Hull v Everton: Back Lukaku to add to tally and visitors to triumph

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The Belgian has scored ten goals in 17 Premier League games this season, with three of those coming in his last two away games."</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Lukaku to score at</span></span><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="0" oldtitle="5/4" style="background: rgb(255 , 184 , 12); color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.2s;" title="">2.30</span></span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128813906" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Hull v Everton</a></span></span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Friday, 20:00</span><span style="font-weight: 600;">Live on Sky Sports 1</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br />Hull</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>Mike Phelan's team were defeated 3-0 at home to <span style="font-weight: 600;">Manchester City</span> on Boxing Day, stretching their run without a Premier League win to seven games.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Now bottom of the table, the only good news for Hull was that the two sides also in the relegation zone - <span style="font-weight: 600;">Swansea</span> and Sunderland - also lost. With just four points separating the Tigers from safety, all hope is not lost, but they must start winning matches soon if they are to have any hope of survival.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Hull looked like certainties to go down at the start of the season, due to their lack of investment in their squad. There is talent at the club, but it's been stretched very thin and some wise recruitment in <span style="font-weight: 600;">January</span> looks vital.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Phelan is already missing several players of his already thin squad through injury. Alex Bruce, <span style="font-weight: 600;">Abel Hernandez</span>, Will Keane, Brian Lenihan, Greg Luer, Allan McGregor and Moses Odubajo are all on the sidelines.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Everton</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>The Toffees haven't been in the best of form of late, but enjoyed a rare away win over the festive season, as they beat <span style="font-weight: 600;">Leicester</span> 2-0.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />It was their victory on the road for six matches, which is a run stretching back to their September win against <span style="font-weight: 600;">Sunderland</span>. Despite their erratic results, Everton are currently seventh, which is a position which could provide a path into Europe should cup results go their way.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />The Leicester win was their second in three games, with the dramatic match against <span style="font-weight: 600;">Arsenal</span> at Goodison Park still fresh in the memory. They will be looking at Hull as an opportunity to finally build some consistency. The wins over West Brom, Stoke, Sunderland and Middlesbrough in the opening weeks of the season, remain the only consecutive wins enjoyed by Ronald Koeman's side.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Koeman is another manager with several injured players. Mohamed Besic, <span style="font-weight: 600;">Yannick Bolasie</span>, James McCarthy, Matthew Pennington and Maarten Stekelenburg are all currently out.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Ref Watch</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br />Jon Moss</span> will take charge of this one. He showed nine yellow cards when he last refereed an Everton match - their September draw with Crystal Palace.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128813906" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Match Odds</a></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>Everton are the <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="1" oldtitle="20/21" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.96</a></span> favourites, with the draw at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="2" oldtitle="13/5" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">3.60</a></span> and Hull at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="7/2" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">4.60</a></span>.<br />Though Everton are a frustrating side who seldom do what you expect, this looks a chunky price against a team as poor as Hull. The Tigers have little threat going forward, but are not capable of sitting back and defending resolutely either, which makes for a recipe for regular defeats.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128813819" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Over/Under 2.5 Goals</a></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>Under 2.5 goals is the favourite at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="4/5" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.81</a></span>, with overs out at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="5" oldtitle="11/10" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">2.14</a></span>.<br />Considering that three of Hull's last four games have seen three goals or more, overs might be a little overpriced, but it's a risky bet considering that Everton have not always posed the attacking threat that they should this season.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Better value is the <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="6" oldtitle="6/4" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">2.50</a></span> for an <span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128813827" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Everton Clean Sheet</a></span>, with Hull having failed to score in four of their last five games.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">To Score</a></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>Lukaku is the <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="7" oldtitle="5/4" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">2.30</a></span> favourite to score and that looks a great price against a defence as leaky as Hull's. The Belgian has scored ten goals in 17 Premier League games this season, with three of those coming in his last two away games.<br />As ever, it's <span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Robert Snodgrass</a></span> that poses the biggest threat for Hull. The likely price of [5.75] could be worth a punt, as the Scot is Hull's penalty taker and top scorer.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bets</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128813844" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: 0.2s;">Back Lukaku to score at</span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: 0.2s;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="9" oldtitle="5/4" style="background-color: #ffb80c; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title="">2.30</span></a></span></span><br /> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128813906" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: 0.2s;">Back Everton to win at</span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: 0.2s;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="8" oldtitle="20/21" style="background-color: #ffb80c; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title="">1.96</span></a></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Wbzdt-nPSj-dnMnTZs0M1INcMAljw1D9QVo5Gmp9dJYLGRoE5Ar5Bz-N1qrmNe_gI5R31O9BA9n7UOjde4eyHb7weS2FSB0mhzz-w9N9BxXfhgRs-TPUy84qtOe5I6VpMjmt-vpS4Jo/s1600/ebdb00df-6c76-47b1-a1e6-daa4961744d6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Wbzdt-nPSj-dnMnTZs0M1INcMAljw1D9QVo5Gmp9dJYLGRoE5Ar5Bz-N1qrmNe_gI5R31O9BA9n7UOjde4eyHb7weS2FSB0mhzz-w9N9BxXfhgRs-TPUy84qtOe5I6VpMjmt-vpS4Jo/s640/ebdb00df-6c76-47b1-a1e6-daa4961744d6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <br /></div>

Hull v Everton: Back Lukaku to add to tally and visitors to triumph

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Southampton v Tottenham: Puel can pip Pochettino

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> "Southampton’s last two St Mary’s successes were by that very scoreline against Middlesbrough and Everton. They also beat Swansea 1-0 earlier in the season so 75% of their home victories in the Premier League have been by the minimum margin."</div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <a href="https://btfr.co/128741456" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Southampton to win 1-0 @</span></span><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="0" oldtitle="8/1" style="background: rgb(255 , 184 , 12); color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.2s;" title="">9.20</span></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128637658" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Southampton v Tottenham</a><br />Wednesday 28 December, 19:45<br />Live on Sky Sports</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;"><br />Southampton</span><br /> <br /> It's an exciting month ahead for Southampton.<br /> <br /> Nicely positioned in seventh, they'll hope to maintain their impressive form in the Premier League whilst booking a Wembley date in the EFL Cup by getting past a Liverpool side they held to a 0-0 draw at St Mary's last month.<br /> <br /> That game was one of <span style="font-weight: 600;">12 clean sheets they've kept in all competitions</span> and that run included six in a row across September and October.<br /> <br /> What's particularly impressive is that they've climbed to seventh whilst fighting on three fronts due to their run to the last four of the EFL and battles with the likes of Inter and Sparta Prague in the Europa League. Had they been languishing in the bottom half, it would have been easy to explain away.<br /> <br /> There's been the odd sticky patch but coming into this one they've <span style="font-weight: 600;">lost just once in seven games</span> and have taken seven points out of nine in the Premier League thanks to wins over Middlesbrough and Bournemouth along with a 0-0 draw at Stoke.<br /> <br /> Other managers have hogged more of the limelight but Saints boss Claude Puel is <span style="font-weight: 600;">continuing the fine work</span> done by predecessors Ronald Koeman and his rival in this one, Mauricio Pochettino.</div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /> <span style="font-weight: 600;">Tottenham</span><br /> <br /> The perception of Spurs' season and their actual points tally <span style="font-weight: 600;">doesn't quite tally</span>.<br /> <br /> Despite plenty of disappointments, the Christmas Day table showed them just a point behind Arsenal and just four back from Liverpool, who have been lauded for most of the season.<br /> <br /> Without doubt, though, Tottenham have <span style="font-weight: 600;">done their best work at White Hart Lane</span> and they and Chelsea boast two more home wins (seven) than any other top-flight team.<br /> <br /> But away from home it's a different story. They've <span style="font-weight: 600;">won just two of eight</span> and the latest of those was back in September.<br /> <br /> To highlight their problems on the road, Spurs haven't emerged victorious in any away game since beating CSKA Moscow. That winless streak stretches to eight games in all comps, five of those in the league.<br /> <br /> In truth, a trip to St Mary's is a <span style="font-weight: 600;">far from obvious opportunity to snap that sequence</span> as Southampton have lost just one Premier League game at home this season.<br /> <br /> Tottenham, at least, go into the game on the back of two wins (expected home successes over Hull and Burnley) although this is clearly a much tougher task.</div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /> <a href="https://btfr.co/128741455" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Match Odds</a><br /> <br /> Southampton are <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="1" oldtitle="2/1" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741456" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">2.96</a></span> to bank another three points while Tottenham are <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="2" oldtitle="13/8" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741456" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">2.68</a></span> to return to London with the win. A drawn game is the biggest of the three outcomes at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="9/4" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741456" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">3.30</a></span>.<br /> <br /> Spurs have enjoyed recent visits to Southampton with <span style="font-weight: 600;">three wins and a draw in the last four</span>. Saints won the previous four 1-0.</div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /> <a href="https://btfr.co/128741458" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Over/Under 2.5 Goals</a><br /> <br /> Southampton are the only team in the Premier League whose fixtures <span style="font-weight: 600;">average less than two goals per game</span> never mind 2.5. No surprise then that Unders is just <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="4/5" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741456" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.77</a></span>.<br /> <br /> There are other facts pointing towards a lack of goals. Saints goalkeeper Fraser Forster has kept a <span style="font-weight: 600;">clean sheet in 40% of his Premier League matches</span> since joining (26) and he's conceded just 54 goals in those 65 matches.<br /> <br /> His recent numbers are even more impressive and Saints <span style="font-weight: 600;">haven't conceded a home goal in five hours and five minutes</span> of Premier League football.</div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /> <a href="https://btfr.co/128741495" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Both Teams To Score</a><br /> <br /> Saints have scored the <span style="font-weight: 600;">least amount of home goals in the Premier League</span>, managing just eight in front of their own fans.<br /> <br /> But that's balanced by the fact that <span style="font-weight: 600;">only Chelsea have let in fewer home goals</span> than Southampton's five.<br /> <br /> With just 13 Premier League goals witnessed at St Mary's, it's fair to surmise that going 'No' on BTTS has landed a fair number of times. It has; in fact, <span style="font-weight: 600;">five in the last six matches</span>.<br /> <br /> Getting an odds-against price, <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="5" oldtitle="1/1" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741456" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">2.02</a></span>, looks a pretty good deal in what looks set to be a low scoring contest.</div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /> <a href="https://btfr.co/128741456" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Correct Score</a><br /> <br /> I'm certainly leaning towards Southampton and, if there is to be a positive result, they look a <span style="font-weight: 600;">decent price to nick it</span>.<br /> <br /> But rather than play Puel's men at just under 2/1, it's worth having a bet on a 1-0 home win at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="6" oldtitle="8/1" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741456" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">9.20</a></span>.<br /> <br /> That's right in their wheelhouse and, in fact, Southampton's last two St Mary's successes were by that very scoreline against Middlesbrough and Everton. They also beat Swansea 1-0 earlier in the season so <span style="font-weight: 600;">75% of their home victories in the Premier League have been by the minimum margin</span>.</div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;">Ref watch</span><br /> <br /> After completing fourth official duties at Leicester on Boxing Day, <span style="font-weight: 600;">Mike Dean</span> will head to the south coast to take charge here.<br /> <br /> From 13 Premier League games this season, he's shown three cards and flashed 58 yellows.<br /> <br /> Notably, two of three sending offs have come in Tottenham games. He gave Adnan Januzaj his marching orders when Spurs edged Sunderland 1-0 and also showed a red to Winston Reid in Spurs' dramatic 3-2 home win over West Ham. He booked four players across those two games.<br /> <br /> In his one game at St Mary's this season he booked three players, including Southampton's Dusan Tadic.</div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /> <span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bets</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 600;"></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <a href="https://btfr.co/128741456" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Southampton to win 1-0 @</span><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="7" oldtitle="8/1" style="background-color: #ffb80c; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title="">9.20</span></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqs3qzrW1120NgwuuY19FLBC_IweRUuTFBbfmJuK4N39ZSH4gDIUxRST09c3gbf76Nn7GVJknS0XFKuhm6YZDZaODUwnNuoK0DAXf3vER_rv5oLnC3E-FEv4cBh3tjFarOWrV6W6YeS0/s1600/gucnga1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqs3qzrW1120NgwuuY19FLBC_IweRUuTFBbfmJuK4N39ZSH4gDIUxRST09c3gbf76Nn7GVJknS0XFKuhm6YZDZaODUwnNuoK0DAXf3vER_rv5oLnC3E-FEv4cBh3tjFarOWrV6W6YeS0/s640/gucnga1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div> <br /></div>

Southampton v Tottenham: Puel can pip Pochettino

"Southampton’s last two St Mary’s successes were by that very scoreline against Middlesbrough and Everton. They also beat Swansea 1-0 ...

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Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat @ Spotless Stadium

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Winner</strong>This shapes up as a do-or-die contest for the Sydney Thunder after losing to the Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Renegades in their opening two matches of BBL 06. They are a shadow of the side that won last year’s tournament and as predicted by The Wolf are finding it difficult to replace the batting and experience of the likes of Mike Hussey, Jacques Kallis, Usman Khawaja and Shane Watson. One shining light for the Thunder has been the form of opener Ryan Gibson, who has top-scored in the Thunder’s two matches so far. Watson will return from a calf strain to take on the Heat and give the Thunder some much-needed stability at the top of the order. Meanwhile, the Brisbane Heat will enter this clash at Spotless Stadium full of confidence after their victory over the Adelaide Strikers by 10 runs at the Adelaide Oval. The Heat posted a mammoth 206 led by Alex Ross (64), Jimmy Peirson (46) and Brendon McCullum (42). There’s no questioning the depth of the Heat’s batting when you throw in the likes of Chris Lynn, but the ability to bowl out sides remains a big issue as highlighted by their struggles to defend 206 against 206. West Indian spinner Samuel Badree bowled a crucial maiden over in the win over the Strikers, while Mark Steketee was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3/32. The Heat holds a 4-1 advantage over the Thunder and won last season’s clash at The Gabba by 6 wickets. Lynn was the hero for the Heat on that occasion with a match-winning knock of 75. This is the chance for the Thunder batsmen to find form against a weak Heat bowling attack, but the strength of the Heat batting line-up will keep the Heat in every contest this year and just might put too many on the board for the winless Thunder.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></strong></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet: Brisbane Heat ($1.72)</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Top Thunder Batsman</b></strong>The return if Shane Watson couldn’t come at a better time for a Thunder side struggling in the batting department and lacking leadership. Watson made 46 off 31, including five sixes in his last innings against the Heat.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet: Shane Watson ($3.75)</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Top Heat Batsman</b></strong>Chris Lynn led all run scorers in BBL 05 with 378 runs and will be looking to build on the 29 he made in the win over the Strikers. As already mentioned, he top-scored with 75 last time he played the Thunder and it’s only a matter of time before he explodes.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet: Chris Lynn ($3.50)</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Top Thunder Bowler</b><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Andre Russell was the only wicket-taker in the loss to the Sixers and was the top wicket-taker against the Renegades with 2/42. He led the Thunder bowlers with the figures of 2/28 in the loss to the Heat last season and looks the most likely of the Thunder bowling attack once again</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet: Andre Russell ($3.75)</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Top Heat Bowler</strong>Sameul Badree was the top wicket-taker for the Heat last season with 9 wickets and while he only managed an economical 0/22 off his 4 overs in the win over the Strikers, The Wolf has no doubt that the wickets will come.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet: Samuel Badree ($3.75)</span></span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRWFSx6yVZOFL8jmF84YZGAAox7yBuEmLu5v2nt93i-VoR_JtB_LgxCidGzYKoechxR5YvvAC7ucIIilRKqZH2NQ8e2YuiHq4kSmhKmsu6kg_Y4w7PN7JY5qCTHtvNGKmBNTq2Lh222g/s400/23finch_gades.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <br /></div>

Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat @ Spotless Stadium

Winner This shapes up as a do-or-die contest for the Sydney Thunder after losing to the Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Renegades in their open...

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Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers @ SCG

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Winner</strong>The Sydney Sixers will need to overcome an awful record against the Perth Scorchers if they’re going to get the job done at the SCG tonight. The Scorchers have won their last 6 straight including a super-over victory against the Sixers and hold a 6-2 all-time record over the men in magenta. They also won the BBL 04 Final by 4 wickets and well and truly have the wood on the Sixers. The Scorchers won the clash last season at the WACA by 9 wickets, with Shaun Marsh making an unbeaten 63*, while David Willey led the way with the ball, picking up 3/22. The Sixers won the Sydney Smash to kick off BBL 06 before going down to the Hobart Hurricanes by 60 runs at the SCG last start. The Scorchers started their campaign with a 48-run victory over the Adelaide Strikers, with speedster Mitchell Johnson turning back the clock, picking up 3/33. Johnson’s workload is being managed and he has been rested for this clash, but the Scorchers will welcome back Shaun Marsh from injury, giving the Scorchers a huge boost. It’s hard to ignore the Scorchers dominance over the Sixers and The Wolf will be riding the Scorchers all season after tipping them to take out this year’s competition.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></strong></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet: Perth Scorchers ($1.72)</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Top Sixers Batsman</strong>Henriques got a first-ball duck in the loss to the Hurricanes and will be looking to recapture the form he displayed in the Sydney Smash. He top-scored with 76* in the win over the Sydney Thunder and can’t be discounted in this clash with the Scorchers.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet: Moises Henriques ($4.35)</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Top Scorchers Batsman</strong>Marsh will have a point to prove to the Australian Test selectors and would love to remind them of his talent with a decent score against the Sixers. He made 63* in the Scorchers’ 9-wicket over the Sixers in last year’s competition and was also the hero in the BBL 04 Final, making 73 to lead the Scorchers to victory over the Sixers.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet: Shaun Marsh ($4)</span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Top Sixers Bowler</strong>Botha has picked up 1/29 in his opening two matches of BBL 06, and while the wickets haven’t been there, the economy and pressure has. The wickets will follow and The Wolf doesn’t want to miss the boat.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet: Johan Botha ($5)</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Top Scorchers Bowler</strong>Willey took 3/22 in last year’s clash against the Sixers and has added responsibility with the decision by the Scorchers coaching staff to rest Mitchell Johnson. He also recorded the impressive figures of 2/15 off his 4 over in the recent win over the Strikers.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet: David Willey ($4.25)</span></span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQoH7ujAeGVjDQvJ96y5Nqb4AgjNfYErgB2iOy32jUx0IiMeWM6r9KrXdKsDeJ6-bgdeIo-zFgtTzAXucchFEUYwatGnKWSwxjPHBJ05jEJWWd9th_4NYxJEZtloubEQ5cZFOb6gQKKw/s400/fb0d108d71c1a0993c61b6755c7960fa.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <br /></div>

Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers @ SCG

Winner The Sydney Sixers will need to overcome an awful record against the Perth Scorchers if they’re going to get the job done at the SCG ...

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Liverpool v Stoke: Back the Reds with a handicap

<span style="background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"You're going to need to be brave or stupid to back Stoke here, given the raft of stats and pages of history that go against them, and the market looks as if it agrees."</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <br /> <div id="yui_3_1_1_1_148284848684354" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128741311" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Liverpool v Stoke</a></span></span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Tuesday, 17:15</span><span style="font-weight: 600;">Live on Sky Sports 1</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Stoke City</span><br /><a href="https://btfr.co/128741311" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Match Odds</a><br /><a href="https://btfr.co/128741314" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Over/Under 2.5 Goals</a><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Liverpool-1</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bets</span></span><br /> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Liverpool</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Liverpool are the country's most swashbuckling attacking outfit - their <span style="font-weight: 600;">high-pressing</span>, hard-running and forward-thinking style makes them a good side to watch, and if they can tighten up defensively then they're real challengers for the league title.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As one of only two undefeated teams at home in the <span style="font-weight: 600;">Premier League</span> this season (Spurs, if you're wondering), they'll be confident of a good win on Tuesday against an inconsistent Stoke outfit who have only won one league game this month and have a pretty poor record at Anfield - they've never won there in the Premier League and what's more, Mark Hughes has never won there as a manager.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Reds are the <span style="font-weight: 600;">highest-scoring team in the top flight</span>, but they'll have to do with Philippe Coutinho and Danny Ings who are both injured. At the back, Joel Matip may well return to the fold, which will be a huge boost for Jurgen Klopp and his defensive line.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stoke's mini-period of good form appears to be on the way to deserting them, and they now haven't won in the league for three games. Of those three though, the most <span style="font-weight: 600;">confidence-sapping</span> would have been being pegged back by Leicester in the dying stages of their last game, especially given that the Foxes had played the majority of the game with ten men.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a tough ask for them to go and get something positive from an Anfield visit now, but it'll be a big occasion and that may sharpen the focus for Mark Hughes' men. <span style="font-weight: 600;">Liverpool are relentless going forward</span> though, and the Potters will do very well indeed to keep them out. Given that Hughes' men are among the lowest scorers in the division, they may have to.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Marko Arnautovic</span> is suspended and Geoff Cameron, Phil Bardsley and Stephen Ireland are all injured. Jack Butland is still out with an ankle problem.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You're going to need to be brave or stupid to back Stoke here, given the raft of stats and pages of history that go against them, and the market looks as if it agrees. Although <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="0" oldtitle="1/3" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741311" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.33</a></span> is actually a touch more generous than I was expecting to see on a Liverpool win, it's still restrictively short for a recommendation here and we'll need to look elsewhere for a bet.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stoke are <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="1" oldtitle="11/1" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741311" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">12.00</a></span> to notch their first league win at Anfield, and the draw is <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="2" oldtitle="5/1" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741311" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">6.00</a></span>.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This market is further evidence that the market is predicting a big Liverpool performance. <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="4/7" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741311" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.57</a></span> is the price you'll get on over 2.5 goals</span>, and that's not because people think Stoke will be banging them in - they've managed eight on the road all season. Not too bad, but no more than a goal a game on average.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's Liverpool's 21 home goals that bettors are expecting to see more of, and that's why the price on Overs is so restrictive. If you fancy Stoke to restrict Klopp's men, then a big <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="13/8" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741311" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">2.64</a></span> is available about Unders.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think those Redmen will be full of festive cheer at Anfield around this time of year and I'm going to back them to win with a handicap. Liverpool-1 is available at 3/4 generally but I think on the Exchange we should be able to get about <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="5" oldtitle="10/11" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741311" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.90</a></span>ish. That, for me, is a good bet given the current form of both teams.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600;"></span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600;"></span></span><br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Back Liverpool-1 to beat Stoke at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="6" oldtitle="10/11" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/128741311" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.90</a></span> or better</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6s1wfOZ8Ak0r2DXbDBltk44Hesf6Mh_ujIbWCtCFRdl527LJiZeodxUR5ZElUm2wD1R9ZJFnzGTIb6sMUSd1uy5a6b3sGAqnimvdfbBrfhB0UciH_yxa3MF3Axer1R94_bzKHpLfh-o/s1600/watermarked-3a1-1547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6s1wfOZ8Ak0r2DXbDBltk44Hesf6Mh_ujIbWCtCFRdl527LJiZeodxUR5ZElUm2wD1R9ZJFnzGTIb6sMUSd1uy5a6b3sGAqnimvdfbBrfhB0UciH_yxa3MF3Axer1R94_bzKHpLfh-o/s640/watermarked-3a1-1547.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>

Liverpool v Stoke: Back the Reds with a handicap

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Swansea v West Ham: Improving Hammers to pile pressure on beleaguered Bradley

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Although the Hammers' away record is a mediocre W1 D2 L5, it is worth noting that the vast majority of those games were against top-half teams."</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recommended Bet</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128740211" style="background: none; color: #666966; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back West Ham on Draw No Bet at</span><span style="color: #666966;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="0" oldtitle="21/20" style="background: rgb(255 , 184 , 12); color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.2s;" title="">2.04</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Monday 26 December, 15:00</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br />Swansea</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>With only two wins from his 10 games in charge, <span style="font-weight: 600;">Bob Bradley</span> admitted this week that his job could hang on the results of his next two games, first against West Ham and then against Bournemouth on New Year's Eve.</span><br /> <div style="color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The American coach will be thankful both games are at home after woeful performances by his team on the road, losing 3-1 at West Brom and 3-0 at Middlesbrough in their last two games.</span></div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Those results have left them second-bottom, three points from safety, and with only their home form for comfort.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Swansea could have <span style="font-weight: 600;">defender Federico Fernandez and midfielder Ki Sung-yueng</span> back from injury after both suffered a broken toe.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> </div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">West Ham</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>The Hammers were overtaken by Swansea and briefly dropped into the relegation zone a fortnight ago, but they have pulled five points clear of danger after a 2-2 draw at Liverpool followed by two hard-fought if not particularly convincing 1-0 home wins over Burnley and Hull.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Slaven Bilic</span> substituted Pedro Obiang and Manuel Lanzini at half-time against Hull, bringing on Edimilson Fernandes and Andre Ayew. With Obiang suspended for this match, he will have to re-jig his starting line-up.</span></div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ayew, purchased from Swansea for £20.5m in the summer, is pushing for a place up front alongside Andy Carroll.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bilic said several players have knocks but he expects everyone to be available for selection apart from Obiang and Diafra Sakho, who will be out for six to eight weeks after a back operation.</span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128740225" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Match Odds</a></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>Swansea are hanging on thanks to their home form, which has brought back-to-back wins over fellow strugglers Crystal Palace (5-4) and Sunderland (3-0) in their last two games at the Liberty.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Those are the only wins in Bradley's 10 games and there has to be a big doubt over whether they can cope with a better-quality side. Their only other victory this season was away to Burnley on the opening day of the season, which means they have not beaten a team outside the current bottom five.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">West Ham are 13th but were in the bottom five not so long ago and the question is whether they are getting back to their true level now, having finished seventh last season, or have merely scraped a couple of narrow wins over struggling teams.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Their performance at Liverpool in their last away match was much more encouraging, especially in the first half, and a repeat of that would cause Swansea problems.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although the Hammers' away record is a mediocre W1 D2 L5, it is worth noting that the vast majority of those games were against top-half teams. Their only visit to a bottom-half team resulted in a <span style="font-weight: 600;">1-0 win at Crystal Palace</span> in mid-October, which leaves them open to improvement on the road in the second half of the season.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In fact, that improvement may be coming already as the draws on their away record came in their last two games against Manchester United and Liverpool</span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128740211" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Draw No Be</a>t</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>West Ham look potential improvers on the road and have a good shot at the win, but the safer way to play at this stage is the <a href="https://btfr.co/128740211" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Draw No Bet at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="1" oldtitle="21/20" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title="">2.04</span>.</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The lowest-placed team to have beaten them on the road is Everton (ninth) and overall their record against teams below them in the table is W4 D1 L0.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But we have to take into account Swansea's reasonable home form, which has seen them score in six of their eight home games and lose against only one team from outside the top six. That was 0-2 against Hull in their first home match, and before Bradley's arrival.</span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128740138" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Over/Under 2.5 Goals</a></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>Swansea rank <span style="font-weight: 600;">joint-second overall for over 2.5 goals</span> (12 out of 17) and they are in the same position at home (six out of eight). The two lower-scoring games at the Liberty came when the Swans failed to score themselves, so much depends on whether they score.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">West Ham are middle-ranking (eight out of 17 over 2.5 goals) but their away games have been higher-scoring (five out of eight over 2.5 goals), which could well be as a result of the strong opponents they have faced.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is encouraging for the Hammers that they have scored in seven of their eight away games (the only blank was at Everton) and on balance <a href="https://btfr.co/128740138" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">over 2.5 goals looks the best bet at </span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="2" oldtitle="5/6" style="background-color: #ffb80c; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title="">1.85</span></a></span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Ref Watch</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br />Andre Marriner</span> tends towards the higher end of the card count and this season eight of his 12 Premier League games have had 40+ bookings points. His previous game at Swansea this season (the 2-2 draw with Chelsea) had seven yellow cards, while his two matches involving West Ham had four and five.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /><a href="https://btfr.co/128740211" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Back West Ham on Draw No Bet at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="21/20" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title="">2.04</span></a></span></span><br /> <div id="yui_3_1_1_1_148276461691053" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglF1QzCgsxIjkm3anyYhSRJiCxSmbT73sUh4Wvn6Wlegseqc7Oy-MnqTKiFCBoxh-Ce5idyvO9frpvqSKNL7KdeNBHPj4fNyML7Ffnw-4pYLZSZroJhup8y8KX7CE9xXZalIiZAL_k5hw/s1600/swanseawestham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglF1QzCgsxIjkm3anyYhSRJiCxSmbT73sUh4Wvn6Wlegseqc7Oy-MnqTKiFCBoxh-Ce5idyvO9frpvqSKNL7KdeNBHPj4fNyML7Ffnw-4pYLZSZroJhup8y8KX7CE9xXZalIiZAL_k5hw/s640/swanseawestham.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div id="yui_3_1_1_1_148276461691053" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /></div>

Swansea v West Ham: Improving Hammers to pile pressure on beleaguered Bradley

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Arsenal v West Brom: Gunners can grind out win

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Combine their desire to overcome those two recent defeats, strong Festive record and West Brom’s struggles to get anything from games like this and the Gunners should just about have enough to get over the line."</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <a href="https://btfr.co/128740376" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Arsenal to win 2-1 @</span></span><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span><span aria-describedby="qtip-0" class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="0" oldtitle="9/1" style="background: rgb(255 , 184 , 12); color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.2s;" title="">9.80</span></span></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: #f5f6f6; line-height: 22px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128740357" style="background: none; color: #666966; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Arsenal v West Brom</a></span></span></div> <div style="color: #666966;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600;">Monday 26 December, 15:00</span></span></div> <div style="color: #666966;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span></div> <span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: 600;">Arsenal</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #666966;">As if </span><span id="yui_3_1_1_1_148276354561856" style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">losing back-to-back games</span><span style="color: #666966;"> at Everton and Manchester City wasn't bad enough, it coincided with all their rivals in the top six picking up maximum points over the same spell.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">From sitting top of the table when Lee Mason blew the full-time whistle in the 3-1 home win over Stoke on December 10, the Gunners suddenly find themselves </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">nine points off the pace</span><span style="color: #666966;">.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Rather than hoping to come out of Christmas sat at the summit, Arsene Wenger's men are now fourth and nervously looking over their shoulders at local rivals Spurs (one point back) and a reinvigorated Manchester United (four in arrears).</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">The latest bout of "Wenger's got to go" phone-ins have been particularly brutal because Arsenal took the lead in both the losses at Goodison Park and the Etihad. </span><br /><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">Losing from winning positions</span><span style="color: #666966;"> provides extra ammunition for the critics and, worryingly, it's already the third time this season that Arsenal have gone 1-0 up before suffering defeat.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Some might say losing to Everton (unbeaten at home at the time) and Man City (pre-season title favourites) is hardly a crime but they'll quickly be dismissed as Wenger apologists.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Basically, the perception that Arsenal will again fall short in their bid to win the Premier League is as strong as ever.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666966;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">West Brom </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666966;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>In theory, this could be a </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">good opportunity</span><span style="color: #666966;"> for West Brom to tweak Arsenal's noses.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">The Gunners are wobbling and the Baggies are healthily positioned in eighth, very acceptable for a side that has finished 14th and 13th in the last two seasons. </span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">West Brom have won just twice in eight attempts away from home but Tony Pulis has set them up as a </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">tough nut to crack</span><span style="color: #666966;">. </span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">They've been defeated just three times on the road - only the top six and Middlesbrough have lost fewer away games - and </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">conceding just eight goals in eight away matches</span><span style="color: #666966;"> is a record that only Chelsea and Spurs can beat (both have let in seven).</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">And yet, there is something very obvious that leaps out when going through West Brom's results - they </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">struggle against the top teams</span><span style="color: #666966;">.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Since September they've suffered just four defeats in the Premier League but those losses were away to Liverpool (1-2) and Chelsea (0-1) and at home to Man City (0-4) and Man Utd (0-2).</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Does this mean West Brom have a level and their limitations are found out by the best sides? Or does Pulis slightly take his foot off the gas in such games, knowing that these aren't the matches that make or break his team's season?</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666966;"><br /></span><a href="https://btfr.co/128740357" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Match Odds</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Arsenal are just </span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="1" oldtitle="1/3" style="background: rgb(255 , 184 , 12); color: #666966; font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=128740357" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.35</a></span><span style="color: #666966;"> to get back to winning ways while West Brom are </span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="2" oldtitle="10/1" style="background: rgb(255 , 184 , 12); color: #666966; font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=128740357" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">11.00</a></span><span style="color: #666966;"> to condemn the hosts to a third straight defeat. The draw could tempt some at </span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="5/1" style="background: rgb(255 , 184 , 12); color: #666966; font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=128740357" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">5.80</a></span><span style="color: #666966;">.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Since losing 4-3 to Liverpool on opening day, Arsenal have </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">won five and drawn two</span><span style="color: #666966;"> of their seven Premier League starts at the Emirates so they're pretty reliable at home.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Wenger's men have dominated West Brom in recent seasons, winning eight and drawing two of the last 11 league meetings. </span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">The timing of the fixture is also important.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">The games come </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">thick and fast</span><span style="color: #666966;"> at this time of year with three matches crammed between Boxing Day and the opening couple of days of January. Squad depth is tested and, naturally, the bigger teams cope better. </span><br /><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">Arsenal traditionally flourish at Christmas</span><span style="color: #666966;"> and have won eight of their last 10 fixtures over the Festive period. That includes five wins out of five at the Emirates.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">By contrast, West Brom have lost three of their last five and won just two of the previous eight. Looking at their fixtures, Pulis will target the home match with Hull as his most likely source of Christmas cheer.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666966;"><br /></span><a href="https://btfr.co/128740355" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Both Teams To Score</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Clean sheets have been a rare commodity for Arsenal too and </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">both teams have found the net in 11 of their last 12 fixtures</span><span style="color: #666966;">.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Head-to-heads also justify a bet of 'Yes' at Even money as BTTS has been successful in five of the last eight meetings between this pair.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666966;"><br /></span><a href="https://btfr.co/128740376" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Correct Score</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Arsenal will have nothing handed on a plate but combine their desire to overcome those two recent defeats, strong Festive record and West Brom's struggles to get anything from games like this and the Gunners should </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">just about have enough to get over the line</span><span style="color: #666966;">.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">The Sportsbook offer 'winning margin' betting and 'Home to win by exactly 1' is 14/5.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">However, I'm struggling to see 3-2 or 4-3 as an option so preference is to focus on a couple of correct scorelines, 2-1 and 1-0 - the margins they lost by at Liverpool and Chelsea respectively.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">With both finding it difficult to shut the opposition out, the </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">2-1 Arsenal win seems more likely</span><span style="color: #666966;"> and that's the selection.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">Ref watch</span><br /><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">Neil Swarbrick</span><span style="color: #666966;"> is the man in the middle at the Emirates. He's flashed 65 yellows and two reds in his 16 matches this season.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">Filtering that to Premier League games, Swarbrick has shown 39 yellows and no reds from 10 outings so hasn't been as card-happy in top-flight matches.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">In terms of </span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">good omens</span><span style="color: #666966;"> for our bet, he's been the ref in two West Brom games this season (home v Everton and away v Liverpool) and the the Baggies lost both 2-1. He showed four yellows in both matches, booking three West Brom players in each.</span><br /><span style="color: #666966;">The last time he shook Arsene Wenger's hand after a match was in December 2014 when, you've guessed it, the Gunners won 2-1 (at West Ham). He booked three Arsenal players that day.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666966;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666966; font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet</span></span><br /> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes is trading at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="1/1" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=128740357" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">2.00</a></span> and the stats suggest it's the way to go. West Brom have kept a clean sheet <span style="font-weight: 600;">just once in their last 14 Premier League outings</span> and BTTS has landed in nine of those matches.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No is <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="5" oldtitle="10/11" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://btfr.co/https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=128740357" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.89</a></span>.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">West Brom are a <span style="font-weight: 600;">resilient outfit on the road</span> and no team has put more than two past them in any game. Breaking it down match by match, they've conceded 0-1-1-1-2-1-1-1 in their eight away outings.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: 0.2s;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128740376" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Arsenal to win 2-1 @</span><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="6" oldtitle="9/1" style="background-color: #ffb80c; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title="">9.80</span></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59p5a41YoEPIs59NoTDwX3wXxl_Sw2TDlnYlUKEq5nBXIzw5QQkXBiaHPKo0Jod9U-VzqgJtWB4nKEtIhCtglXZuno41vwTaMzzIlO8awAJX8r1nT9pcTC34GtgDZn45-wp6NPZ9U3tA/s1600/arseanal-westbrom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59p5a41YoEPIs59NoTDwX3wXxl_Sw2TDlnYlUKEq5nBXIzw5QQkXBiaHPKo0Jod9U-VzqgJtWB4nKEtIhCtglXZuno41vwTaMzzIlO8awAJX8r1nT9pcTC34GtgDZn45-wp6NPZ9U3tA/s640/arseanal-westbrom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div>

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Hull City v Manchester City: Pep's winning team to march on

<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966;">Hull's dreadful attack means both teams to score is a sporting price at </span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="0" oldtitle="10/11" style="background: rgb(255 , 184 , 12); color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.91</a></span><span style="background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966;">. City have kept just three clean sheets all season so we could well see the home side register their 15th goal of the season, and possibly more! A City win with both teams finding the back of the net is 7/4 on the Betfair </span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: #f5f6f6; color: #666966;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://btfr.co/128741027" style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Hull v Man City</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600;">Boxing Day, 17:15</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span> <span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: 600;">Hull</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span>After an unexpectedly bright start to the season Hull have gradually sunk as the days have got shorter and last weekend saw them finally hit <span style="font-weight: 600;">rock bottom</span>. An utterly<span style="font-weight: 600;"> dreadful run </span>has seen the club pick up just five points from the last 13 matches, after accumulating seven in the first four, and they trade as short as <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="1" oldtitle="1/5" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.21</a></span> to go down and <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="2" oldtitle="11/10" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">2.14</a></span> to finish the season <a href="https://btfr.co/124877407" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">right at the bottom of the pile</a>.<br />Though the defence is the second leakiest in the Premier League, the Tigers' main problem is scoring goals with only Robert Snodgrass (five) finding the back of the net with any regularity. Their strikeforce has a total of three to show for their endeavours this season and it's just 14 in 17 matches for the entire team.<br />With Abel Hernandez still injured, striking duties will either go to Adama Diomande or Dieumerci Mbokani. Apart from the long-term injured first team keeper, Allan McGregor, manager Mike Phelan has the rest of his first choice selections available to him.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Man City</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span>Pep Guardiola's men have also been on an iffy run of their own, though not quite as drastic as Monday's opponents! City put together an explosive start, going unbeaten in all competitions through the first two months, but they have experienced some occasional bad days since and sit third in the table a full seven points off the runaway leaders, Chelsea.<br />The last two matches have been won, however, including a come-from-behind home defeat of title rivals Arsenal that saw <span style="font-weight: 600;">Raheem Sterling</span> find the back of the net for the first time since September.<br />City are without the suspended <span style="font-weight: 600;">Sergio Aguero</span> once again but Guardiola decided to do without hot young striking talent <span style="font-weight: 600;">Kelechi Iheanancho</span> last weekend in favour of his midfield talents. Second guessing the Spaniard's team selection is nigh on impossible, but if pushed I would see him going with the same team that did the business against Arsenal.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><a href="https://btfr.co/128741027" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Match Odds </a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />The first round of the festive fixtures are packed with <span style="font-weight: 600;">short prices</span> but City, who have only lost three times in the top-flight, are right up there with the shortest - only Manchester United (<span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="1/4" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.24</a></span> at home Sunderland and Liverpool <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="1/3" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.33</a></span> at home to Stoke) trade shorter.<br />Hull are readily dismissed at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="5" oldtitle="10/1" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">11.00</a></span> while the draw trades at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="6" oldtitle="5/1" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">6.00</a></span>.<br />City's slim win price makes them one for multiples or big-hitters, and most punters who want to back the visitors will look to markets like City -1 (<span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="7" oldtitle="10/11" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.92</a></span>) or <a href="https://btfr.co/128740943" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Halftime/Fulltime</a> where the visitors are <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="8" oldtitle="20/21" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.97</a></span> to back.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><a href="https://btfr.co/128740940" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Over/under 2.5 Goals </a><a href="https://btfr.co/128741025" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Both Teams To Score </a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />It's City playing against the league's <span style="font-weight: 600;">second worst defence</span> and the layers are giving anything away - overs trading at just <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="9" oldtitle="4/7" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.58</a></span>.<br />You could make a case for backing the unders, however. Hull have conceded 36 this season, but 21 of those came in just six matches. They are capable of keeping things tight with nine games going under 2.5, and they're marginally better at home than away (15 conceded at the KCOM Stadium). But let's face it - this game will probably go over. That <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="10" oldtitle="4/7" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.58</a></span> is mighty short though. You can get <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="11" oldtitle="7/5" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">2.40</a></span> on over 3.5.<br />Hull's dreadful attack means both teams to score is a sporting price at <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="12" oldtitle="10/11" style="background: rgb(255, 184, 12); font-weight: 600; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background: transparent; color: #1e1e1e; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">1.91</a></span>. City have kept just three clean sheets all season so we could well see the home side register their 15th goal of the season, and possibly more! A City win with both teams finding the back of the net is 7/4 on <a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">the Betfair Sportsbook</a>.<br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Ref Watch</span><br />Bobby Madley will officiate this one. Madley averages 4.5 yellows per match through his 14 top-flight fixtures so far, but has shown just one red.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet</span></span><br /> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: 0.2s;"><a href="https://www.betfair.com/sport/football/event?eventId=28048415" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Back City to win/Both teams to score double @ 7/4</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZrlDEvFGYcr8LM0XTY-q2n-xNrJ6AykYB-hJTVBs23YmbxsnrbDRbYe3NKeCf8GMqaoAsstIv6UjZ-65JHFw_bXkaXUl77eVZ8OxKsnrjFpAPqAjE7IZxFa5AN1vbsdHz9JKJi-GV_M/s1600/hull-mancity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZrlDEvFGYcr8LM0XTY-q2n-xNrJ6AykYB-hJTVBs23YmbxsnrbDRbYe3NKeCf8GMqaoAsstIv6UjZ-65JHFw_bXkaXUl77eVZ8OxKsnrjFpAPqAjE7IZxFa5AN1vbsdHz9JKJi-GV_M/s640/hull-mancity.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <br /></div>

Hull City v Manchester City: Pep's winning team to march on

Hull's dreadful attack means both teams to score is a sporting price at  1.91 . City have kept just three clean sheets all season so we ...

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