Premiership Predictions
There are two London derbies this weekend as Alan Pardew's Palace face Arsenal while in North London Spurs play Big Sam's West Ham fresh from a 4-0 FA Cup thrashing at West Brom last time out.
At the bottom Hull play QPR while Burnley have a difficult away game at Stamford Bridge though they can take heart from their impressive performance away to Manchester United. Elsewhere Aston Villa have a new man in charge and Tim Sherwood's team should take the points from a Stoke team who seem to have downed tools for the rest of the season. Southampton host Liverpool in an intriguing game in the battle for a Top Four finish.
Saturday, 21 February 2015
Aston Villa 2 v Stoke 1
Chelsea 2 v Burnley 1
Crystal Palace 1 v Arsenal 2
Hull 3 v QPR 1
Sunderland 0 v West Brom 1
Swansea 1 v Man Utd 2
Man City 2 v Newcastle 0
Sunday, 22 February 2015
Tottenham 1 v West Ham 0
Everton 2 v Leicester 1
Southampton 1 v Liverpool 0
Ramsey's Rangers 20/1 For Five Or More Away Wins – How Many Points To Survive?
Chris Ramsey guided QPR to their first away win of the season at Sunderland last time out and ahead of their six-pointer trip to Hull on Saturday, the bookmakers are betting on how many points/wins they get on the road this season.
Bookmakers still fancy a total in the low 30's could be enough to survive with the firm updating their 'Points Total of 18th Place' market. It's 6/4 for less than 33 and 33/1 for the side finishing in that position to reach 38 points or more.
Struggling Leicester City are 1/3 to be relegated, 6/4 to finish bottom with the odds' firms quoting 3/1 about Leicester, Burnley and QPR being the three for the drop.
2014/15 Premier League
To Be Relegated
Yes No
Leicester 1/3 12/5
Burnley 4/11 9/4
QPR 10/11 5/6
Aston Villa 6/4 8/15
Hull 2/1 2/5
Sunderland 4/1 2/11
West Brom 6/1 1/8
Relegated Teams
Burnley, Leics & QPR 3/1 Villa, Burnley & Leics 8/1 Burnley, Hull &Leics 9/1 Villa, Leics & QPR 14/1 Hull, Leics & QPR 14/1 Burnley, Leics & Sunderland 16/1 Burnley, Hull & QPR 16/1 Villa, Burnley & QPR 18/1 Villa, Hull & Leics 18/1 Burnley, QPR & Sunderland 20/1
To Finish Bottom
Leicester 6/4 Burnley 5/2 QPR 4/1
Villa 7/1 Hull 12/1 Sunderland 25/1
2014/15 Premier League Specials
Points Total Of 18th Place
Total QPR Away Points
3: 40/1 4-6: 3/1 7-9: 6/4 10+ 11/8
Total QPR Away Wins
1-2: 4/6 3-4: 11/8 5+ 20/1
Soccer - Allardyce happy to bide his time
Sam Allardyce is adamant that he is content at West Ham United as speculation about his future at the club intensifies. It has been suggested that the former Blackburn and Bolton boss will leave the Hammers at the end of this season when his contract expires. West Ham are on course to finish in mid-table this term but suffered a setback last weekend when they lost 4-0 to West Brom in the fifth round of the FA Cup. They will hope to bounce back when they face a Tottenham side this weekend that they completed the double over last season. Allardyce said: "It was the same when my contract ran out last time, I waited until the end of the season. We stayed in the Premier League then and it will be the same this time. We all understand the situation internally, which is the most important thing." West Ham are 15/4 to pick up three points at White Hart Lane on Sunday and can be backed at 9/2 to keep a clean sheet in the game.
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