May 2009

Player Report: Lyon lost without Juninho?

Bettorlogic / 29 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Bettorlogic have compiled a report using their player analysis tool Player PRO highlighting the most important players that are likely to be missing and returning across Europe's major leagues this weekend....Read more »

Serie A Betting: Milan can't afford another season like this

Dave Farrar / 29 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Milan bid farewell to Paolo Maldini in Florence, Chievo are well placed to cause a shock and Dave Farrar offers a final day overs accumulator... Best Bet: Back the Draw in Fiorentina v Milan @ [3.45]....Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Friday May 29

The Joker / 29 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Ligue 1 Betting: Auxerre the value pick to make it seven wins in a row

James Eastham / 28 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Recommended bets: Auxerre to win at Nantes @ 2.65; Lay St Etienne at home to Valenciennes @ 1.42. Read more »

La Liga Betting: Getafe can get safe

Tobias Gourlay / 28 May 2009 / Leave a comment

In his final column of the season, Tobias Gourlay smells value in the nether region of the Spanish top-flight. Best Bet: Back Getafe at [2.18] to beat Racing...Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Thursday May 28

The Joker / 28 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Champions League Final Betting: Brilliant Barca rule Europe

Editor / 27 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Messi and Iniesta orchestrate superb victory for Barca as United fail in bid to win consecutive Euopean titles......Read more »

Champions League Final Betting Preview: Finding the value in crowded markets

Dave Farrar / 27 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar considers all the betting angles on European football's biggest night....Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Wednesday May 27

The Joker / 27 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Champions League Final Odds: Why this may be the most important man on the pitch...

Editor / 26 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Swiss referee Massimo Busacca has a key role on Wednesday night in Rome. Ben Lyttleton explains how you could profit from the decisions he makes......Read more »

Champions League Final Betting: Statistics point to profits

Matthew Walton / 26 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Matthew Walton has gone through the numbers ahead of the Champions League final so you don't have to!...Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Tuesday May 26

The Joker / 25 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Around the world in 600 words : Wolfsburg wrap up title and Maldini says goodbye

Ben Lyttleton / 25 May 2009 / Leave a comment

The title race in Germany concluded in dramatic style while the battle to finish top in France will go to the final day after a nail-biting weekend in Ligue 1. Meanwhile, the relegation issues in Spain and Italy are set...Read more »

Football Betting Briefing: Monday 25 May - Friday 29 May

James Eastham / 24 May 2009 / Leave a comment

"Seven of the last 10 Champions League finals have had over 2.5 goals so that particular wager should garner plenty of interest at 2.24."Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Monday May 25

The Joker / 24 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Serie A Betting: Siena v Juventus

Dan Fitch / 23 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Claudio Ranieri has been shown the door at Juventus and Dan Fitch thinks that they will bounce back with a victory, when they face Siena. Best Bet: Under 2.5 goals at [2.26]....Read more »

Bundesliga Betting: Wolfsburg to win the title but not necessarily the match

Razhan Miran / 22 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Razhan Miran previews the last round of matches in the Bundesliga for the season and predicts Wolfsburg will be crowned German champions by the skin of their teeth plus the best of the rest from the remaining matches....Read more »

European Football Betting: De Rossi absence could make all the difference

Bettorlogic / 22 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Bettorlogic look at how the absences of Daniele De Rossi for Roma and the likes of Marvin Matip and Nikos Liberopoulos elsewhere can help you with your betting this weekend....Read more »

La Liga Betting: Barcelona v Osasuna

Dan Fitch / 22 May 2009 / Leave a comment

With Barcelona set to field a weakened team prior to the Champions League final, Osasuna have a chance. Yet Dan Fitch thinks that Bojan and Co will prove that Barca's second string are first class. Best Bet: Barcelona win @...Read more »

Serie A Betting: Goals galore as Maldini bows out

Dave Farrar / 22 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar tells us why the goals are expected to rain down at the San Siro as one of the game's great defenders says goodbye to the Milan faithful. Plus the best of the rest from the penultimate week in...Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Friday May 22

The Joker / 21 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Ligue 1 Betting: Back overpriced Auxerre to win and Nancy to end Marseille's title dreams

James Eastham / 21 May 2009 / Leave a comment

James Eastham tells us why the 'which side has more to play for?' argument has been taken too far, leaving a resurgent Auxerre side a cracking bet to beat relegation candidates St Etienne on Saturday night. Auxerre are the Ligue...Read more »

La Liga Betting: Villarreal can sink Valencia's Champions League hopes

Tobias Gourlay / 21 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Like a pig in a Catalonian forest, Tobias Gourlay unearths sweet truffles of value in the last-but-one round of the Spanish league season. Best Bet: Back Sevilla at [1.76] to beat Deportivo...Read more »

Copa Libertadores Betting: Shambolic scenes as swine flu hits South American football

Jonathan Wilson / 21 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Jonathan Wilson finds Latin America's reputation for chaos enhanced after the early action in the inter-continental competition....Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Thursday May 21

The Joker / 20 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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UEFA Cup Final Betting: Shakhtar Donetsk v Werder Bremen

Ben Lyttleton / 20 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Ben Lyttleton tells us why Frings aren't the same for Werder Bremen when the suspended Diego isn't around and how Shakhtar can benefit from his absence ahead of the UEFA Cup final on Wednesday night. Best bet: Shakhtar to win...Read more »

Congratulations to the champions but who will reign next year?

Dave Farrar / 20 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Such is the strength of the respective champions of England, Spain and Italy, that all three will begin next season as favourites to retain their crowns, says Dave Farrar. However, with Liverpool, Real and Juventus resurgent, who should bettors be...Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Wednesday May 20

The Joker / 19 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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UEFA Cup Final Betting: Expect Goals ... Expect Profits

Matthew Walton / 19 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Matthew Walton has few tips which could help you see off the UEFA Cup in the best possible way - by making some money on it......Read more »

Football Betting: Time for UEFA to re-think their suspensions policy

Nik Wardle / 19 May 2009 / Leave a comment

As Darren Fletcher, Dani Alves, Eric Abidal, Diego, Hugo Almeida and Tomas Huebschman all prepare to miss the UEFA and Champions League finals through suspension, Nik Wardle considers whether their offences were serious enough to warrant such a harsh punishment....Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Tuesday May 19

The Joker / 18 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Round the world in 600 words: Barcelona and Inter Milan wrap up their domestic titles

Ben Lyttleton / 18 May 2009 / Leave a comment

As Inter Milan and Barcelona secure the La Liga and Serie A titles respectively, Wolfsburb move a step closer to doing the same in the German version. Ben Lyttleton talks us through the main weekend stories from the major leagues.......Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Monday May 18

The Joker / 18 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Football Betting Briefing: Expect goals in UEFA Cup final

James Eastham / 17 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Black Cats aim to secure survival on the South Coast, Werder Bremen bid to lift the UEFA Cup, vital fixtures in Greece and Denmark - James Eastham takes a whistle stop tour of the world as he looks ahead to...Read more »

La Liga Betting: Mallorca v Barcelona

Dan Fitch / 16 May 2009 / 1 Comments

Barcelona may already be champions by the time that they take the field against Mallorca, but Dan Fitch thinks that their hunger for goals will keep Barca motivated. Best Bet: Barcelona to win at [1.66]....Read more »

Bundesliga Betting: Go with goals as "the Hoff" host "the Munich"

Razhan Miran / 15 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Razhan Miran points us in the direction of the best bets on offer in Germany this weekend as Bayern Munich travel to early pace-setters Hoffenheim where goals are expected to be on the cards. Best bet: Over 2.5 Goals at...Read more »

Serie A Betting: Lay Torino in this new and clean Serie A era

Dave Farrar / 15 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar tells us why the days of sides laying down and dying at the end of a Serie A season are over and picks the best bets from this weekend's fixtures. Best bet: Lay Torino against Napoli @ [2.5]....Read more »

Ligue 1 Betting: Bordeaux to kick on in style

James Eastham / 15 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Three winners from three in the midweek fixtures and seven winners from the last eight recommendations suggests a superb run of form and James Eastham looks to build on that by backing Bordeaux with confidence to overcome their handicap against...Read more »

Serie A Betting: Udinese v AC Milan

Dan Fitch / 15 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Anything less than a win for Milan against Udinese, will see rivals Inter win the title. Dan Fitch thinks a lay of a distracted Milan is in order, in a game shown on Betfair Live Video....Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Friday May 15

The Joker / 15 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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La Liga Betting: Valencia enter the Calderón of Forlán

Tobias Gourlay / 14 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Tobias Gourlay sniffs out the value in a round of matches that will make or break the seasons of many Spanish clubs. Best Bet: Back Over 3.5 Goals at [2.56] in Atlético v Valencia...Read more »

Bundesliga Betting: Felix's resignation has set the cat amongst the pigeons in the Bundesliga race

Jonathan Wilson / 14 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Jonathan Wilson discusses the impact of Felix Magath's announcement that he will be leaving Wolfsburg at the end of the season for Schalke as the closest-run league in Europe promises to go to the wire....Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Thursday May 14

The Joker / 13 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Champions League Betting: Get on Fergie's boys whilst they're still massively over-priced

Dave Farrar / 13 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Dave Farrar tells us why injuries and suspensions to key Barca players make Man Utd a must-bet for the Champions League final and how getting the early value about them will seem like a wise move come the final whistle....Read more »

Champions League Betting: Chelsea v Barca - Same game, different interpretations

Frank Gregan / 13 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Frank Gregan has been travelling around the Iberian Peninsula and found to his amazement how meeting different people from different places who support different teams can provide such different interpretations of a football match, in this case last week's controvesial...Read more »

Asian Handicap Betting: Are you missing out?

Matthew Walton / 13 May 2009 / Leave a comment

The great thing about betting on Betfair is that we can make a profit on any given football match but we can all do it in entirely different ways, writes Matthew Walton....Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Wednesday May 13th

The Joker / 13 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Champions League Betting: Platini's plans are understandable but he's not going about it the right way

Dan Fitch / 12 May 2009 / Leave a comment

The argument that Chelsea's elimination at the hands of Barcelona was all a Michel Platini-inspired conspiracy doesn't wash off with Dan Fitch. But there might however be some truth in the fact that Platini doesn't much care for the Premier...Read more »

Ligue 1 Betting: Cash in on Le Havre and St Etienne's awful defending by going "overs"

James Eastham / 12 May 2009 / Leave a comment

James Eastham looks at such factors as motivation, summer transfers and boardroom issues amongst others to pick out good bets from the midweek fixtures in France. Best bet: Auxerre to beat Grenoble @ [2.04]....Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Tuesday May 12

The Joker / 12 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Around The World In 600 Words: Iniesta could miss Champions League final

Ben Lyttleton / 11 May 2009 / Leave a comment

The champagne is still on ice in Italy and Spain as Inter Milan and Barcelona failed to clinch their titles this weekend. Meanwhile, there is a new team in the Bundesliga race after Wolfsburg received a dose of their own...Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Monday May 11

The Joker / 11 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Football Betting Briefing: Monday 11 May - Friday 15 May

James Eastham / 10 May 2009 / Leave a comment

We've reached the business end of the play-offs in England but there are also Cups and League titles to be distributed throughout Europe with the likes of Barca, Lazio and Bayern Munich all in action, says James Eastham....Read more »

Serie A Betting: Chievo v Inter Milan

Dan Fitch / 09 May 2009 / Leave a comment

It hasn't always been pretty but Jose Mourinho's Inter are within a whisker of winning another Serie A title. If they are to take all three points off Chievo they will have to do it without talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic but...Read more »

Bundesliga Betting: Hamburg to finally get the better of Bremen

Razhan Miran / 09 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Razhan Miran looks ahead to a crucial weekend in the Bundesliga where Wolfsburg can't afford to slip up if they're to still win the Bundesliga and Hamburg meet Bremen for the fourth time in eighteen days. Best bet: Under 2.5...Read more »

Football Betting - Bettorlogic Player Report: Kaka's form can sink Juve

Bettorlogic / 08 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Bettorlogic look at the return to form and fitness of Kaka from a statistical perspective to tell us why Milan are a good bet to beat Juve this weekend plus how we can profit from the absences of Jagielka, Vedad...Read more »

La Liga Betting Preview: Valencia v Real Madrid

Dan Fitch / 08 May 2009 / Leave a comment

It's not been a great week to be a Real Madrid fan. First you get hammered at home by your biggest rivals, then said rivals qualify for the Champions League final, just as you were about to crack open a...Read more »

Serie A Betting: Sorry Juve are there for the taking

Dave Farrar / 08 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Value bets are hard to find in the dying embers of the Serie A season, but Dave Farrar is confident Milan can eclipse a fading Juventus....Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Friday May 8

The Joker / 08 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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La Liga Betting Preview: Villareal enter season-defining phase

Tobias Gourlay / 07 May 2009 / Leave a comment

It has been a fine week for Barcelona. On Saturday they ended Real Madrid's dogged pursuit with a majestic performance. On Wednesday they held their nerve against more difficult opponents. Brian Sewell would recognise their elimination of Chelsea as the...Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Thursday May

Editor / 07 May 2009 / Leave a comment

It's the Edinburgh derby tonight and our daily football tipster has a view......Read more »

Jonathan Wilson: New romantics

Jonathan Wilson / 06 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Argentinian football has debated the romance of Menottisme and the pragmatism of Bilardisme for over two decades but, on a trip to watch Huracan, Jonathan Wilson finds a club without pretensions managing to embody the nation's best traditions....Read more »

UEFA Cup Betting: Back the hosts to make Istanbul

Ben Lyttleton / 06 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Thursday night's all-Ukrainian semi-final is perfectly poised but with a partisan crowd behind them, Ben Lyttleton believes that Mircea Lucescu's men can prevail in spite of suspensions. Meanwhile, can Weder Bremen recover against Hamburg? Best Bet: Shakhtar to win 2-0...Read more »

UEFA Cup Betting: The story of the 20008/9 campaign so far

Matthew Walton / 06 May 2009 / Leave a comment

More than 100 teams started out this competition and some as far back as July 2008 via the Intertoto Cup. Hot-favourites AC Milan, recent back-to-back winners Sevilla and moneybags Manchester City have all fallen by the wayside and then there...Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Wednesday May 6

Editor / 06 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Tuesday May 5

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Champions League Betting: Chelsea v Barcelona

Tobias Gourlay / 04 May 2009 / Leave a comment

English teams have a strong record against continental rivals, but Barcelona are out of this world and Chelsea may be about to taste a rare defeat says Tobias Gourlay....Read more »

Round the world in 600 words: French and German leagues going to the wire

Ben Lyttleton / 04 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Messi and Thierry Henry all but wrapped up the title for Barcelona in Spain as did Ibrahimovic in Italy but the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 will probably be decided on the last day, reports Ben Lyttleton....Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Monday May 4

The Joker / 04 May 2009 / Leave a comment

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Saturday Football Round-up: United sink Boro deeper

Editor / 03 May 2009 / Leave a comment

United go six clear with four to play as Southgate's men drift further from safety, Drogba warms up for Barcelona and a rare home defeat in the Potteries......Read more »

Football Betting Briefing May 4 - 8: London clubs on attacking terror alert

James Eastham / 03 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Time for Tigers to roar, Champions League meltdown in the capital and crunch time for beautifully balanced all-Ukranian UEFA tie - yep, it's squeaky bum time across Europe and James Eastham is perfectly placed to make the best picks......Read more »

Serie A Betting Preview: Genoa v Sampdoria

Dan Fitch / 02 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Dan Fitch looks ahead to a Serie A local derby which you can watch on Betfair Live Video......Read more »

Bundesliga Betting Preview: Expect a positive reaction from Bayern

Razhan Miran / 01 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Jurgen Klinsmann has gone but, with Wolfsburg missing out an opportunity to pull clear, Bayern Munich still have hope of retaining the Bundesliga title, says Razhan Miran....Read more »

La Liga Betting Preview: Real Madrid v Barcelona

Dan Fitch / 01 May 2009 / Leave a comment

If Barcelona win Saturday night's El Classico at the Bernabeu the title race will effectively be over, says Dan Fitch. However, if Real can notch their 18th win in 19 matches then it will go right to the wire. Best...Read more »

Serie A Betting Preview: Inter in a flap

Dave Farrar / 01 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Is another late season Inter wobble on the cards? With a place in Europe at stake, who will prevail in the battle of the Islands? And can Chievo compound Roma's misery? Dave Farrar looks for the answers... Best Bet: "No"...Read more »

The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Friday May 1

The Joker / 01 May 2009 / Leave a comment

The Joker recommends that you back the one time scourge of Alan Shearer et al......Read more »