September 2008

Champions League Betting Preview: Klinsmann needs a win but Lyon are here for more than the beer

Dave Farrar / 30 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Klinsmann and Bayern need a win but, as Dave Farrar explains, if the French champions carry their domestic form into Europe, an away win will be music to punters' ears....Read more »

Champions League Betting Preview: Inter Milan v Werder Bremen

Dave Farrar / 30 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Jose Mourinho's until now "untouchable" status is in doubt after an insipid derby display. Can an attacking Werder Bremen side pile on the pressure and send the Italian press reaching for their hatchets?...Read more »

Champions League Betting: Time for french trio to show some Resistance

James Eastham / 30 September 2008 / Leave a comment

French clubs may have started poorly in the Champions League - but it's too early to write them off, says James Eastham....Read more »

Time running out for Klinsmann and Ramos

Ralph Ellis / 30 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Jurgen Klinsmann's return to Bayern Munich as manager hasn't gone to plan so far and neither has Spurs' start to the Premiership. The two clubs are in action in Europe over the next couple of days but could more trouble...Read more »

Champions League Topscorer: Believe stats over popular wisdom

Matthew Walton / 29 September 2008 / Leave a comment

"Magical" Matthew Walton goes through the history books to discover that the Champions League topscorer isn't always a player involved in the final. But who exactly should our money be on?...Read more »

European Football: Round the world in 600 words

Ben Lyttleton / 29 September 2008 / Leave a comment

It was a fantastic weekend of football across Europe that included a Ronaldinho header to win the Milan Derby, nine goals as Werder Bremen continue to be the great entertainers and a very, very late winner from Messi to hand...Read more »

Serie A Betting: Three in three for Pato but big brother Inter will dominate derby

Dan Fitch / 27 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Dan Fitch speaks up for underachieving siblings as he looks ahead to tomorrow's Milan derby....Read more »

La Liga Betting: Free-scoring Atletico can mount serious title challenge

Dan Fitch / 27 September 2008 / Leave a comment

The "new Maradona" is central to the birth of something big at Atletico Madrid, says Dan Fitch....Read more »

The Obscure Betting Column: The weekend's best bets from the Czech Republic, Denmark and Romania

Ben Lyttleton / 26 September 2008 / Leave a comment

The Obscure Betting Boys are at it again, looking for more bizare betting opportunities from across Europe's less fashionable leagues....Read more »

Bundesliga Betting: Ribery return should mean goals but not necessarily three points for Bayern

Razhan Miran / 26 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Razhan Miran discusses whether Bremen's demolition of Bayern amounts to title-winning form or was merely a flash in the pan. The defending champions will welcome Franck Ribery back into the team this weekend but a win at Hannover is no...Read more »

Serie A Betting: Milan Derby dominates week five in Italy

Dave Farrar / 26 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Eurosport's Dave Farrar on why Juve are still a big price to win at Sampdoria despite injuries to key players and who can come out on top as the nation turns its attention to the Milan Derby on Sunday night....Read more »

Swapping pints for tapas and the telly for the balcony

Tommy Mooney / 26 September 2008 / 1 Comments

Marbella's favourite import Tommy Mooney on late night Spanish TV, pre-match rituals and backing Robbie Keane to start scoring when it most matters....Read more »

French Football Betting: Exhausted Nancy enter the Lyon's den

James Eastham / 26 September 2008 / Leave a comment

James Eastham has made a profit of 4.34pts from staking 10pts on Ligue 1 clubs this season - but there's only one bet you should consider in France's notoriously tight top division this weekend....Read more »

Klinsmann's Californian ideologies aren't going down too well in Bavaria

Jonathan Wilson / 25 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Jonathan Wilson on how Bayern Munich's thrashing at the hands of Werder Bremen at the weekend is just the latest episode in Klinsmann's as-of-yet largely unsuccessful spell at Bayern. But just where exactly is it all going wrong?...Read more »

Keep a cool head and avoid "groupthink"

Dave Farrar / 24 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar discusses humility in the commentary box and the perils of consensus punting....Read more »

Serie A Betting: Juve to put in a Juve-like performance

Dave Farrar / 24 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Before watching the first midweek programme of Serie A on Betfair Live Video tonight, read Dave Farrar's astute preview of the action in which he predicts that Juve might go crazy and score two....Read more »

French Football Betting: Vintage result for Blanc's Bordeaux as Nantes re-build

James Eastham / 23 September 2008 / Leave a comment

James Eastham talks us through the main weekend results and stories from Ligue 1 Orange....Read more »

Football Betting: Around the world in 600 words

Ben Lyttleton / 22 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Ben Lyttleton sums up the main results and news stories from the top European leagues including AC Milan's first win, Juventus' ability to grind out results and Barca finally turning chances into goals....Read more »

Betfair Live Video Preview: Racing Santander v Real Madrid

Dan Fitch / 20 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Racing must survive a predicted onslaught from Madrid's attacking riches, so can they do it? Read what Dan Fitch has to say on the match here....Read more »

Betfair Live Video Preview: AC Milan v Lazio

Dan Fitch / 20 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Ancelotti is under the cosh at the San Siro and the league leaders visit this weekend. Dan Fitch preview a Serie A humdinger......Read more »

Bundesliga Betting: Diego and Ribery go head-to-head

Razhan Miran / 19 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Razhan Miran talks us through all the biggest matches in the Bundesliga at the weekend, including the mouth-watering clash between Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich....Read more »

Serie A Betting: Artificially short prices based on reputation signal plenty of value bets

Dave Farrar / 19 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar explains why Milan and Roma are such a short price at home and why they shouldn't be. Plus the rest of the best bets available from this weekend's top tier of Italian football....Read more »

The Obscure Betting Column: Obscure bets from Holland, Russia and Serbia this week

Dave Farrar / 19 September 2008 / Leave a comment

The Obscure Betting Boys - Dave Farrar and Ben Lyttleton - continue their quest for more good bets off the Betfair beaten track....Read more »

Eirecom League Betting Preview

Daniel McDonnell / 18 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Daniel McDonnell, chief Soccer writer for the Irish Independent, brings you his weekly Eircom League betting column......Read more »

Ligue 1 Betting Preview: Excellent Garcia and classy signings are key for Lille

James Eastham / 18 September 2008 / Leave a comment

James Eastham has made a profit of 4.48pts from staking 8pts on Ligue 1 clubs in all competitions this season. Here are this weekend's selections......Read more »

Tommy Mooney: Bringing the club closer to its fans

Tommy Mooney / 17 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Spainish clubs lag far behind their English counterparts in terms of community spirit, says Tommy Mooney....Read more »

European Football: Feeding the goal poacher is typical of football going "retro"

Dave Farrar / 17 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Eurosport's Dave Farrar picks out goal poachers, hangers and scorers from all around the European leagues including Villa, Yakubu and Niang to tell us why the guy that does very little else but score is right back in fashion....Read more »

Football Betting: Around the world in 600 words

Ben Lyttleton / 15 September 2008 / 1 Comments

Ben Lyttleton looks at the early mini-crisis at AC Milan where Ronaldinho and Shevchenko were hauled off at half-time, Lyon's "Nice" last-gasp winner and Rafael Van der Vaart's first league goal for Real ahead of this week's Champions League action....Read more »

Serie A Betting: Juventus v Udinese

Dan Fitch / 13 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Dan Fitch expects Juventus to curtail the collective haplessness of Serie A's title pretenders this weekend....Read more »

La Liga Betting: Real Madrid v Numancia

Dan Fitch / 13 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Despite a shock opening week win against Barca, Dan Fitch doubts Numancia will go the distance in the Bernabeu....Read more »

Betfair Radio: European Football Weekend Previews

/ 12 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Ahead of this weekend's matches, Dave Farrar and Alex Steedman picked the thoughts of Doug Dean and James Eastham on their specialist subjects, namely Serie A and Ligue 1 respectively....Read more »

Bundesliga Betting: Midweek hat-trick hero Klose to fire Bayern to another win

Razhan Miran / 12 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Razhan Miran talks us through the best betting opportunities this week in the Bundesliga that include Klinsmann's Bayern to carry on the rebuilding process and plenty of goals as Hamburg clash with Leverkusen....Read more »

The Obscure Betting Column: On-fire Chicago and oh so-solid Crew amongst this week's picks

Ben Lyttleton / 12 September 2008 / Leave a comment

The Obscure Betting Boys - Ben Lyttleton and Dave Farrar - talk us through this week' s selections with good bets to be found in Serbia and the MLS....Read more »

Serie A Betting: Fiorentina to demonstrate their title credentials with win at Napoli

Dave Farrar / 12 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Eurosport's Dave Farrar on why the likes of Mutu, Montolivo and Gilardino can make Fiorentina into genuine title-contenders starting with three points at Napoli plus the best of the rest from this weekend's Serie A betting....Read more »

Ligue 1 Betting: Resurgent PSG combine skill and spirit

James Eastham / 12 September 2008 / Leave a comment

James Eastham has had three out of five winning bets in Ligue 1 so far this season, staking 5pts for a profit of 3.66pts. Here are this week's selections......Read more »

It's Easy To Be Charismatic When You're winning: What next for Bilic and Croatia?

Jonathan Wilson / 11 September 2008 / Leave a comment

The Croatia boss faces his first real test as a manager as he tries to lift his side following defeat by England, says Jonathan Wilson....Read more »

Tommy Mooney: Memory lane inspires respect of my team-mates

Tommy Mooney / 11 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Our man in Marbella tells us about training on mountains, his team mates fascination with his past and how an early night caused him to miss England's victory over Croatia....Read more »

World Cup 2010: Czech Republic strong favourites but Healy has other plans

Ralph Ellis / 10 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Ralph Ellis looks at Northern Ireland's chances against the Czech Republic tonight and the role to be played by talisman David Healy....Read more »

World Cup Qualifiers round-up: Cole energises England with brace under pressure

maxliu / 06 September 2008 / Leave a comment

The Chelsea man saves an insipid England as Scots crash and Wales steal a win......Read more »

England v Andorra: Special in depth unders/overs analysis

Ed Nicholson / 06 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Last weekend Ed gave three selections in his under & over 2.5 goals column - and all three were successful! He has now recommended 4 winning bets from 9 for a profit of 6.74pts......Read more »

2010: A German Odyssey

Razhan Miran / 06 September 2008 / Leave a comment

A tragic figure he may be but Michael Ballack is leading Germany in an era of optimism. This, says Razhan Miran, is the best national side they have had in a decade....Read more »

Football Betting: World Cup Qualifiers - 6th September

Robert Hughes / 06 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Robert Hughes scours the globe to find value in four World Cup qualifiers....Read more »

Fabregas epitomises survival of the player

Jonathan Wilson / 04 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Euro 2008 demonstrated that fitness and organisation are no longer enough, says Jonathan Wilson....Read more »

Fabregas epitomises survival of the player

Jonathan Wilson / 04 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Euro 2008 demonstrated that fitness and organisation are no longer enough, says Jonathan Wilson....Read more »

Andorra v England: Tax-free goal-fest or taxing outing for England?

Mike Norman / 04 September 2008 / 1 Comments

"Mystical" Mike Norman consults his crystal ball to see how England will cope against "minnows" Andorra. If the performance against the Czech Republic is anything to go by, it will be no walk in the park......Read more »

Andorra v England: Tax-free goal-fest or taxing outing for England?

Mike Norman / 04 September 2008 / 1 Comments

"Mystical" Mike Norman consults his crystal ball to see how England will cope against "minnows" Andorra. If the performance against the Czech Republic is anything to go by, it will be no walk in the park......Read more »

"There's not much I miss about not living in Britain" says Tommy Mooney

Tommy Mooney / 04 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Marbella's number 9 tells us about eating dinner at midnight, driving on the other side of the road and why Spain will get maximum points from their first two World Cup qualifiers....Read more »

"There's not much I miss about not living in Britain" says Tommy Mooney

Tommy Mooney / 04 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Marbella's number 9 tells us about eating dinner at midnight, driving on the other side of the road and why Spain will get maximum points from their first two World Cup qualifiers....Read more »

Irish Soccer Betting: The Eircom League

Daniel McDonnell / 04 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Irish Independent soccer correspondent Daniel McDonnell looks forward to the weekend action......Read more »

Irish Soccer Betting: The Eircom League

Daniel McDonnell / 04 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Irish Independent soccer correspondent Daniel McDonnell looks forward to the weekend action......Read more »

World Cup 2010 Qualifier Betting - Georgia v Republic of Ireland Preview

Johnny Ward / 04 September 2008 / Leave a comment

It's crunch time for Giovanni Trapattoni, Marco Tardelli & Liam Brady as their Irish squad start the new campaign with a tricky away mission to Georgia and Montenegro. Johnny Ward previews the potential pitfalls that await and the prospect of...Read more »

World Cup 2010 Qualifier Betting - Georgia v Republic of Ireland Preview

Johnny Ward / 04 September 2008 / Leave a comment

It's crunch time for Giovanni Trapattoni, Marco Tardelli & Liam Brady as their Irish squad start the new campaign with a tricky away mission to Georgia and Montenegro. Johnny Ward previews the potential pitfalls that await and the prospect of...Read more »

World Cup Qualifying: Wales must think positive

Paul Moon / 03 September 2008 / 1 Comments

Paul Moon believes John Toshack is undermining his young squad as they begin their campaign to reach World Cup 2010....Read more »

World Cup Qualifying: Wales must think positive

Paul Moon / 03 September 2008 / 1 Comments

Paul Moon believes John Toshack is undermining his young squad as they begin their campaign to reach World Cup 2010....Read more »

Serie A Betting: Stubborn Mourinho should be wary of the Old Lady

Dave Farrar / 03 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Despite going down to Bologna, Milan were the most impressive of the top teams on the opening day while Juventus and Fiorentina impressed for different reasons, says Dave Farrar....Read more »

Serie A Betting: Stubborn Mourinho should be wary of the Old Lady

Dave Farrar / 03 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Despite going down to Bologna, Milan were the most impressive of the top teams on the opening day while Juventus and Fiorentina impressed for different reasons, says Dave Farrar....Read more »

Ligue 1 Betting: Puel's gamble proves anything is possible

James Eastham / 02 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Another moment of pure Benzema class handed Lyon victory in the derby against St Etienne on Sunday night - but an unlikely defensive hero played an equally important role in their win, writes James Eastham....Read more »

Ligue 1 Betting: Puel's gamble proves anything is possible

James Eastham / 02 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Another moment of pure Benzema class handed Lyon victory in the derby against St Etienne on Sunday night - but an unlikely defensive hero played an equally important role in their win, writes James Eastham....Read more »

European Football Betting: Around the world in 600 words

Ben Lyttleton / 01 September 2008 / 1 Comments

Ben Lyttleton talks us through a busy weekend of European football that saw both Real Madrid and Barcelona losing away and none of the big guns in Italy winning in week one....Read more »

European Football Betting: Around the world in 600 words

Ben Lyttleton / 01 September 2008 / 1 Comments

Ben Lyttleton talks us through a busy weekend of European football that saw both Real Madrid and Barcelona losing away and none of the big guns in Italy winning in week one....Read more »