By Patrick Reilly
21 Mar 2011 16:43:00
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* Serie A title race wide open
Has the international break come at exactly the right time for Milan and the wrong one for Inter? Only two points separate the city rivals with the Rossoneri losing grip at the top of the table.
Having been as short as 1.30 to win the Scudetto bookmaker William Hill have revised their prices. You can now get both Milan and Inter at an identical 5.50…
Serie A Title Odds (William Hill)
Milan (1st, 62pts) @ 2.20
Inter (2nd, 60pts) @ 2.20
Napoli (3rd, 59pts) @ 5.50
Udinese (4th, 59pts) @ 15.0
Lazio (5th, 54pts) @ 81.0
* All teams have played 30 games
* Torres, Carroll, Dzeko – who will score first?
Stats released after Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Manchester City were rather revealing. One Blues big money signing had scored twice from two attempts on target and was proving a handful in the opposition’s final third. We’re not talking about Fernando Torres but David Luiz who is proving to be a bargain since his January move from Benfica.
On a day when another January signing (Luis Suarez) scored, Hill’s have opened a book on when Torres, Andy Carroll and Edin Dzeko will finally get off the mark in the Premier League.
Edin Dzeko (Man City)
Games: 8
Shots: 18
Shots on target: 3
Andy Carroll (Liverpool)
Games: 2
Shots: 5
Shots on target: 3
Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
Games: 5
Shots: 10
Shots on target: 1
Which striker will score first in the league? (William Hill)
Fernando Torres @ 2.50
Andy Carroll @ 2.62
Edin Dzeko @ 3.0
Torres has now failed to score in his last seven games since joining Chelsea. We need to go back to his brace for Liverpool against Wolves in late January to find his last goals.
Considering the poor form of Torres you may be better investing in David Luiz to continue his hot streak.
* Plenty of value in Europa League
Largely ignored in the aftermath of the Champions League draw is the Europa League odds. Former favourites Liverpool and Man City have been sent packing leaving a trio of Portuguese clubs, two Dutch sides along with one Ukrainian, one Russian and one Spanish outfit remaining.
Porto look the value at 3.25 to emulate their feat of 2002/03 when they last played in this competition under the Uefa Cup title. La Liga clubs have done well in Europe’s second string competition in recent years and you can back Villarreal @ 4.50 to keep the trophy in Spain for another year.
One profitable scenario as recommended by Goal.com‘s betting blogger JD is to back two teams with single bets. Porto is a no brainer @ 3.25 and consider Man City’s conquerors Dynamo Kiev @ Europa League Odds (William Hill)
Porto @ 3.25
Villarreal @ 4.50
Benfica @ 7.0
Dynamo Kiev @ 7.50
PSV Eindhoven @ 10.0
Twente @ 12.0
Spartak Moscow @ 12.0
Braga @ 15.0
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Torres, Carroll, or Dzeko? Odds on who will score first and three things we learned about betting from the weekend