Premier League Results: Everton denied at 1.09 as Burnley look destined for the drop

Premier League / Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco / 13 March 2010 / Leave a Comment

All the in-running prices on Betfair from a thrilling afternoon of Premier League football.

Bolton took a huge step towards avoiding the drop by thrashing Liverpool's recent conquerors Wigan this afternoon. The Trotters were matched at [2.28] to take all three points and at 3.85 to be leading at half-time and winning at full-time. At odds of 15 to go down now, Betfairians expect Owen Coyle's side to still be playing in the Premier League next season.

Over at Stamford Bridge it wasn't all plain sailing for Chelsea but they got there in the end. Having conceded an equaliser when Scott Parker scored from long range effort just before half-time Carlo Ancelotti's men were under some pressure and drifted to odds of [1.55] to win the match. But two second-half goals from Didier Drogba and one from Florent Malouda were enough to allow Chelsea to go favourites for the Premier League once again at [2.48], with Man Utd yet to play Fulham this weekend.

Spurs may be well out of the title race but their 3-1 win over Blackburn has allowed them to remain in real contention for a Top Four finish. At [3.6] they're the same price as Liverpool but behind Man City who are the [2.5] favourites to clinch the last remaining Champions League spot with Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal virtual shoo-ins. The 3-1 scoreline against Blackburn was matched at [42.0].

Wolves came out on top in the six-pointer of a match over at Turf Moor, which has seen them eased out to [2.9] for the drop. The defeat means Burnley are now just [1.28] for the drop themselves, a far cry from the dizzy heights they reached at the start of the season when they were beating the likes of Man Utd and Everton, during which they were matched as big as [3.95] to go down. The Wolves win was matched at a high of [3.8]

The comeback kings of the day were Birmingham City who came back from 2-0 down at home to Everton to salvage a draw. The Toffees traded at just 1.09 to take all three points with the draw matched at [14.0] before Birmingham found their feet and scored twice to take a share of the spoils.