Tottenham v West Brom: Back red-hot Alli to strike again

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #666966; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 22px; list-style: none; margin: 7px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Ali got them out of jail at the Hawthorns with an 89th minute equaliser and, after a dip of his own, he’s now leading this Tottenham surge with seven goals in his last four Premier League starts."</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #666966; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 22px; list-style: none; margin: 7px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: 0.2s;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Dele Alli To Score @</span></span><span style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="0" oldtitle="6/4" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title="">2.52</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Tottenham v West Brom</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Saturday 14 January, 12:30<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Live on Sky Sports</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Tottenham</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />With eight wins in their last nine games, Tottenham are one of <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">English football's in-form teams</span>.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />The return to fitness of Harry Kane (10 goals in 12 matches since his return in November), the break in their European commitments and the <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">continued flourishing of Dele Alli</span> have all combined to keep Tottenham on track for a top four place and even a say in this year's title race.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Those hopes were certainly ignited on their last start when Spurs <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">ended Chelsea's 13-match winning run</span> with an emphatic 2-0 win at White Hart Lane, the victory lifting them to third.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />That's still seven points off the leaders but the gap of 49pts to 42pts suddenly looks as if it could still be breached.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Before their revival which started with a 5-0 home win over Swansea, Mauricio Pochettino's men had endured a spell of just one win in 10 games, a slump started by a 1-1 draw with Saturday's opponents West Brom.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Alli got them out of jail at the Hawthorns with an 89th minute equaliser and, after a dip of his own, he's now leading this Tottenham surge with <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">seven goals in his last four Premier League starts</span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">West Brom</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />On the list of teams who will be regarded as <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">overachieving</span> in this current Premier League campaign, West Brom would be fairly high.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Although they're 10 points off Manchester United, the top six are in a league of their own this season so eighth-placed West Brom are sitting <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">second in the best-of-the-rest table</span>.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />It's been achieved via the traditional, familiar and successful methods of Tony Pulis, namely building up the points at home and being <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">tight on the road</span>.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Only leaders Chelsea and Spurs themselves have conceded fewer away goals (nine to West Brom's 10) than the Baggies in the top flight this season and although they've only netted nine times away from the Hawthorns, their <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">solid defence</span> means that's helped them bank three wins and three draws.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Their four defeats have come at Bournemouth (0-1), Liverpool (1-2), Chelsea (0-1) and Arsenal (0-1), <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">all by a single goal</span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Match Odds</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Since being held 1-1 by Leicester at the end of October, Spurs have <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">won six home Premier League games on the bounce</span>. On those numbers, the <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="1" oldtitle="1/3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">1.34</span></span> is predictable even though it does look short on first glance against such an obstinate rival, and one that has been somewhat of a bogey team in recent years.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />West Brom are <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="2" oldtitle="11/1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">12.00</span></span> to pull off a shock and<span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> end Tottenham's unbeaten home record in the Premier League</span> (W8, D2, L0) while the draw is <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="9/2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">5.60</span></span>.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Tottenham fans have every reason to be optimistic after the Chelsea win but those with good memories will know that West Brom are traditionally difficult opponents. In fact, so much so that <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Spurs have managed just one win against them in the last seven meetings</span>.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />The last three games between the pair have ended 1-1 while it's been that scoreline in three of the last four played at White Hart Lane with West Brom winning the other 1-0 in September, 2014.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">To Score</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />With seven goals in his last four Premier League starts (including doubles against Southampton, Watford and Chelsea), it's no wonder<span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> Dele Alli</span> is being linked with a huge move to one of the Spanish giants.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />He's <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="6/4" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">2.52</span></span> to continue his hotstreak and simply <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">has to be followed</span> at that price in his current form.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />As a bonus, he's also <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">netted in two of his last three starts against West Brom</span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Winning Margin</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Given that West Brom's four Premier League defeats were a trio of 1-0s and a 2-1, there's certainly scope to back Spurs to 'win by exactly 1' - a 13/5 shot <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">on the Sportsbook</span>.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />While they always seem to give a good account of themselves in these kind of tough away games, the Baggies <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">usually get pipped</span> and that's been the case at Anfield, Stamford Bridge and the Emirates.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />A 1-0 Spurs win <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">at</span> <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="5" oldtitle="13/2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title="">7.40</span> in the Correct Score market carries <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">obvious appeal</span> too based on logic and recent evidence.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Ref watch</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Anthony Taylor</span> takes charge of Spurs for the first time since their thumping 4-0 win at Stoke in September. He booked five players that day including Moussa Sissoko and Victor Wanyama.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />As for West Brom, he's been the man in the middle for their 0-0 home draw with Middlesbrough and 2-0 home defeat against Man Utd.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />In November 2015, <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Pulis had a run-in with Taylor</span> in the tunnel after feeling his side were denied two penalties and on the wrong end of an offside decision in a 3-2 defeat to Leicester.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Pulis also had to bite his lip after the recent 2-0 loss to Man Utd, clearly feeling Zlatan Ibrahimovic should have been sent off.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />It's fair to think the West Brom boss would have rolled his eyes when finding out who was taking charge. Overall, in 23 games this season, Taylor has shown 85 yellows (3.7 per match) and three reds.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #666966; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 22px; list-style: none; margin: 7px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Recommended Bet</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Dele Alli To Score at </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="6" oldtitle="6/4" style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title="">2.52</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="6" oldtitle="6/4" style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title=""><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqxLNW1bC55CiixlWk07kCsSyj32swywyxbbGc-p_BJS1JgUMYCOMsLCVbg4afN6eD6WXXEBV5HPcmfRDf0Ogp2Vx1OtWb2Oe6a10UyVz_YMEQiu_EtuWse4OJahVQ57Wj7J5zGM0_qc/s1600/tottenham-westbrom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKqxLNW1bC55CiixlWk07kCsSyj32swywyxbbGc-p_BJS1JgUMYCOMsLCVbg4afN6eD6WXXEBV5HPcmfRDf0Ogp2Vx1OtWb2Oe6a10UyVz_YMEQiu_EtuWse4OJahVQ57Wj7J5zGM0_qc/s640/tottenham-westbrom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="6" oldtitle="6/4" style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title=""><br /></span></span></span></div>

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Leicester v Chelsea: Visitors' defence to hold strong in away win

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #383838; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 1em 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px none; color: #666966; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"Of Chelsea’s last seven away matches, five of them were wins by 1-0 or 2-0. With Leicester missing Mahrez and Slimani and Jamie Vardy very much blowing hot and cold this season, there could be clean sheet bonuses paid out to the likes of David Luiz and Cesar Azpilicueta come Saturday night."</span></span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px none; color: #666966; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Leicester v Chelsea </span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Saturday 17:30 </span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Live on BT Sport 1</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Leicester</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Leicester sure like to keep us guessing. The first trend of the season was that always performed poorly in the league match before a Champions League tie. The second was that they were solid at home and awful away.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />And then all of a sudden they go and beat an in-form Everton away from home in the FA without two of their key players: <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Islam Slimani</span> and Riyad Mahrez, both away at the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">African Cup of Nations</span>. What next?<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />I still think that they're a far better side than their league position suggests but they look a little lightweight in the middle of the park. N'Golo Kante's sale to Chelsea was profitable off the pitch and very costly on it. They're now also without Daniel Amartey, also way on ACON duty though they've brought in <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Wilfred Ndidi</span> from Genk for £17m. Ndidi is a powerful Nigerian holding midfielder and whether he settles in quickly or not could make a huge difference to the rest of Leicester's season.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Chelsea </span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />So Chelsea are human after all. On the verge of breaking a Premier League record, they went to White Hart Lane and were beaten 2-0. I don't know what surprised me the most. That Chelsea's normally highly disciplined defence gave <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Dele Alli</span> so much space or that the Spurs midfielder was that good in the air.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />But things were back to normal at the weekend with an easy 4-1 win over Peterborough. <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">John Terry</span> just can't catch a break these days. When he finally gets a game he finds himself the wrong side of the striker through on goal, brings him down and gets sent off. It says a thing or two about his demise that his suspension is little more than a footnote going into this match.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Chelsea don't have any <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">African players</span> in their squad so, bar Terry, Antonio Conte has a full set of players to choose from.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Match Odds</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Chelsea are <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="0" oldtitle="4/6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">1.66</span></span> and that's what they should be. An away trip to Spurs is just about the hardest fixture in Premier League football at the moment (bar an away trip to Stamford Bridge) so it's best to put that down as a <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">minor blip</span> than to suggest it's the start of any sort of slide.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Leicester did admittedly win this match last season 2-1 but the circumstances couldn't have been any different. The Foxes were in full flight and it was towards the end of Jose Mourinho's doomed last few days at the club. It was the match where <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Eden Hazard</span> was famously accused of feigning or exaggerating injury and coming off rather than play for his beleaguered manager. But that was Leicester's only win against Chelsea in a league match in their last nine attempts, Opta tell us.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Chelsea should win but that price is a little short for our liking.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Correct score</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />There are good reasons to think Chelsea can keep a clean sheet here. There was no <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">disgrace</span> in conceding two at White Hart Lane and they were down to ten men when they let Plymouth get one. Besides, their defence in that match was from for being the one that will play on Saturday.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Of Chelsea's last seven away matches, five of them were wins by 1-0 or 2-0. With Leicester missing Mahrez and Slimani and <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Jamie Vardy</span> very much blowing hot and cold this season, there could be clean sheet bonuses paid out to the likes of David Luiz and Cesar Azpilicueta come Saturday night.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Covering 1-0 (<span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="1" oldtitle="15/2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">8.60</span></span>) and 2-0 (<span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="2" oldtitle="8/1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">9.20</span></span>) Chelsea wins looks a good strategy here.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Ref Watch </span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Andre Marriner </span>averages 3.7 yellows a match and has shown five red cards, three of which were in a Europa League match between Panthinaikos and Ajax. Only 20% of Leicester's home matches have had 45 bookings points or more but the story for Chelsea away matches is very different. 70% of their away matches have had 45 points or more so this market is a tough nut to crack.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Recommended Bets</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">0.5pts Back Chelsea to win 1-0 @</span> <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="15/2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border: 0px none; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""></span><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="15/2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">8.60</span></span></span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">0.5pts Back Chelsea to win 2-0 @</span> <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="8/1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border: 0px none; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""></span><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="8/1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">9.20</span></span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="8/1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; 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Swansea v Arsenal: Expect late goals between two teams with points to prove

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #383838; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 1em 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px none; color: #666966; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">"It’s worth having a look at </span><span style="border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span 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; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">over 3.5 goals</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px none; color: #666966; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">, which has landed in five of Arsenal’s last nine games as well as in four of Swansea’s last nine. While we should be expecting that score to be trading somewhere near the evens mark, it is actually being offered up at a much more generous </span><span aria-describedby="qtip-0" class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="0" oldtitle="8/5" 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; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">2.60</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px none; color: #666966; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">."</span></span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px none; color: #666966; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Swansea City v Arsenal</span></span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Saturday 14 January, 2017<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Kick-Off - 15:00</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />After a week of cup football and all the uncertainty that brings, this weekend sees the return of the <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Premier League</span></span>. Except there's plenty of uncertainty here too.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />With the likes of Sam Allardyce and Marco Silva being relative newcomers at their clubs, identifying form and picking bets this weekend is going to be trickier than usual.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Nowhere is that more the case than at the Liberty stadium, where <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Paul Clement</span> takes charge of his first league game as Swansea manager against a suddenly unpredictable Arsenal side. Fortunately there are still plenty of markets of interest.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Arsenal</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />After their team's performance in the first 70 minutes against <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Bournemouth</span>, Arsenal fans must surely have been hoping for a more comfortable time against Preston in the FA Cup last weekend. It turned out to be anything but.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Both those games saw rousing comebacks spurred by an increasingly talismanic yet ever-infuriating <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Olivier Giroud</span>. Those late performances went some way to saving face for Arsenal but there's no hiding just how poor they looked against two inferior sides for large parts of both games.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />The Gunners have experienced another <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">mid-season stutter</span> after looking so promising early on and a few weeks ago would have been relishing the prospect of playing 19th placed Swansea on Saturday.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />While it's still hard to look past <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Arsenal for the win</span>, odds of <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="1" oldtitle="8/15" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">1.52</span></span> aren't really worth taking on particularly in light of their recent run of form and the unknown of a new look Swansea under the recently appointed Clement.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Swansea</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Clement takes charge of his first league game as Swansea manager after seeing his side go down 2-0 at fellow relegation strugglers <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Hull City</span> in the FA Cup last weekend.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />While the former Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Chelsea coach will be putting all his energies into staying up, such an <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">uninspiring loss</span> will have done little for his squad's confidence.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />They did win their last league game, however, against Crystal Palace - showing there is still some fight and class left in south Wales. But it was club stalwart <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Alan Curtis</span> who picked and prepared the team for that game shortly before he was unceremoniously sacked from the coaching staff by text message.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />While that incident got Clement off on the wrong footing with Swansea fans he's now had a bit of time to settle into the new role.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />The backroom team has started to take shape in the Englishman's own image - with the addition of Claude Makelele as assistant coach the standout appointment - and it will be interesting to see how they set up against Arsenal. While they have looked awful at times this season, the Swans head into this one as a great unknown. The fact they have picked up just 15 points from their 20 games this season explains why they go into this one at odds of around <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="2" oldtitle="6/1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">7.20</span></span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">for the win</span>.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />While the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">match odds market</span> looks like one to avoid in this one, there are plenty of other markets worth considering.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Over/Under 2.5 Goals</span></span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Over 2.5 goals has occurred in eight of Arsenal's last 12 games in all competitions and 14 of Swansea's last 17. As such we can almost certainly expect some <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">goals</span> in this game. Punters might be slightly put off by the understandably short odds of <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="5/8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">1.63</span></span>however.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Instead it's worth having a look at <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">over 3.5 goals</span>, which has landed in five of Arsenal's last nine games as well as in four of Swansea's last nine. While we should be expecting that score to be trading somewhere near the evens mark, it is actually being offered up at a much more generous <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="8/5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">2.60</span></span>.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Half With Most Goals</span></span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />With the appointment of a new manager, you would expect to see Swansea come <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">racing out of the blocks</span> in the first-half and be more focused and organised than they were under the previous regime.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />While that would suggest a tight, low-scoring opening to the game, odds of <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="5" oldtitle="4/5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">1.80</span></span> on the second-half to have most goals feels just too low to take on.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Half-Time/Full-Time</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Instead, of particular interest is the Half-Time/Full-Time market, where the <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Draw/Arsenal</span> result has paid off in four of the Gunners' last 15 league games. While that figure doesn't seem all that high, it has occurred slightly more often than the odds here of <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="6" oldtitle="4/1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title=""><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">5.00</span></span> suggest.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />With Clement's aforementioned appointment we have to expect the Swans to start well before Arsenal begin to break them down and capitalise in the second-half. The scoreline being goalless at half-time before Arsenal go on to win seems like a decent possibility - particularly with the Gunners' recent penchant for slow starts and late goals.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Recommended Bets</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Over 3.5 goals @</span> <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="7" oldtitle="8/5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title="">2.60</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Draw/Arsenal in the Half-Time/Full-Time market @</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 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; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="8" oldtitle="4/1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: color 0.2s;" title="">5.00</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="8" oldtitle="4/1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: color 0.2s;" title=""><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2HBovkg6gCfiDkFgKoKzqp1MiBq_YStWybe9BMWAO75lcgckcvUmdAux-psRtcmkjYEVZ9kbej73hcJ9CLHN3dwcwmZRpczF1peel3Jhmv-RQQmAr3zMprKkU9qU3AbkxTnsoB-Un9s/s1600/swansea-arsenal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2HBovkg6gCfiDkFgKoKzqp1MiBq_YStWybe9BMWAO75lcgckcvUmdAux-psRtcmkjYEVZ9kbej73hcJ9CLHN3dwcwmZRpczF1peel3Jhmv-RQQmAr3zMprKkU9qU3AbkxTnsoB-Un9s/s640/swansea-arsenal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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Swansea v Arsenal: Expect late goals between two teams with points to prove

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Serie A Betting: Purple patch for Juve

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #383838; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 1em 0px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; color: #666966; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">“The Artemio Franchi will be buzzing for the visit of Juventus, and while the Champions have shown some frailty away from home this season, losing on three occasions, I think that they'll be too good for La Viola here.”</span></span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; color: #666966; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Fiorentina v Juventus</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Sunday, 19:45<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Live on BT Sport 3</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />It's not the most appetising Serie A weekend that I've ever seen in terms of either entertainment or betting opportunities, but at least it finishes with an old-fashioned fixture which is <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">full of animosity</span>.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />The Artemio Franchi will be buzzing for the visit of Juventus, and while the Champions have shown some frailty away from home this season, losing on three occasions, I think that they'll be too good for La Viola here.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />The Champions League is a <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">major ambition</span> for Juve this season, and acts as a distraction when in full swing, but they're fresh from both a winter break and victories against Bologna and Atalanta (the latter a rather sketchy one in the Coppa Italia) and they're more than up to this challenge.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Fiorentina finished the first half of the season with an excellent second half performance against Napoli, but after having a game called off against Pescara, they were poor in the Cup against Chievo in midweek and already look short of momentum again.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Paulo Sousa</span>'s men have been largely listless this season, with only the odd momentum of inspiration to energise their excellent fans, and that won't be good enough against the best team in Italy. <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Juve may look short at</span> <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="0" oldtitle="5/6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title="">1.84</span></span>, but I think that price makes them a bet.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Stephan Lichtsteiner is suspended with Mario Lemina, Medhi Benatia and Patrice Evra out for a variety of reasons, so there should be a return to the three-man defence. Borja Valero is finally ready to start after his injury problems and that's a huge boost for the hosts.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Recommended Bet<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Juventus to beat Fiorentina @</span> <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="1" oldtitle="5/6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title="">1.84</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Sassuolo v Palermo</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Sunday, 14:00</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Sassuolo and Palermo may be separated by only a couple of places in the table, but as the second half of the season gets underway, there could be quite a gulf between them.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />The Neroverdi welcomed back their best player <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Domenico Berardi</span> after four months out, and he looks set to start this week. That's an immeasurable boost for them, and with their Europa League nightmare and injury crisis behind them, I expect them to surge away from the relegation places.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Palermo had a brief spike for <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Eugenio Corini</span>, winning at Genoa, but they look to have turned back into a club in decline over Christmas, with President Maurizio Zamparini already talking of sacking his new Coach and reverting to Plan A, if indeed there ever was a Plan A.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />The absence of Simone Missiroli is always a concern for Sassuolo supporters, and they have lost four games at home this season, but those worries are outweighed by the return of Berardi and a few others, and by just how poor Palermo are, and will continue to be. I'm happy to <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">support Sassuolo conceding 0.5 and 1.0 on the Asian Handicap</span></span> as I think that they'll win this comfortably.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Recommended Bet<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Sassuolo -0.5 and -1.0 on the Asian Handicap @</span> <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="2" oldtitle="20/21" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title="">1.97</span></span></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></span><span style="border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></span></span><br style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #383838; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /></span> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Cagliari v Genoa</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Sunday, 11:30<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Live on BT Sport 1</span><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />I was tempted to back Atalanta to win at Lazio, but have reverted instead to an old favourite. Cagliari may have been involved in a couple of quiet away games lately, but they're an entirely different animal at home, and I expect goals in Sardinia once again this weekend.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />Genoa can be attritional on their travels, but the thing about Cagliari at home is the way that they play <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">draws the opposition into a shoot-out </span>and I suspect that the same thing will happen here with Ivan Juric's side. You can travel with the best intention of "keeping it tight and nicking a 1-0 win", but carrying that out is something else entirely.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" />The goals make up in Cagliari home games this season reads: 7, 5, 3, 3, 8, 3, 3, 3, 4, 6 - that means <span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">any chance that we have of backing Over 3.5 goals at</span> <span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="3" oldtitle="85/40" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px;" title="">3.10</span> must be taken</span>, and that's the case here. It might seem an obvious ploy, but that doesn't mean that it won't be a successful one.<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Recommended Bet<br style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Over 3.5 goals in Cagliari v Genoa @ </span></span><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="85/40" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title="">3.10</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="85/40" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title=""><br /></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2B5Of0aLmD4aNYMW6ob_vGfuG7G-Yf0QkemhtmdPVWmCJtiY3AUAGDGh0jGibzk6uv9XkIawt4axccdwnQgUOrEjQ7_KMzQRRWB5y7-kbETNZFODSSXMttCbu1mMbRzLXUHuMAXTh4qI/s1600/higuain-la-nguoi-hung-mang-ve-chien-thang-cho-juventus-o-tran-luot-di.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2B5Of0aLmD4aNYMW6ob_vGfuG7G-Yf0QkemhtmdPVWmCJtiY3AUAGDGh0jGibzk6uv9XkIawt4axccdwnQgUOrEjQ7_KMzQRRWB5y7-kbETNZFODSSXMttCbu1mMbRzLXUHuMAXTh4qI/s640/higuain-la-nguoi-hung-mang-ve-chien-thang-cho-juventus-o-tran-luot-di.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="border: 0px none; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="border: 0px none; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="inline-odds has-qtip" data-hasqtip="4" oldtitle="85/40" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 3px 2px 1px; transition: 0.2s;" title=""><br /></span></span></span></span></div>

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