Praying for profligacy
Hopefully we’ll be bored to tears by events at Anfield tonight

Nine successive Liverpool home games in the Premier League had featured at least three goals prior to the 2-0 win over Manchester United 15 days ago. Here’s why we’re hoping that the flood is about to be followed by a drought…
» The last three meetings between the two sides have all featured under 2.5 goals, with just three goals scored in total during the encounters. Incidentally, Liverpool won none of them.
» Premier League games this season have averaged 3.03 goals a game but Birmingham’s have featured the fewest of any top-flight club, with just 20 in 11 matches - 1.82 a match.
» Liverpool’s is among the highest because of their goal-heavy clashes with Stoke, Burnley and Hull but three of their last four have failed to breach the 2.5 barrier.
You can find odds of 2.28 (almost 13/10) on Betfair that there will be under 2.5 goals in tonight’s game.
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Tags: Betfair, Birmingham, free bet, Liverpool
Posted: November 9th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn
INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL
USA/Brazil, Sunday 7.30pm, BBC Three, Betfair £25 Free Bet

The reaction of the American media to their national side ending Spain’s 35-game unbeaten streak may have been unbearable but it would have been just as bad - if not worse - over here if England had done it. The USA have made this pretty meaningless tournament worth watching and they will fancy their chances of winning it after seeing Brazil stumble past South Africa last night in the other semi-final. The bookies don’t though and some of the trends identified by our friends at chickendinner make it easy to see why:
1. Brazil have won 14 of their 15 matches against USA (one after extra-time). The USA’s one win over the holders came in the 1998 Gold Cup Final, with former Everton winger Predrag “Preki” Radosavljevic scoring the winner.
2. USA haven’t scored against Brazil in three previous Confederations Cup meetings, with Dunga’s side beating them 1-0 in 1999 and 2003 and winning 3-0 against them last Thursday.

Tags: Betfair, Bob Bradley, Brazil, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Confederations Cup, Dunga, England, Everton, Final, free bet, International Football, Mexico, Predrag Radosavljevic, Preki, South Africa, South America, Spain, Special Offer, Statistics, Trends, USA
Posted: June 26th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING PREVIEW
England/Andorra, 8.15pm, ITV1, Free Bets, Best Odds

If there is one criticism of England under Fabio Capello, it’s that they take too long to break down minnows. It took them 49 minutes to score against Andorra in Barcelona, 52 to find a way past Kazakhstan at Wembley and then 40 away to them last weekend. Andorra boss David Rodrigo plans to frustrate the Three Lions tonight, although Betfair odds of 219/1 (actually down from 239/1 earlier today) show that he’s not expected to have much success. Here are some stats from our friends at chickendinner about tonight’s game:
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» England have won their three previous meetings with Andorra without conceding a goal, scoring ten in the process.
» Andorra coach Rodrigo’s claimed that “England have always had problems when they have played against us and have been made to work hard to get the first goal.” However, they were beaten 5-0 on their last trip to Wembley in 2006 with the opening goal coming in the fifth minute from Peter Crouch.
» The minnows have lost their last 20 competitive games and their overall record in qualifying games is P58 W1 D2 L55. They’ve taken just a point from

Tags: Andorra, Belarus, Betfair, David Rodrigo, England, Fabio Capello, free bet, Germany, Iceland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Peter Crouch, Portsmouth, Special Offer, Three Lions, Wayne Rooney, Wembley, World Cup Qualifying
Posted: June 10th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn
Premier League Preview
Man Utd/Arsenal, Saturday 12.45pm, Sky Sports 1, £25 Free Bet

The fireworks, red ticker tape and novelty sized champagne bottles should be out in force at Old Trafford tomorrow, as Manchester Utd need just a point to claim their eleventh Premiership title. It’s up to opponents Arsenal to be party poopers, but they have won just two of their last seven games and one of their last six clashes with the Red Devils.
Once again, we’ve teamed up with the good folks at Betfair to produce a super fancy Interactive Match Wizard for the game. For all the statistics and betting information you could ever need, check it out.
Tags: Arsenal, Betfair, Betting Information, Manchester Utd, Premier League, Statistics
Posted: May 15th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey
Premier League Preview
Arsenal/ Chelsea, Premier League, Sunday, 4pm, Sky Sports 1

Every week, we team up with Betfair to produce an Interactive Match Wizard, jam packed full of useful statistics. If you want some top notch betting advice on the big London derby, and you enjoy bright colours and fancy graphics, step this way.
Tags: Arsenal, Betfair, Betting Information, Chelsea, Premier League
Posted: May 8th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey
PREMIER LEAGUE PREVIEW
Liverpool/ Newcastle, Sun, 1.30pm, Setanta Sports 1, £25 free bet

Once again, we have teamed up with Betfair to produce an interactive Big Match Wizard, filled with stats to help you bet on Liverpool’s clash with Newcastle this Sunday.
The “Newcastle Win” stats make for grim reading - if they even leave with a point then Alan Shearer will have lived up to his messianic billing. Click here to check the wizard out now.
Tags: Alan Shearer, Betfair, Football Betting, Liverpool, Newcastle, Premier League
Posted: May 1st, 2009 by Ryan Bailey
Premier League preview
Man Utd/Spurs, Saturday, 5.30pm, Setanta Sports 1, £25 Free Bet

Last month, Harry Redknapp promised that Tottenham would have a major say in the title race.
Unexpectedly, Spurs lived up to that billing by beating Chelsea and effectively ending their bid. Liverpool fans will be praying that they are equally effective against Manchester United.
We’ve teamed up with Betfair to produce this super fancy Big Match Wizard, brimming with superfacts and statistics that help you figure out what impact each individual player is likely to have on proceedings. Click here to check it out now!
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Tags: Betfair, Manchester Utd, Match Wizard, Premier League, Tottenham
Posted: April 24th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey
INTERACTIVE FUN
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We’ve teamed up with Betfair to produce Correct Score Wizards for both FA Cup semi-finals. The devices give you all the info required for betting on the final scores and are accompanied by superfacts which offer even more insight.

The Arsenal/Chelsea match is exclusive to Setanta. Click here to take advantage of special offers when subscribing to Setanta on satellite, Freeview and online.
Tags: Arsenal, Betfair, Chelsea, Correct Scores, Everton, FA Cup, Interactive Device, Manchester United, Semi-finals, Setanta, Wizard
Posted: April 17th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn