone close if he hadn’t been injured the season before when he scored 5 tries in 11 games – but his claims are obvious even at a tempting 7/1. There… Read More Aviva Premiership Top Tryscorer 2014/15
It has been a case of so close yet so far when it comes to Saracens and winning trophies but the Wolfpack are masters of the regular season and it will take a monumental effort for them to be denied a home semi-final with a top 2 finish again this year. Having gained a reputation… Read More Aviva Premiership 2014/15 Season Preview
3.50 Haydock Betfred Sprint Cup (British Champions Series) (Group 1) (Class 1) (3YO plus) Winner £154,818 Advice: 1 pt each/way Music Master (8/1 Hills), 1 pt each/way Cougar Mountain (14/1 Hills) Baccarat: Winner of the Great St Wilfrid last summer and new career best after couple of very promising efforts saw him… Read More Sprint Cup 2014
Old heroes keep leaving but success still keeps coming to Leinster and Matt O’Connor’s men can once again top the Pro12 table and look to be the team to beat in the race for the title. The departures of the old guard that dominated Europe for three years from 2008-09 to 2011-12 heave made a… Read More Pro12 Season Preview 2014-15