Premiership Relegation Battle The Most Exciting Ever According To Odds

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Not only is this season’s Premiership title race and the Champions League qualification race more open than ever before, we are also looking at what is probably the most open relegation battle ever in the Premiership.

The bottom half of the Premiership are currently separated by just seven points and all the teams in the bottom half are within at least five points of the relegation zone, meaning that very few teams consider themselves safe with just over ten games to go this season. According to the table it is Blackburn and Blackpool who are the safest of the bottom half teams but Blackpool are still far from safe despite their win over Spurs during the week, Blackpool are deemed fifth favourites to go down with the bookies and can be backed at 3/1.

According to the bookies the bottom four at the end of the season will feature all the W’s, who are the four teams that make up the current bottom four. West Brom are most likely to survive, they are 5/4 to go down with the current bottom three expected to remain there, all three of the bottom three are odds on to go down.

Wigan and West Ham are most likely to finish bottom, both teams are 8/15 to be relegated and around 11/4 to be rock bottom. That just leaves Wolves who are likely to make up the numbers in the bottom three according to the current Premiership relegation odds, they are 4/5 to do down this season.

The other team who could still be in trouble according to the latest odds are Birmingham, some good recent form has seen them move three points clear of the relegation zone with a game in hand over most of their rivals and they are probably safe now at 4/1 to go down. The likes of Aston Villa and Everton are still very close to the relegation zone but both are clearly expected to survive given their odds to go down of 16/1 and 22/1 respectively. With Premiership matches coming thick and fast the relegation odds are changing dramatically each week, we could have three new favourites to go down in a few weeks time.

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Exciting times for Spurs as cup draw awaits

Posted on December 14th, 2010 in English Premiership

Tottenham’s fearless approach to Champions League football this season has meant they will miss many of Europe’s leading lights in the next round.

Six months ago the Spurs fans would have jumped at the chance to play Barcelona or Real Madrid in the second round. But such has been their performances this season they now have a real chance of facing those sides in the latter stages.

Harry Redknapp’s has sent his sides out with an attacking intent, a refreshing “you score two, we’ll score three” approach that sits well with a side containing so much attacking talent.

And so far it has produced results. They were the top scorers in the group stages, hitting two or more goals in every game, including six in two games against reigning European champions Inter Milan. Anyone looking to bet on Champions League winner should remember the upsets Spurs have caused.

The draw for the quarter-finals takes place on December 17 and will pit Tottenham against either Lyon, Valencia, Kobenhavn, Roma, Marseille, Milan. Italian duo Roma and Milan are perhaps the stand out one to avoid, with the rest certainly beatable. Anyone looking to place a Champions League bet may want to wait until after the draw before committing themselves.

Their bold attacking approach may eventually end on defeat – it hard after all to see Spurs outscoring the likes of Barca. But they should be applauded for the way they have taken to Champions League football this season.
After so many seasons with the same four English teams it is refreshing to see a new side tackle the competition with infectious enthusiasm – and long may it continue.

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