Premier League Betting: Chelsea saunter to 4-0 first Big Phil win as United misfire

Premier League / Maxliu / 17 August 2008 / Leave a Comment

The Brazilian will have been impressed by what he saw at Stamford Bridge, Fergie needs a striker and Villa hit four.

Chelsea fired a warning shot to the rest of the Premier League as they won their first Premier League match under Luiz Felipe Scolari in convincing style.

The blues only ever traded as high as [1.42] in Betfair's Match Odds market.

Joe Cole, matched as high as [13.0] to score the first goal, struck in the twelfth minute, followed by Nicolas Anelka and Frank Lampard as the blues lead 3-0 at half-time. Good news for punters who backed Any Unquoted in the half time score market at a high of [18.5].

With a minute to go, Chelsea were sauntering to victory when Deco scored on his debut to make it 4-0.

League champions Manchester United had a more problematic day. They became the only Big Four club to fail to win their opening Premier League fixture as Newcastle United held them to a draw which traded at a high of [6.2].

United had been as low as [1.28] to win the game but it could have been worse for the champions when Newcastle took an unexpected 1-0 lead as Obafemi Martins, who had been as high as [18.5] in Betfair's first goalscorer market, headed in.

United hit back a few minutes later when Darren Fletcher made it 1 -1 - a scoreline which had traded at a [26.0] high in the half-time score market.

In the second-half, United drove forward in search of a winner but failed to find the clinical touch and the game ended 1-1. The final score traded at a high of [12.5] in Betfair's correct score market.

United, who play a game less than their rivals, are now out to [80.0] to top the Premier League at the end of August. Chelsea are down to [2.0].

Meanwhile, in the highest scoring game of the day, Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor hit three second half goals within six minutes to give Aston Villa a 4-2 victory over Manchester City - good news for those who backed on Betfair's hat-trick scored market high of [40.0].

Few can have anticipated the second half goal feast when the score was 0-0 after the first 45 minutes and the draw traded at a low of [1.87].

John Carew put Villa ahead after the break. He traded at a high of [7.0] in the first goal scorer market.

Villa reached a high of [2.88] to win the game before Agbonlahor sealed victory.