Super Saturday

At tea-time this evening Wembley will be rocking to a mancunian chorus (if they have managed to avoid the road closures & train delays) as Man Utd take on City in the FA cup semi-final. While Man Utd are without Rooney due to suspension, City are without Tevez through injury and that is some major loss. If you take away his 19 goals in all competitions their next highest scorer is Balotelli on only 6. With Man Utd failing to score only 3 times all season, you have to worry for a City team that may be overawed by the occasion. So I suggest you grab the 11/10 for a United win which is currently available at Betfred & Victor Chandler.

In the Premier League a basement battle and a half will take place at Blackpool where they entertain bottom of the table Wigan. As regular readers will know, Blackpool are a godsend when it comes to the goals market with 94% of their home matches going over 2.5 goals. Bet365 have this priced at 4/6 and that is well worth as nibble. However Wigan have had a really tough run of fixtures this last month yet only Man Utd have scored more than one goal against them so a Wigan win, best priced 2/1 with Victor Chandler may be worth a shout, especially when you consider Blackpool have only won 1 of their last 12 matches.

In the Blue Square Premier, Bottom club Eastbourne face relegation unless they can gain a victory against fourth placed Kidderminster. Eastbourne have conceded a massive 97 goals this season and I expect that figure to go close to the magic 100 mark by 5pm today with Kiddie pushing for promotion. A Kidderminster win is a best priced 4/6 with Boylesports and that is a steal.

Finally on to 'El Classico', Real Madrid v Barcelona, the most entertaining team on the planet facing the self styled special one. Barcelona, who are 8 points clear of their rivals at the top of La Liga, can all but seal the title with a victory here. They are looking to do the double over Madrid for the third successive season and even though the Madristas will be out to avenge the 5-0 drubbing they received earlier in the season, you have to fancy Messi et al securing the points. They are a best priced 6/4 with Betfred for the victory but can also be backed at 4/5 'draw no bet' with the same firm.

One interesting stat is that Messi has never scored against a team managed by Mourinho - fancy him breaking his duck? Boylesports go 11/8 he scores at anytime, its odds on at other bookies. Ronaldo has never scored against Barca either and with that pair heading the scoring charts one oif them may break their duck this evening.

Finally if you read this in time grab the 23/20 Victor Chandler are offering on Motherwell beating St Johnstone at 12:45pm today, Motherwell, unbeaten in 4 matches, should overcome a St Johnstone side on a downward spiral with ease.

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Two out of three ain't bad

Yesterday's tips certainly could have gone worse, but they could also have gone a little better.

The day started fine when our tip on West Ham v Manchester Utd going over 2.5 goals came in easily at 5/6, we were certainly aided by the referee as his three penalty awards helped us no end. Just a quick heads up about this match. On twitter I advised backing Man Utd at half time as VCBet had the United victory priced at 12/1 whilst others were as low as 6/1. If you are using twitter then please add darrenprembet so you don't miss out, we often have in running tips available which due to timing we obviously cannot post on here.

Then it was over to the Hawthorns were our tip on both teams to score came in nicely as WBA defeated Liverpool 2-1, giving us another 5/6 winner. Unfortunately we fell at the last fence when our tip for over 2.5 goals in the Arsenal v Blackburn game came unstuck as the match ended goalless.

Our little cameo fact on Everton being the only team not to score a penalty in the Premier League this season came in useful mind, as Leighton Baines despatched one in the 83rd minute to secure a draw v Aston Villa.

So two out of three for Saturday, onwards and upwards as we look for more value today.

First up we have Fulham v Blackpool. Now not too many people will be over-excited about this match in all honesty, the highlight may well be the unveiling of the Wacko Jacko statue pre-match (don't get me started on that), but as most of you will know, Blackpool are a team full of goals. Out of 30 Premier League games this season they have failed to score in only 6 of them. They do have a soft defence to go with it though, with their goals against tally of 60 easily the worst in the Premier. Fulham are not exactly prolific scorers, joint 2nd lowest in the Premier, but facing Blackpool you have to fancy their chances of netting at least one, especially considering Blackpool have yet to keep a clean sheet in 2011.

Victor Chandler have 'both teams to score' priced at 5/6 which is worth a nibble at, even if only to maintain a decent interest in the televised fixture.

The 4pm kick off see's Manchester City face Sunderland. With Tottenham only managing a draw yesterday this is an ideal chance for City to stake a claim to that all important 4th spot and I cannot see past a City victory today. However the general price on offer is 1/2 so no real value is to be had in that.

Sunderland, who are without a win in six, have failed to net in their last three matches. However they do have Danny Wellbeck fit again to partner an in form Gyan and against a City team with only two clean sheets in their last six games, I can see them breaking their recent scoring drought. Victor Chandler have the 'both teams to score' market priced at evens for this and I think that could be worth taking a chance on.

The 'both teams scoring' double today pays a best priced 2.67/1 at Victor Chandler

A final pointer on the Man City v Sunderland game today. Betfred have this match listed as a 'double & treble delight' game. This means if you correctly back the first goalscorer and he goes on to net a brace or a hat-trick, they will double/treble your first goalscorer odds.

BetFred are the only bookmaker offering this deal at the moment so if you like a first goalscorer bet it is certainly worth placing it with them. They had this deal running on yesterday's West Ham v Manchester United game and duly paid out double the odds on Mark Noble after his two penalties.

Full details can be found on the BetFred website HERE

Lastly please head back here tomorrow, I have an interesting slant on the 'race to x corners' market which is proving popular lately. More details to come but I can tell you now a certain tactic has been tested out on this over the last month and it is showing a healthy profit.

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Midweek Guaranteed Profit Bet

This Wednesday is Manchester derby time and we have another cracking guaranteed profit bet laid out for you here, just follow our instructions to the letter and you will guaranteed profit of...

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