In order to make a fully informed wager, it is vital that you use statistics, form and trends to determine whom you believe will win the 2011 Grand National and as a very popular betting event across the United Kingdom, it is expected that 70 million pounds will be wagered on the Grand National in 2011. Aside from the betting aspect of the event, there are around 500 million individuals who will be at home or work watching this prestigious event on television.  Despite all this, this event is considered to be similar to that of a lottery especially to those outside of the UK.

With that all being said, it is definitely a very popular event so let’s get down to it – let’s look at the favorites to win the event.

There are two horses that are favored to win this year’s Grand National according to bwin online sportsbook. With odds of 10.00, both The Midnight Club and Don’t Push It have the best odds. The Midnight Club is a horse 10 years of age and has been trained by Willie Mullins. Don’t Push It, the heaviest horse among all the contenders, is the winner from last year’s Grand National and will look to once again reign supremacy.

What a Friend is next in line with 12.00 odds from bwin. Known as Sir Alex’s horse by many, What a Friend has been impressive. This horse and Daryl Jacob won the Lexus and the previous season’s Aintree Bowl and went on to have an impressive run in the Gold Cup to finish fourth.

Oscar Time and Backstage are next up with their names being perfect for two horses sharing the same 13.00 odds to win according to bwin. Last year, Oscar Time had form that was simply inspiring during Irish Handicaps; however, there are some doubts present with this horse this year on how its form will alter for the Grand National. Backstage was a huge contender in last year’s race and many believed he would indeed take the win but in the end was unable to pull through.

With 15.00 odds to win the 2011 Grand National is Silver by Nature and Ballabriggs. Silver by Nature is one to keep an eye on as this horse has won the Grand National trials twice and was able to secure a runner up position last year in the Welsh National. Ballabriggs won the Kim Muir last year off top weight at the Cheltenham Festival and has improved since then and shouldn’t be overlooked.

Short odds include:

Quinz and Big Fella Thanks at 19.00 odds
Arbor Supreme and Niche Market at 21.00 odds
Becauseicouldntsee, Character Building, Bluesea Cracker and State of Play with 26.00 odds
Calgary Bay, Skippers Brig, Hello Bud, Majestic Concorde and West End Rock with 34.00 odds
Chief Dan George, Vic Venturi, Tidal Bay and Or Noir de Somoza with 41.00 odds

When placing your bets, be sure to wager on the horse that has impressively solid form that has superior endurance, experience in this race or similar events and an established track record of jumping with a trained jockey on its back. Head on over to bwin to place your bets before the race takes place tomorrow at 4:15 BST.

Kyle Busch

Las Vegas, Sin City, Gambling Capital – regardless of what you want to call it, this city is where the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will take their cars to the pavement this upcoming weekend. The Kobalt Tools 400 will take place on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Entering into the race on Sunday, the hometown drivers of Kurt and Kyle Busch are neither the right out favorite to win the race; instead, Jimmie Johnson is favored by most sportsbooks to win the race including bwin at 5.50 odds. Since 2005, Johnson has been triumphant in the race four times, which also includes last year.  His average finish at Las Vegas is 10.0 with a second ranked driver rating in the series of 116.4. Johnson has four top five’s and five top 10’s.

Winning this race back in 2009, Kyle Busch is favored next at bwin with 7.00 odds. Heading into Sunday’s race, Kyle is the series points leaders with brother Kurt following in at a close second. Kyle has an average finish at Vegas of 11.7 and a third ranked driver rating of 108. Busch has three top five’s and four top 10’s while also securing two poles at this track. This hometown boy will be seeking a victory and seeking hard.

Recently securing a win at Phoenix International Raceway for the Subway Fresh Fit 500 and ending a 66 race winless streak. Jeff Gordon also has short odds to win the Kobalt Tools 400 at bwin online sportsbook with odds of 8.00. His average finish at the track is 13.3 but holds a driver rating of 117.0, which reigns domination in the series. Gordon has six top five’s and seven top 10 finishes at the Sin City track.

Also a past winner with odds of 9.50 to win, Carl Edwards has a 12.7 average finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and holds a driver rating of 92.2, which isn’t anywhere near the other drivers listed here and ranks 10^th overall in the series. Edwards has a single top five finish along with two top 10’s.

Denny Hamlin has been given 11.00 odds to win Sunday’s race by bwin. Hamlin, who is a pro at tracks like Vegas, has 11.00 odds to win this race. Looking at the past 10 races on this type of track, he has an average 8.0 finish as well as three victories to his name. For his time on the Vegas track, Hamlin has only a single top five finish but has three top 10’s. Look for Hamlin to drive hard this weekend to start the 2011 season off right and in hopes of securing the Championship this year since he unwillingly let slide away at the end of the 2010 season last year to Jimmie Johnson.

According to bwin, Kevin Harvick has 13.00 odds to win at Vegas this Sunday. Harvick has an average finish of 12.8 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and has a driver rating that is ninth best in the series at 94.7. Harvick has three top five’s and four top 10 finishes at Vegas. Finishing fourth last weekend at Phoenix, look for Harvick to try for Victory Lane this weekend at Vegas.

Next up is Tony Stewart at 13.00 odds to win – a driver that shouldn’t be overlooked Sunday. Stewart ran strong in Sunday’s race at Phoenix, but failed to secure a win. He has an average finish of 14.8 at Las Vegas with a driver rating of 96.0, which ranks seventh in the series overall. He has four top five’s and seven top 10’s and will look to put a win to his name as Vegas.

Greg Biffle has odds of 15.00 to win the Kobalt Tools 400 race. The Bif has the fourth highest driver rating in the series at 103.8 and has an average finish at the track of 12.9. Biffle has secured one pole, one top five and five top 10 finishes at Vegas.

Kurt Busch, who has set the track qualifying record at 188.719 mph and 28.614 seconds on February 26, 2010, was the 2010 pole winner and has 15.00 odds to win Sunday’s race. Kurt has an average finish of 21.9 at Vegas and a driver rating of 85.7, which is 11^th in the series overall. Busch has a single top five finish and two top 10’s. He’ll be in his hometown come Sunday so look out the for the 2010 pole winner as he’ll be looking for a win.

Jeff Burton is fifth with a driver rating of 98.7 and an average finish at Vegas of 9.9, but only has 26.00 odds to win, according to bwin. He has two wins at Vegas in addition to five top five finishes and eight top 10’s making him a very strong contender in Sunday’s race against the rest of the field.

Be sure to tune in this Sunday and see if your favorite driver wins the Kobalt Tools 400. Don’t forget to head on over to bwin Online Sportsbook and place your wagers before Sunday rolls around.

This year’s Premier League has been the most interesting season in several years, since all the teams still have anything to play for. No team has run away from the rest of the teams in the top of the table and all of the teams in the bottom of the table still have the chance to avoid relegation.

In these two texts I will give you my best bettingtips for the coming round.  As I do sometimes I have chosen to split the text into two different posts since there are lots of matches to go through. First I will give you all the matches with the odds and then I will give you my best bettingtips for each match in this round. I will also give you my analyzes on why I bet like I do. All the odds are picked from bwin football sportsbetting.

Here are the first three matches in this round with the odds on each of them:

Manchester United vs. Manchester City odds – home win: 1.72, draw: 3.50, away win: 4.40

Arsenal FC vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers odds – home win: 1.22, draw: 5.50, away win: 12.00

Birmingham FC vs. Stoke City odds – home win: 2.45, draw: 3.10, away win: 2.85

And now I will give you my best tips and the odds + analyze:

Manchester United vs. Manchester City, my bettingtips: away win @ 4.40 in odds

It was long time ago that I thought that Manchester City actually could beat Manchester United in their own theater of dreams. But this time at least think that they have a reasonable chance to do it. Do you remember the last game between these two teams here at Old Trafford? Craig Bellamy scored 3 – 3 for City in the 90^th minute and everyone thought that the game was going to end with a draw. Even more when the announced four minutes where passed. But, somehow, Michael Owen managed to score 4 -3 to Manchester United when the clock stood on 95.30. You can call it furgie-time or whatever you want, but somehow this red machine manages to score these important goals.

That time the former united player and City-manager said that he understood why all the teams complained of all the advantages that Manchester United got while he was playing there but could not see from the same perspective.

What does this story actually have to do with my bet and bettingtips in this match? It’s as easy that City was almost close to win (or at least take one point) last year against Manchester United away. Now they have a stronger squad, are doing better in the league, and finally – they have a smarter manager. So I don’t think that this is a long shot. In addition to that, Manchester United lost their first league game in the last round against Wolverhampton away. I defiantly believe that Manchester city have the skills to disturb Sir Alex Ferguson’s team in this game and find the odds at 4.40 interesting on the away win in this derby.

Arsenal vs. Wolverhampton, my bettingtips: home win @ 1.22 in odds

Arsenal had the 0 – 4 lead away against Newcastle and everyone had counted in those three points for Arsenal. But in a strange way their game totally collapsed and Newcastle came closer and closer. Okay – it has to be said that Arsenal got an early red card in the beginning of the second half. And okay, Newcastle got two scores on Penalty. But it is still insane that Arsenal could “loose” two points that easy in the second half.

Because of that miss, I am pretty sure that Wolverhampton will pay the price in this game. Arsenal will win and they will do it comfortably. Even though Wolves took a strong win against Manchester United in the last round home at Mollineux, this is more or less mission impossible for them.  I actually think that 1.22 in odds on Gunners is a pretty valuable odds, even though it’s not that high. I really think that Arsenal will win this game and place a bet on them. I would also recommend you to keep an eye on the special bets (halftime/fulltime or handicap) on Arsenal.

Birmingham FC vs. Stoke City, my bettingtips draw @ 3.10 in odds

This is a pretty hard match to predict. My feeling says that Birmingham should be favorites, which they are, but the statistics says that Stoke is in a good form at the moment.  So this match can end in both directions. Or why not with a draw that both teams might be satisfied with?

I don’t find any other odds valuable to bet on, so my bettingtips on this game is a draw at 3.10 in odds.

In the next text I will give you my best bettingtips from the rest of the seven games in this round.

I am really looking forward to Chelsea vs Liverpool on Sunday, but even Monday’s game between Aston Villa vs Manchester City feels interesting.

I will list all the matches that is played this round in Premier League with the odds from bwin football betting and then give you my best pick for the round:

Bolton 3.15 draw 3.25 Tottenham Hotspur 2.10

Burnley 2.20 draw 3.20 Birmingham City 3.00

Hull City 2.40 draw 3.15 Wigan Athletic 2.70

Wolverhampton 2.00 draw 3.30 Portsmouth 3.35

Manchester Utd 1.20 draw 5.50 Sunderland 11.50

FC Arsenal 1.25 draw 5.05 Blackburn Rovers 9.50

FC Everton 1.65 draw 3.40 Stoke City 4.90

West Ham 2.20 draw 3.20 Fulham 3.00

FC Chelsea 1.85 draw 3.20 FC Liverpool 4.00

Aston Villa 2.25 draw 3.30 Manchester City 2.80

My pick of the week is a multi-play with two matches:

Manchester United vs Sunderland, home win + Arsenal vs Blackburn, home win total odds: 1.50

I know that this isn’t an all too brave bet, but those who have followed my bets for a longer time knows that I usually don’t bet on the biggest favourites. But this time I really think that both these teams will take pretty easy wins and that’s why I think that 50 % profit is a pretty god payback.

Here’s my thought about these two games and why I pick them as my bets of this round:

Manchester United vs Sunderland

Manchester United has only lost one game so far and that lost came against Burnley, very surprisingly. Beside that they have won all their six matches. It’s very rare that Manchester united drops points against opponents like Sunderland home at Old Trafford.

Sunderland impressed on me with their 5 – 2 win against Wolverhampton last week, but I saw the match and it was way too big compared to how they played. Sunderland got two penalties and at least the first was a wrong decision from the ref. At the same time Wolves deserved go get one penalty that they never got

Man Utd played in Champions league on Wednesday and that might be the only reason why to not bet on them in this match, but they have lots of players to rotate on and I am pretty sure that Sir Alex Ferguson al ready has counted in that in his tactics.

I just can’t se how Manchester united can draw or loose this game and that’s why I pick this as my first pick out of two. With the prerequisite that we have they win at least 5 out of 6 matches like this.

Arsenal – Blackburn

Even Arsenal played Champions league this week. But that’s no excuse to not to win this match against Blackburn Rovers at home.

Blackburn won against Aston Villa last week after a penalty in the 90^th minute. But I am not so impressed with their performance this year either. Blackburn has lost some important key-players this summer and I think that they will fight in the bottom half of the table.

I saw Arsenals match against Olympiakos on Thursdays Champions league round and they really impressed on me. The score was only written 2 – 0, but seen to the chances that they created It would had been more like 6 or 7 – 0.

They totally mashed down the Greek side and Nikopolidis, goalkeeper in Olympiakos, probably played one of his best games ever. It was play against their goal through out the whole game and why it took over 70 min until Arsenal got their first goal is a riddle for me.

In the beginning of this season Arsenal had lots of injuries but now more and more players have come back and on the attacking side they are almost complete now. Arshavin is playing brilliant football at the moment and with players like Van Persie, Fabregas and Eduardo available I can’t se how Blackburn can bring any points home from this match. Even Rosicky is back as winger and now its only Walcott left.

Arsenal has soo many players that can make the difference in a game like this and if they produce half as many chances as they did against Olympiakos, I am pretty sure they will win.

And with that fact I bet Arsenal + Manchester United to a total odds of 1.50.

Best regards

/Amrish

Manchester City have the backing of rich investors whilst Daniel Levy has continues to spend big backing Harry Redknapp at Spurs to turn them into a footballing power. The early season results certainly show that the top teams are no longer alone in their ability to win the big matches. Tottenham have started the season very well and Manchester City have answered their critics to prove that when their buying policy of picking proven Premiership players has been effective and they will be able to challenge for the title very quickly, something which was doubted before the season started.

Any football betting fan that likes to wager against the betting tips would be doing quite well this season so far. The football betting odds always favour the on-paper favourite as bookmakers know that, over time, the better teams win more often than not. But I believe there is a changing of the guard occurring in football at the moment with the status quo of the top four teams being broken in favour of a top six to eight teams. Perhaps not all eight of the better sides can win the league, but the recent results have shown that they can certainly contest the matches with the top sides and defeat them given a good performance.

In my spare time I am a big fan of the Football Management simulations on the PC. I read a lot of forums and fans criticise “unrealistic” results in the simulated games. But how many of them would have scoffed if Burnley had defeated Manchester Utd 1-0 or just this week Sunderland losing to Birmingham and Stoke (currently a real in form side who look to be relegation favourites on paper) defeating Tottenham away? Sometimes the most realistic thing in the world is varied outcomes in sport.

Perhaps the economic downturn has forced clubs to turn to honest players in their youth and reserve teams and given them a chance to stake their claim. More teams are being filled with “journeyman” pros like James Beattie and Aaron Hughes who are proven Premiership players and performers without the glitzy lifestyle and big wages other players who do not live up to their hype command. The exit of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid has watered down the effect Manchester United has on the league and I would argue that the likes of Obertan, Rafael, Fabio, Machida, Anderson and others are not as formidable a generation as the previously dominant players at the club. They also have a large club debt, the consequences of which are yet to be felt by the club due to on field success and refinancing.

We are unsure whether the transfer embargo placed on Chelsea will make them struggle. Their team is ageing together and they will need to dismantle and rebuild in the next two to three years. Liverpool continues to have off field difficulty with problems between their owners. Football fans may see Tottenham slow down their spending now a multi hundred million stadium is being proposed. Teams like Everton, Aston Villa and Arsenal may reap the benefit of managing themselves more efficiently. All these factors point to an evening out of the Premiership quality.

Using Live streaming services you may be able to cash in on this more competitive matches as a result of the balancing of the league. Football betting is going to be extremely interesting in the next few seasons as the consequences of the economic downturn and recent changes are felt.

By Malcolm Clarke

At the end of the day, there are only three possible results in a game of football, a home win, an away win or the draw. This is not the case with horse racing and this level of added complexity also means that it is far more difficult for the odds compilers to arrive at accurate tissue prices as well. There is so much potential information that is not available to the odds compilers in horse racing that arriving at an accurate price before the event is very difficult.

This is not the case in football and even when certain players are injured or absent then the result of Premier League games especially can be barely affected. There are so many hidden facts and data in horse racing that odds compilers cannot possibly know everything. Like how a horse will look in the parade ring for example, how they will appear moving down to the post, maybe the trainer or jockey will reveal vital information in the minutes prior to the off in an interview.

All of this could take place with any horse in the entire field and when this happens then it will lead to a movement in price. En masse, the betting public are itching to bet on something in most races. Most of the money on the betting exchanges actually filters in from the bottom. Sure there may be bookmakers hedging and traders trading but that still does not ignore the fact that the vast majority of the money in horse racing comes from the masses.

Much of this money indirectly finds its way onto the exchanges and if you can keep a very close eye on events, it then becomes possible to predict where the prices of certain horses may go to in the next few minutes or even moments. Using data screens that inform us of recent and past betting activity and liquidity levels can be a great source of information.

Knowing how far a horse has contracted or drifted in price in the few hours prior to the start is pivotal knowledge in trying to ascertain just where any future movement will be. It is basically common knowledge that the largest majority of punters money will be directed at the top end of the market in any horse race.

This means the top two or three in the betting. So if you can ascertain that the market at this stage has shown little interest in the favourite or second favourite and they have been drifting steadily then this may be an indication that the third favourite could be the one to fall in price.

This is not an exact science but knowing how the majority of punters think and understanding the mass psychology is one of the keys to successful exchange trading.

This article was written by Carl “The Dean” Sampson

Thats what this day is called, atleast in Sweden. We have lots of interesting games to look forward for today. Two hot derbys, one in Manchester (City vs United) and the other one in London (Chelsea vs Arsenal). And between these games Tottenham receive Everton at White Heart Lane and finally Portsmouth will play against Blackburn at Fratton Park. I will try to give you my thoughts of these games and some statistics.

Manchester City vs Manchester United, Away win @ 1.90 in odds

This game starts the “Super Sunday” at 14.30 CET.

Manchester City won both games against their rival Manchester United last year and became the only team that beat United twice in Premier League last season. That was really surprisingly for me. Last time City won both games in Premier League against United before last season was –69 / 70.

Even though Manchester United have a few injurys they are way better then City and United have a more options to play with than their opponents. With players like Rooney, Tevez, Berbatov on top, options like Ronaldo, Nani, Carrick, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Park on the midfield and solid defenders as Neville, Rafael, O’Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra. My guess is that if we compare United´s player with Manchester City´s squad maybe two or three players from Citys squad can compete for a starting position in Uniteds team.

I have to say that Manchester United should win this game even though they are playing away,  Specially since United are looking for revenge after the two defeats last year.  The odds that Bwin odds is giving for the away win is 1.90 and thats well worth a shot.

Portsmouth vs Blackburn, Draw @ 3.30 in odds

This game starts at 16:00 CET

Blackburn has played 8 games in a row without winning and their manager Paul Ince is questioned at the moment. Blackburn started this season wery well with 10 points in the first 6 games. But after that the team has collapsed totaly with 3 points in their last 8 games. All the bookmakers, give more chances to Portsmouth. If you plan to place your bets on this game, try to spend some time in odds comparison through oddso, to see what is the best deal for you. Only West Brom are after Blackburn in the league table and if they lose today I think this will be the last game for Ince as manager for Blackburn rovers.

“Pompay” is also a bit disappointing with their start even though they are way better then Blackburn. I thought that this was going to be a big Season for Portsmouth with lots of intetesting players in their sqaud. Just like Blackburn Portsmouth is in a bad period right now and have only won one game of their last 7 (away against Sunderland three games ago).

So this is two teams in desperate need of points and I think that this will end with a draw and 3.30 is the odds Bwin are paying for the draw here.

Tottenham Hotspurs vs FC Everton, home win @ 1.90 in odds

This game starts at 16:00 CET

Tottenham started this season worst of them all and only had two points after 8 games. That was ofcourse a big disappointment for everyone and Tottenham decided to sack their manager Juande Ramos (who came from Sevilla late in last season).

After the change of manager, when Harry Redknapp, took over that position Spurs have started to win both in the Premier League and in the Uefa cup.  They have started to climb in the table and are at the moment on the sixteenth position. Tottenham have 3 wins and 1 draw in their last 5 games things are looking brighter.

Even their opponent Everton has 3 wins and 1 draw in their last 5 but the last lose against Wigan was a bit disappointing. Wigan was the better side in that game and if Everontons Golie, Tim Howard, hadn´t made a couple of magic saves Wigan could have won with more then 1-0.

Even though I respect Everton I think that Tottenham will win this game with a oddgoal in a tough game. 1.90 is the odds and thats just marginal p(l)ayable.

FC Chelsea vs FC Arsenal, home win @ 1.75 in odds

This game starts at 17:00 CET

And here is the second great big game on this “Super Sunday”.

Chelsea has alredy played against Liverpool and Manchester United here at Stamford Brigde and only taken 1 point in these two games against 2/3 biggest rivals. In my world Chelsea are better then Arsenal and home at Stamford Brigde hey normaly win majority of their games.

Things aren´t perfect in Arsenal nowdays with both injurys and other problems (Gallas). That makes the preparations for this game harder for Manager Arsene Wenger. At the same time I respect that Arsenal coult beat Man United at home.

Another thing that speaks for Chelsea is that in the last years they have had easier in their homegames with Arsenal and have 2 wins and 1 draw in their last 3 meatings here at Stamford Brigde. I think that the machine Chelseas will beat Arsenals beauty and I bet home-win.
All odds from Bwin sportsbetting.

Good Luck /Amrish