Bet on Man Utd - get a refund if they flop
Manchester United were drawing away games with alarming regularity in the first half of the season, and while their travelling points haul remains lower than they would usually expect, there has been a noticeable improvement in their form outside of Old Trafford as the campaign has gone on.
Having collected 1.25 points per game on the road in the 2010 section of the season, their 2011 total has increased to 1.4 and the reason for that is that rather than frequently sharing the spoils, they have tended to lose to the other teams at the top and make amends by dispatching of the strugglers.
West Brom, Blackpool, Wigan and West Ham have all been beaten on their Premier League travels in that period, meaning that they head to Ewood Park on a run of four wins in five away to bottom-half clubs that indicates that they should wrap up the title with victory over Blackburn at odds of [1.77].
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Rovers' home record under Steve Kean has failed to scale the heights achieved under Sam Allardyce and prior to a 1-0 triumph over Bolton a fortnight ago they were on a run of five outings in front of their fans without a win that was their worst since Paul Ince's brief spell in charge.
Liverpool are the only of the five other top-six sides that they have taken points off of at Ewood Park and Tottenham and Manchester City have both snuck away victorious by 1-0 margins since Kean's arrival, so that's definitely a scoreline worth considering at the appetising price of [8.2].
Blackburn v Manchester United
Kick-off: 12.45pm (Saturday)
Live on Sky Sports 2
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Published: 13 May 2011
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