MOT your multiple - a claret and blue quad

Every week, we put one of the most popular multiples to the test. This time we're examining a four-fold including West Ham United and Aston Villa - who have barely been out of the headlines for the past few months - and fellow kit-a-likes Scunthorpe and Burnley.

The popular multiple therefore, is to back the favourites - Chelsea to beat West Ham, Stoke to beat Aston Villa, Scunthorpe to win against Bristol City, and Burnley to see off Preston North End, with a fiver punt paying out an impressive £67.90.

However, there is one change we would make to this. Sadly for West Ham fans, we're sticking with Chelsea on their trip to the Boleyn. Chelsea have started the season in spectacular fashion, while Avram Grant's side have yet to get a single point. We can only really see a win for the Blues in this clash.

Bristol City have drawn two and lost two of their opening games and will face a struggle as they travel to Scunthorpe. After losing 2-0 to leaders Queens Park Rangers, The Iron bounced back with a 3-0 home win against Edgar Davids' Crystal Palace. They have lost only two of their last 13 home games and we can't see them slipping up here.

Burnley have had a mixed start to life back in the Championship, winning two, drawing one, and losing one on their away trip to Swansea. Preston were also swept aside by the Swans, with the 4-0 scoreline highlighting the frailty of a backline that has conceded seven goals in four league games. Burnley should win this one at Turf Moor.

The only part we'd change would be for Stoke to beat Villa at home. The Potters have lost their opening three games of the Premier League season, and have conceded two goals in each of their games. Villa have had two impressive wins against Everton and West Ham, but succumbed to newly-promoted Newcastle United 6-0.

With Gerard Houllier now in place, the Villa players will be looking to impress their new boss, and we can see them coming away with a win.

A fiver on those four results will pay out an even better £76.35.

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Published: 9 Sep 2010

2 Comments

WorldClass (September 9, 2010 11:04 AM) said:

What is it Villa win or Villa lose, you contradict your self... doh

Betfair Football, (September 9, 2010 12:15 PM) said:

Sorry, WorldClass, maybe we should have explained things a little better...

We were looking at a multiple that people may be tempted to put on to see if there were any changes we'd make.

We figured with Stoke's impressive home record, most people would back them against Villa. However, with Houllier's introduction and a couple of impressive wins behind them, we reckon Villa could make it four defeats in a row for Tony Pulis and his men.

We've made a couple of little tweaks to hopefully make it clearer!

Good luck with your bets this weekend!