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Trading Talk – Premier League 15th and 16th Dec

This time of year is notoriously busy for spread bettors, with the games coming thick and fast in the build up to Christmas. Those that like a spread bet have a number of midweek fixtures vying for attention, including Tottenham v Manchester City and Birmingham v Blackburn.

Spread buyers of Tottenham’s win index will be hoping Harry Redknapp can lead his side to their fifth win over City in as many seasons at White Hart Lane. Win index spread buyers will be encouraged that Tottenham, before the weekend, have won five of their seven home matches this season. Their two loses came against Manchester United and Stoke, while they have already beaten Liverpool at home. Not including this weekend’s match against Wolves, Spurs have won their last three home matches on the bounce and have only conceded one goal in the same period. Those punters looking to buy Spurs’ spread supremacy will have taken into account that they have yet to draw at home this season.

Man City finally ended their run of seven draws with a crucial win over Chelsea last weekend. Spread bettors looking to take on Spurs and sell their supremacy spread will be pleased that City have only been beaten once on the road this season. However, buyers of the spread will point out that City have only won once in their seven away games. The Sporting Index traders will be prepared for a high scoring game, seeing as Tottenham are tied in second place for most goals scored at home with 21. Total goal buyers will still have their 9-1 drubbing of Wigan fresh in their minds but sellers will point out that City have only conceded just over a goal per away game – four of those came in one match at Old Trafford. Jermain Defoe’s player performance spread is sure to spark plenty of debate - the striker has bagged six goals in his last four matches.

Over the last few years this fixture has been a relatively quiet affair at White Hart Lane with regards to the bookings spread. Sellers of the spread will remember last season’s corresponding fixture only produced one yellow card while the games at White Hart Lane in 2007 and 2006 only accumulated 20 and 30 points respectively. Punters contemplating buying the bookings spread will point out that the game in the 2007/08 season made-up 75 points, after Steven Ireland was sent off.

Before this weekend, Birmingham City went unbeaten in six and won four of those matches as Alex McLeish has led his side to ninth place. Spread buyers of their win index will be pleased they face Blackburn next – a team they have beaten in their previous four games at St.Andrews. This fixture has often produced plenty of goals, which will please those looking to buy the total goals spread with Sporting Index. The last four matches in Birmingham against Rovers have accumulated 15 goals, at an average of almost four goals per game, and spread punters that enjoy a bet on goal minutes will be pleased to know that the last four goal minute make-ups at St. Andrews have been 332, 227, 154 and 221.

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EPL: Predict results/scores for Week 1?

Chelsea v. Hull City (13/66/165)
Portsmouth v. Fulham (27/34/29)
Wolverhampton v. West Ham (28/34/28)
Blackburn v. Manchester City (35/34/29)
Bolton v. Sunderland (24/34/34)
Aston Villa v. Wigan (18/38/55)
Stoke City v. Burnley (20/35/43)
Everton v. Arsenal (33/34/24)
Manchester United v. Birmingham (13/62/165)
Tottenham v. Liverpool (33/34/24)

Predict the result (winner/tie) for each game. Also, predict the scores if you want.

POINTS GAME: In parentheses are the points, based on game-betting odds, you'll get for each correct prediction (Home/Tie/Away).
Correctly picking underdogs gets more points.
Basic goal is to get at least 100 points.

{Games 1-8 are Saturday; Games 9-10 are Sunday}

**Note: I'll try the prediction game here at YahooA for EPL (starting this week) and La Liga (starting next week).
If there's decent interest/participation in either/both, I'll keep it going...
Picks locked in ... last is TheBlueKid ... we got 9, not a bad start ...

Chelsea 3 v. Hull City 0
Portsmouth 2 v. Fulham 1
Wolverhampton 0 v. West Ham 2
Blackburn 1 v. Manchester City 1
Bolton 1 v. Sunderland 3
Aston Villa 4 v. Wigan 2
Stoke City 1 v. Burnley 1
Everton 1 v. Arsenal 4
Manchester United 5 v. Birmingham 2
Tottenham 1 v. Liverpool 0