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Saturday's Football Highlights: Portsmouth make Cup final

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FA Cup and Premier League action takes centre-stage on a busy Saturday in England

Portsmouth ensured there will be Premier League representation in the FA Cup final after beating West Bromwich Albion 1-0 today.

But it was a nervous performance from Pompey who, after opening odds-on, climbed to a high of [2.7] when struggling against their Championship opponents in the first semi-final of the weekend.

The game was settled by a bundled Kanu effort - to the delight of in-running correct score backers who took the final score of 1-0 at a high of [15.0].

A note on the Baggies in the ante-post FA Cup winners market, they were were backed at [1000.0] to win the Cup during the early rounds and touched a low of [3.95] - not a bad trade in anyone's books!

Portsmouth are now [1.34] to lift the trophy having been matched at [200.0].

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Arsenal are out to [44.0] to win the Premier League on Betfair after their second 1-1 draw with Liverpool in four days.

The result leaves the Londoners five points behind leaders Manchester United having played a game more.

Liverpool were matched at a low of [1.79] having taken the initiative with a 41st minute Peter Crouch goal. That strike from the edge of the box landed bets of [19.5] on a 1-0 Liverpool lead at halftime.

Arsenal, of course, pulled one back after the break through Nicklas Bendtner to deny those taking short prices on an away win.

Manchester United are currently [1.2] for the league title following the Arsenal-Liverpool stalemate.

Betfair customers make Fulham [1.08] to be relegated from the Premier League following today's 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Sunderland. That correct score was backed at [50.0] on the exchange.

Fans of Bolton should be worried - Wanderers are just [1.22] to join Fulham in the Championship next year. Gary Megson's team were battered 4-0 at Aston Villa. The any unquoted scoreline was backed at [21.0] while under 3.5 goals was taken at a low of [1.13] before Villa scored their fourth late on.

Of the other teams still considered to be in the relegation dogfight, Birmingham are [5.2] and Reading [8.2] to join them after the pair suffered defeats at Wigan and Newcastle respectively.