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Thursday, April 24, 2008

CHELSEA vs MANCHESTER UNITED (EPL)

<2.35> <3.00> <2.70>

honestly, i think there are only two options here. a draw, or a man united win. chelsea will miss lampard, as his mother has unfortunately passed away. chelsea have to win to keep the pressure on united, and punters will bring out the history books, arguing that chelsea have not been beaten at home since 30 feb 1867, a remarkable run of 19872 games since they were last beaten by the gunners. regular readers should know what i'm like. i take pleasure (and money) from seeing teams' fantastic or bad runs come to an end. this is exactly what i'm tipping here. man utd to seal up the title in style on stamford bridge, with rooney playing a huge role in this one, despite looking very muted against barcelona, who should have shown more adventure to win my bet for me. ah well. i'll be a united fan for once on saturday, that's for sure!

- Eddy's prediction: $5 on united @ 2.70 = $13.50

Agree with Eddy. It'll be a draw or a Man Utd win, which is why I have money on Man Utd +0.25. The sad thing is that singaporepools doesn't offer the asian handicap, so I'm tipping a Man Utd win. Chelsea will be forced to attack as they can't afford to draw/lose. A draw would leave them 3 points behind with 2 games remaining, which means Man Utd only need to win 1 more game to secure the title because of the vastly superior goal difference. With that, Man Utd will look to counterattack with the likes of Rooney, Ronaldo, Anderson, Giggs and there's bound to be a goal in this game. Furthermore, Chelsea lose Lampard (who played really badly against Liverpool, probably because of his mom's situation) due to his mom's death, and it will limit their attacking options as the person to replace him would be either Mikel or Essien. While Vidic is out, Brown proved to be solid in the match against Barca and I expect a Utd win. (or a draw...)

- Roland's prediction: $5 on Man Utd @ 2.70 = $13.50

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