Manchester United vs Chelsea Prediction and Betting Tips By Vio

A baptism of fire awaits David Moyes in his first home fixture as Manchester United host Chelsea at Old Trafford in the mouth-watering MNF fixture with both sides trying to steal a march on each other in the Championship race.

With more sub plots than a Shakespearean play, Monday night’s match promises to be one to remember. The hyperbole surrounding Wayne Rooney’s future, the return of Mourinho to Old Trafford in, if you believe the rumours, not quite in the circumstances he envisaged last season, will Mata start and does he fit into Jose’s plans?, and many more, all makes for interesting viewing.

There’s not many times that you’ll find United at odds against when playing at home and many will snaffle that price up. Chelsea are a generous 85/40 with StanJames whilst the draw for the Trevor Brookings is 5/2 in many places.  It’s a tough game to call in many respects so the out right market is swerved.

In the five encounters last year there were a massive 20 goals bagged in total, an average of four goals a game. Therefore +2.5 goals looks a solid bet but the odds reflect this and it’s overlooked. So too is both teams to score. Whilst this has occurred in 11 out of the last 15 matches but at the anorexic price of 13/20 is passed over in favour of there being +1.5 goals by half time.

In the last five fixtures at Old Trafford the half time goals count reads as 0/2/3/2/1. The zero can be forgiven given the fact that the league was already secure for The Red Devils and the regular oomph of a regular United v Chelsea fixture wasn’t evident that day but that won’t be the case this Monday. At 7/4  it’s worth taking the chance.

In the last seven contests between the two teams, Chelsea have won the corner count on six occasions, with the other game ending all square. At Old Trafford last season the results read 2-7 / 2-4 and the season before that it ended up 4-10 and in that match United ran out 3-1 winners. In the Most Corners market Bet365 have Chelsea at 13/10 and given the above, that has to be backed.

It would a twist of fate should Rooney start on Monday night but given his recent ‘injury’ troubles he’s likely to start on the bench given the form of Welbeck and RVP against Swansea. He should be given a run out at some point and given the saga surrounding his future in M16, it’s almost inevitable that he’ll have some part to play in this game. At 10/1 to score last, and who knows, it may be the winner, with 188bet it’s worth a punt on the follicy challenged forward.

Man Utd vs Chelsea Betting Tips

+1.5 Goals in the first half – 7/4 

Most Corners – Chelsea – 13/10 

Rooney to score last – 10/1 

Premier League Outright Betting Tips: Mour Jose Magic By Stephen Hunt

The Premier League title race looks wide open ahead of this season and the bookies' latest odds are struggling to split Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea. But who will win the Premier League 2013/14?

Last season’s title winners Manchester United signed off the season by saying bye bye to Fergie after 27 years, he has moved upstairs and in has come former Everton manager David Moyes. It’s going to be an interesting season for United and a little weird too having a new man in charge. I’m not sure too much will change to be honest and I’m pretty sure Sir Alex will still be putting his two peneth in. The Community Shield win on Sunday is the prefect competative start to their seaosn after a shakey pre-season. 

Transfer wise, only one in so far in Guillermo Varela. Who you say? Well I’ve never heard of him either! He is a 20 year old full back from Uruguay who I wouldn’t expect to see much of this season, well maybe in the League Cup if Moyes continues Fergie’s way of thinking about the League Cup. Moyes (or was it Sir Alex?) has brought Phil Neville back with him as coach along with making Ryan Giggs coach too. The Wayne Rooney saga will not go away and after being left out the Community Shield squad is he being frozen out by David Moyes? He is strongly linked with Chelsea and could be heading south before September 2nd.

The worst kept secret was finally revealed at the end of the season, Jose Mourinho returned to Chelsea to replace Rafa Benitez at Chelsea. They say never go back but Jose isn't one to do things by the book, or take orders from any body else. Chelsea under Rafa finished 3^rd last season which was mission accomplished from him, Champions League qualification was a must for Chelsea if they wanted to get ‘the special one’ back. They did and he’s back. For how long? Who knows but one thing we do know is that the Premier League has just got a whole lot more interesting now he is back. Transfers in, they have signed Andre Schurrle form Dortmund and Mario van Ginkel from Vitesse so far and with rumours of the signing of a big named striker a(Wayne Rooney?) on the way, Chelsea will be seriously strong contenders this season.

Manchester City is another top club who replaced their manager at the end of last season. Mancini finished 2^nd last season which is obviously rubbish and I’m not surprised he was sacked. I am of course joking, mancini stabilised City, won them the league title, a FA Cup and the worst league position they finished was 2^nd! But out with the old and in with the new, enter former Malaga Manager,  Manuel Pellegrini. The Chilean has come in to try and better Mancini’s record and good luck to him with that. Out has gone Carlos Tevez along with Kolo Toure and in has come Negrado, Jovetic, Jesus Nevas from Savilla and Fernandinho from Shakhtar. City needed a goal scorer and they have tbrought in two. They will be there or there abouts if the new front men click,  but can then overhal the other two?

Arsene Wenger sees this season as his chance to finally challenge for the title with Arsenal with the shift around in coaches with the other top clubs. They are being linked with a host of top players and if Wenger can pull off these signings they will be in with a great shout come the end of the season. Yes so far they have only signed the usual young French wizzkid that they usually sign but they seem to be making the right noises this season. They missed out on Higuain but are in pursuit of Luis Suarez, they signing alone could see Arsenal get closer to the front three in the betting.

Tottenham were so unlucky to finish one point outside the Champions League places last season, they and AVB were very impressive mainly down to the outstanding Gareth Bale of course. If Spurs can hold on to Bale and get new man Soldado firing Spurs can have another fantastic season. Spurs have a great young squad full of talent and the addition of Paulinho who was very impressive for Brazil during the Confederations Cup will only better them IMO.

So, who do I think will win the Premier League this year? Well I can’t see past Chelsea this year, the ‘special one’ should slot straight back in to his former role and hit the ground running, if he can find his new ‘Drogba’ then it should all be in the bag for Chelsea and this talented squad.  

Premier League Outright Betting Tips

Chelsea to win the Premier League 

Straight Forecast: 1. Chelsea 2. Man Utd 

Watford vs Nottm Forest Betting Tips and Predictions By Jack Critchley

The top two in the Championship meet on Sunday afternoon at Vicarage Road on Sunday and it looks set to be an absolute scorcher so here are our best free tips for the match.

Forest are yet to concede in the league this season, winning two of their matches by a single goal and thumping promotion rivals Bolton last week by 3 goals to nil.

Billy Davies has bought the feel good factor back and he has notably tightened up their defence which was notorious for leaking goals since the departure of Wes Morgan.

Jack Hobbs has been acquired on loan and Kelvin Wilson has returned from Celtic and Jamie Mackie will add an often underappreciated work ethic to their attack.

Watford meanwhile have carried on where they left off last season, scoring hatfuls of goals whilst also being a touch unpredictable. They beat Birmingham 1-0 on the opening day of the season, followed by a thumping of Bournemouth 6-1, but then found themselves 2-0 down to Reading before eventually finishing 3-3 in a topsy-turvy affair.

There is no doubt that both sides have a talented squad of players at their disposal and for many neutrals this should be game of the weekend in the Championship.

I’m wary of backing both teams to score as Forest haven’t conceded this campaign, but I would back Over 2.5 goals at 4/5. There have been over 2.5 goals in 12 of Watford’s last 13 home games and I can see this record continuing.

I am going to take a chance on a correct score, I can’t separate the two teams and believe it could be the second draw of the season for the home side and the first time Forest will drop points. 2-2 correct score at 12/1 looks appealing.

Andy Reid scored last week and he always appears to be handy from set pieces. He is one of the away sides most creative outlets and 7/1 for anytime goalscorer looks too good to turn down. I think at least two of the goals could arrive courtesy of set pieces and with Troy Deeney too short in the market, I would take the Forest midfielder to find his way onto the scoresheet for the second week in a row.

Tottenham vs Swansea Prediction Betting Tips and Match Preview By Andrew Clark

Tottenham play Swansea in the Premier League on Sunday with both sides coming in on the back of convincing Europa League victories on Thursday.

Spurs are planning life after Gareth Bale and got off to a winning start last weekend when they beat Crystal Palace 1-0 thanks to new man Roberto Soldado and he already looks to be fitting right into the Tottenham side. He added two more goals in the Europa League on Thursday and not many people would back against him scoring again here.

Swansea bounced back from defeat against Manchester United last weekend with a 5-1 win in the Europa League on Thursday and if those results are anything to go by we could be in for a thriller at White Hart Lane here. Michu was the star man with a goal and two assists on Thursday but this is a much tougher test for the Welsh side. Taking into account the back end of his Valencia days Roberto Soldado has now scored 11 goals in his last nine league matches and Betfred go 7/2 he scores the first goal against Swansea. Keeping to the goalscoring theme Jan Vertonghen scored in both meetings between these sides last season and 13/2 to score here.

In Swansea’s last four Premier League matches in London they have lost and failed to score on three occasions and Tottenham are 19/10 to win to nil, a bet worth taking.

Cardiff vs Man City Prediction, Preview and Betting Tips By Stephen Hunt

New boys Cardiff play their first home game of the season as they entertain Manchester City at the Cardiff City stadium.

Malky Mackay’s men had a tough introduction to the Premiership when they went down 2-0 away to West Ham, now at home they will be hoping their home support will be their 12^th man and given their opponents they might just need that extra man!

Cardiff’s Malaysian owner Vincent Tan has backed his manager over the summer and brought in a number of big money signings, £8 million on relatively unknown 20 year old striker though seems like a big gamble to me when you need goals. Don’t get me wrong he must be decent and he will probably do well but he will surely need time to settle and develop? A lot rests on the ageing shoulders of Craig Bellamy, he still has the quality to upset defenders and not just with his mouth too. Steven Caulker should be a decent signing and medel should add some much needed steel in the heart of midfield if he stays on the pitch as ‘El Pitbull’ enjoys a red card, sent off seven times in two years in Spain.

They will have to be at their best against Man City though as City were very impressive in their opening game beating Newcastle 4-0.

Pellegrini has come in and got City playing some great football, Dzeko looks like a different player from last season which might have something to do with the arrival of Spanish international Negredo in the summer, either way its good for City. Navas looks a good signing and his pace will cause the Cardiff defence problems. Toure’s presents in the midfield is immense and I can see him running the show. The only slight hope for Cardiff is City are short in defence, especially with Kompany getting injured against Newcastle.

City are obviously big favourites to win this one and I can’t see the result being anything other than a away win.