The Battle For Promotion

In this weekend the English leagues participants will be determined. The first match is the battle for the last spot in the Premier involving Bristol City and Hull City. While Bristol City players dream of a second consecutive promotion, Hull City players know they are one match from carving their name in history, as the ones to win first ever promotion to the 1st tier of English football. Hull City have knocked disappointing Watford out, while Bristol City took Crystal Palace out of the race. More than 60% of the community place their money on Hull City, Just like the team's top predictors. Bristol City's top predictors won't agree and have faith in The Robins’ talented squad.

The second match sees Leeds and Doncaster fighting for promotion to the League Championship. If there is fairness in football, both teams should have been promoted. Leeds United find themselves one match from a deserved promotion after they were deducted 15 points at the beginning of the season. Doncaster, on the other hand, lost an automatic promotion at the final day of the season, but managed to recuperate and smashed Southend United to find themselves, once again, one match away from winning promotion. More than 75% of the community are certain Leeds will win. Both teams' top predictors do not rule this out, but in any case – they see the match entering extra time.

The last match between Stockport and Rochdale A.F.C raises the question: Can Rochdale players, fans and staff survive outside the fourth division? After all, they are a part of it since 1976… The community and both teams' top predictors pretty sure they won't have to deal with it, as Stockport will celebrate an emphatic win at the end of the day.

The UEFA Cup final

Tonight there is going to be a lot of excitement and noise around the City of Manchester Stadium (and not because of the local team). The UEFA Cup final brings together the two unexpected teams, Rangers and Zenit. (Who had thought it's not going to be Fiorentina and Bayern Munich at the final?).
Zenit st. Petersburg is no longer considered as a surprise package. You can go out and ask Michael Skibbe and Ottmar Hitzfeld who were soundly beaten by the Russian outfit. Not many know that Zenit is the richest team in Russian football and with money come achievement.
We are about to see Rangers tight defense trying to hold out Zenit free-scoring team while trying to develop counter attacks at the later stages of the match. Normally I would say such tactics are wrong since you can't hold a team such as Zenit for 90 minutes, but than again, Rangers have not conceded a goal in the competition for 8 hours, so the are doing something right. On the other end, if Rangers will try to go out and attack Zenit, I'm pretty sure they will lose the game.
BetUknow's community suggests the game will end in 90 minutes, giving a slight advantage to the Russians. Unlike the community, Zenit's top predictors put their money on the draw, as they predict Extra Time will be played.
Recent years have shown us that the UEFA cup final is more attractive than the Champions League final, but this year I think it'll be different. I share the feelings of Zenit’s top predictors as we are about to see a bore draw.

Round 38 – Not A Big Surprises

Today two different teams can win the Premiership title, while at the other end of the table; one team will be saved from relegation, at round 38 of the Premier League.
Despite all the fuss surrounding the departure of the "Special One, Grant being criticized by everyone and Manchester United taking all the plaudits, Chelsea are level with Manchester United at the top of the table, with only goal difference separating the two. Chelsea wait for Untied to slip, but at the same time, they have to get the points from their match with Bolton. You won't be surprised to see that 70% of BetUknow community believes that Chelsea will do just that. Unfortunately, there are also 70% who thinks Manchester United will easily beat The Latics. If you're looking for some very optimistic people, we can pinpoint Bolton's top predictors, who believe that Bolton can get a draw out of Chelsea. From this you can see that BetUknow community believes Manchester Untied will be crowned as Champions.

The second battle takes place down below, where one team, out of three, will save itself from playing at the League Championship next season. Fulham play at Portsmouth and the community predictions are pretty divided. Still, if you choose to ask the top predictors, they both put their money on Portsmouth. Not too encouraging for Fulham…
The community put it's faith in Reading and more then 50% believe they will win at Pride Park, but the top predictors are divided in their thoughts, as some of them think it'll end in a draw. This will not be enough to save Reading, but then again, if they are unable to beat Derby, they don't deserve to stay…

Birmingham must win their home encounter with Blackburn (and prey for Fulham and Reading to lose points) in order to play another year at the Premier League. That's exactly what the community not quite so sure they will do... Amongst the community there is a slight advantage for Rovers and the top predictors placed their bet on the draw.

It seems like Manchester United will retain the title and Reading will stay another year at the top level of English Football. Anyway if you are looking to make some quid at round 38 you'll find great odds at the Everton's and Aston Villa's

Beware - great odds ahead

Today and tomorrow's matches bring us three matches which odds for a draw result are surprisingly high. Just make sure you make reasonable bets and not falling for those high odds, as a draw is a tricky result to predict…

Arsenal and Everton meet at the Emirates with Everton looking for at least a draw to cement their place in the 5th place. Arsenal, on the other hand, are only fighting for their pride, as they have no real chance of reaching the 2nd place. There is a consensus amongst BetUknow community: 61% bet on Arsenal to win the match, including both teams’ top predictors. Still, with Everton still fighting for the UEFA cup spot and odds of 11\4 for a draw, you probably think this is a chance to win some quid… This is possibility, but be cautious, as most of the community bag the differ.

The next encounter is between Liverpool and Manchester City. The Citizens lost any chance of taking place in next year’s UEFA Cup, while Liverpool “lost” the chance of losing the fourth place. 14/5 for a draw look very tempting and this is probably the reason for both teams’ top predictors to put their money on it to happen.
Despite this, the community actually sees Liverpool as clear favorites to win the match, so it will be interesting to see who is wrong.


Tomorrow's match is the most important one. Even though is seems unlikely for Manchester United to lose points next week, Chelsea just have to win in order to keep their dream alive for yet another week. The community is separated evenly by their thoughts and the top predictors suggest the draw is in order. Considering the odds for the draw are as high as 3/1, this looks like a good pick. Do you really think Newcastle are capable of holding Chelsea at bay, or is it just another issue of the herd going for the tempting odds?

The real tip for the next days is: Beware, as the good odds might bring you down.