England’s manager Fabio Capello will not have the services of Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerard but the good news are that Terry is well and fit. On the other hand, Wales’s manager Garry Speed is trying to find a way where his team can secure the right results. Bellamy, Bale and Ramsey are a few of the well known players from the hosts who will try to hurt England’s chances for one of the two available tickets that lead to Euro 2012 tournament.

Although there is a distinguishable margin between the class of the two teams, the visitors always struggle to secure easy wins. Last time they played against each other was back on 2005 where England managed to get the three points after a 0-1 win. Both teams will do whatever necessary to win as the draw doesn’t suite any one. Of course for Wales a draw should count as a success but it will be difficult to keep England constantly away from their goal field.

England’s away win is offered at 1.44, the draw is set at 4.00 while Wales’ win is offered at 8.00. The Over / Under 2.5 goals bet is offered at 2.00 /1.80 while we get excellent odds on England to win with -1 handicap (2.30).

It is obvious that the away win is offered too low and on the other hand, the Over / Under bets are quite difficult to predict. The best betting pick for this game should be England to win at least 2-0 or 3-1 so the -1 handicap bet is our pick for this game.

Liverpool after 23 games has 29 points (Manchester United who leads has 51 points) while their home record is 6-3-2 with 19-10 goals. On the other hand, Fulham has 26 points after 23 games and their away record is 1-6-4 with 9-11 goals.

William Hill sports book offers Liverpool’s win on excellent price as the 1/2 (1.50) should be more than satisfactory. The draw is offered at 3/1 (4.00) while Fulham’s away win is offered at 11/2 (6.50). We do not believe than Fulham can gain anything from this game therefore out betting picks will focus on Liverpool’s home win. As we stated before, the straight win on 1/2 is a descent offer already. However, excellent offer is Liverpool’s handicap with -1 goal (Liverpool should win with 2 goals difference to win the bet). This betting pick is offered at 29/20 (2.45) and we should consider it as a value bet given Liverpool’s latest results.

The same odds are offered also on X2 Double chance while the Over / Under 2.5 Goals bet is set at EVS (2.00) / 8/11(1.73).

Arsenal is the first team that will play as they host Leeds United early on Saturday. Of course the Gunners are the big favorite for this one but keep in mind that – most probably – high profile premier league teams will give a chance to the reserved players in order to rest their key squad members. However, Arsenal is far better team than Leeds so the home victory is our betting pick (1.36).

Another interesting game is the Millwall against Birmingham. The hosts are playing well at home and they do have the potential to secure a home victory. The offered betting odds for a home win are high at 2.50 which is an excellent choice.

Blackburn’s home win against QPR is also set up high at 2.00 and given the fact that the hosts will try to take advantage of their home ground this is another interesting betting pick.

Southampton hosts the game against tough Blackpool side and the away win is tempting as it is set at 3.20. Blackpool has the ability to secure an away win and the high odds offered on this fixture worth the risk.

The draw brought up a Premier league derby as Manchester United will play against falling Liverpool which goes from one defeat to the other. Most likely Manchester United will enjoy the opportunity to secure an emphatic win over their past arch rivals. The home victory is offered at 1.57.

Full Schedule – all times in GMT:

January 8th

12:45 Arsenal – Leeds U.

13:30 Millwall – Birmingham C.

15:00 Blackburn R. – Queens Park R.

15:00 Bolton W. – York C.

15:00 Brighton & Hove A. – Portsmouth

15:00 Bristol C. – Sheffield W.

15:00 Burnley – Port Vale

15:00 Burton – Middlesbrough

15:00 Coventry C. – Crystal Palace

15:00 Doncaster R. – Wolverhampton W.

15:00 Fulham – Peterborough U.

15:00 Huddersfield T. – Dover A.

15:00 Hull C. – Wigan Athletic

15:00 Lincoln C. – Hereford U.

15:00 Norwich C. – Leyton Orient

15:00 Preston North End – Nottingham F.

15:00 Reading – West Bromwich A.

15:00 Scunthorpe U. – Everton

15:00 Sheffield U. – Aston Villa

15:00 Southampton – Blackpool

15:00 Stoke C. – Cardiff C.

15:00 Sunderland – Notts County

15:00 Swansea C. – Colchester U.

15:00 Torquay U. – Carlisle U.

15:00 Watford – Hartlepool U.

15:00 West Ham U. – Barnsley

17:30 Stevenage – Newcastle U.

January 9

13:30 Manchester U. – Liverpool

13:30 Tottenham H. – Charlton Athletic

15:00 Chelsea – Ipswich T.

16:00 Leicester C. – Manchester C.

January 10

20:00 Crawley – Derby County

The online sports betting rooms such as Bet770 offer Blackburn’s win at 2.10, the draw at 3.25 while Sunderland’s away win is at 3.50. Excellent also are the correct score odds as the 1-0 is offered at 6.50, the 1-1 draw at 7.00 the 0-0 at 8.50 while the 0-1 at 9.00. An interesting tremble is the Draw, 10-12 Corners and 4-6 cards which is offered at 19.00! Prediction: The game has the draw all written on it as Sunderland might be slightly better than Blackburn but the Rovers have the home advantage.

Of course, the problems of Liverpool have little meaning for Everton which will try to hit them as hard as possible by securing a win and pushing further down their main rivals. Everton seems to be back in winning track as a couple weeks ago they secured an away win over Birmingham by 0-2. Now they return at their home stadium aiming for the first home win that will boost the team up possible up to the twelfth spot.
Liverpool will try to shake off the out of the pitch events and the embarrassing home defeat from Blackpool by 1-2 and focus on the Saturday’s game where the tradition is on their favor as they have won 8 of the last ten games they played against Everton away including last three.

Everton most likely will deploy a 4-1-3-1-1 formation with: Howard; Neville, Heitinga, Distin, Baines; Coleman; Fellaini, Arteta, Osman; Cahill and Yakubu while Liverpool will play most likely a 4-4-1-1 with: Reina; Johnson, Kyrgiakos, Skrtel, Carragher; Meireles, Pulsen Jovanovic, Gerrard; Cole and Torres.

The online sports betting sites such as bet770 offer Everton’s win at 6/4(2.50) the draw at 2/1(3.00) while Liverpool’s win also at 2/1(3.00). Given the aforementioned analysis I strongly believe that Everton will win this game as currently it is on better form and has the desire to record a home win. I do not thing that Liverpool will be able to gain anything from this game as many players expressed indirectly their desire to leave the team with one way or the other. Our betting tip for this game is Everton to win.

Fabio Capello is facing a lot of injury problems as key players are unavailable due to injury problems (Terry, Lambard, Dafoe and Walcott). This forces the England;s manager to alter his plans and feature on a 4-4-2 – most likely – the following starting eleven: Hart, G .Johnson, Ferdinard, Cahill, Cole, A. Johnson, Gerrard, Barry, Milner, Rooney and Bent.

On the other hand, Montenegro’s manager Zlatko Kranjcar will not have the services of Stevan Jovetic and Drincic. Most likely, the starting eleven for Montenegro would be: Bozovic, Basa, Jovanovic, Savic, Djudovic, Vukcevic, Boskovic, Novakovic, Djalovic and Vucinic on a 4-4-1-1 formation.

The online sports betting rooms such as bet770.com offer England’s win at 1/4(1.25) the draw at 4/1(5.00) while Montenegro’s win high at 14/1(15.00). The Double Chance of X2 is offered at 5/2(3.50) while England’s win by 1-0 at 6/1(7.00) the 2-0 at 5/1(6.00) the 2-1 at 8/1(9.00) while the 3-0 at 13/2(7.50). The draw of 0-0 is at 12/1(13.00), the 1-1 at 10/1(11.00) while the 2-2 at 25/1(26.00). Montenegro’s win by 0-1 is offered at 20/1(21.00), the 0-2 at 66/1(67.00) while the 1-2 at 28/1(29.00).

Prediction: If England performs as they did on the past two games they played they will have absolutely no problem at all to secure a home victory. After all, the players have no excuse as England had a day off on the third match day. Despite the fact that Montenegro is a good team I believe that a cover on correct scores 2-0, 2-1 and 3-0 will be sufficient.

A possible staring lineup for Germany could be: Neuer, Boateng, Badstuber, Mertesacker, Lahm, Podolski, Kroos, Özil, Khedira, Müller and Klose. On the other hand, Turkey most likely will play with: Volkan Demirel, Hakan Balta, Ömer Erdoğan, Servet Çetin, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Tuncay Şanlı, Aurelio, Nuri Sahin, Emre Belözoğlu, Hamit Altıntop, Nihat Kahveci. As someone can easily spot is that there is great talent and well known players for both teams, a fact that ensure great action and excitement for the fans.

The online sports betting rooms offer Germany as favorites as the win is around 1.57, the draw at 3.80 and Turkey’s win high up to 6.00. The double chance of X2 is offered at excellent price of 2.25 while the Over/Under 2.5 Goals bet at 1.72/2.07. Most likely we will watch a close game with 2-3 goals scored. Germany’s win of 1-0 and the draw of 1-1 share the same odds (7.50) followed by Germany’s win by 2-0 and 2-1 (8.00). The draw by 2-2 is offered at 15.00 while Turkey’s win by 1-0 is offered at 17.00, the 2-0 at 29.00 and the 2-1 win at 17.00.

Prediction: First of all, it is good to place money on the X2 double chance due to the uniqueness of the fixture. Secondly an excellent bet is the winning margin where for Germany the 1 goal bet is offered at 3.60 while the 2 goals at 4.50. Respectively, for Turkey, the 1 goal winning margin is offered at 9.00 and the two goals at 13.00. Very good odds also are for the correct score bet of 1-0, 2-0 and 2-1.

Manchester City is currently at the 4th spot with 8 points after 5 games. Their home record is 1 win (against Liverpool : 3-0) and 1 draw (against Blackburn: 1-1) while they scored 4 goals and conceded 1. Their last game was an away fixture against Wigan where they had absolutely no problem at all to prevail by 0-2. Manchester City’s manager, Roberto Mancini will try to secure a result that will bring the team closer to its target which is no other than a Champions League play off spot. In order to do so however, needs firstly to secure all the available points when playing home but already through away 2 points after the latest draw. The fact is the Mancini will be under pressure for the whole duration of the year and might be removed from position even if the team manages eventually its target.

On the other hand, unstoppable Chelsea tops the standings table by 5 wins after 5 games, they scored 21 goals so far and they conceded just 1 (6 goals against West Brom(H), 6 goals against Wigan (A), 2 goals against Stoke(H), 3 goals against West Ham(A) and 4 goals against Blackpool(H)). The Blues have already 4 points margin from the second placed teams (Man U and Arsenal) but the game against Manchester City is the first one of a difficult games that follow as they play next Marseille (CL-H)), Arsenal(H), Aston Villa(A) and Spartak Moscow(CL-A). This is a streak of four crucial games that will determine whether or not Chelsea can keep their current form.

Online sports betting sites offer Man City’s win at 12/5(3.40), the draw at 11/5(3.20) while Chelsea’s away win at 6/5(2.20). The Over/Under 2.5 Goals bet is set at 10/11(1.91) for both betting odds while on the correct score bets the draw of 1-1 is offered at 6/1(7.00) followed by Chelsea’s win by 1-07/1(8.00). Manchester City’s win is offered at 9/1(10.00). Both teams have the ability to score a lot of goals. The Over 2.5 Goals bet of the Number of goals 2-3 will be our betting pick for this game.

The Villagers have a clear target this year which is no other than a spot that offers a ticket to the Champions League playoffs. They were not able to achieve it last year after a late streak of bad results but given the fact that their main contesters for the fourth spot (Manchester City, Everton, Tottenham and Liverpool) are on a bad form they have good chances.

No one can blame Stoke for the three straight wins so far as they lost the opening game against Wolves and suffered defeat to the other two games with high prestige teams (Tottenham and Chelsea). However, The Potters know that this will be a hard season and they will aim to win at least a single point. Stoke’s manager will have the services of Gudjohnsen, Wilson and Pennant as well as Jones. Sorensen also is back under the goalposts.

On the other hand, on Aston Villa’s bench MacDonald will coach the game once more as Houllier has not yet cleared some contact issues with the French Football Federation. The online sports betting rooms such as bet770.com offer Stoke’s win at 2.45, the draw at 3.25 while Aston Villa’s win at 2.90. Villa’s away win are on excellent choice and it will be our betting pick for this game. Both teams have the ability to score there for Total Goals 2-3 bet is also a fine choice offered at 1.95. High odds offer we will also find for the HalfTime/FullTime bet as the X/2 is offered at 5.5 while the 2/2 at 4.25.

On the other hand, the Red Devils suffered an unexpected away draw against Fulham despite the two goals lead they had. Now they have to start chasing Chelsea once again early in the season as the London side team is the only Premier League outfit with 3 wins on three games.

Moyes will not have the services of Rodwell and Saha while Phil Neville, Anichebe and Yakubu are also doubtful. A possible line up could be: Howard, Baines, Distin, Jagielka, Hibbert, Pienaar, Heitinga, Cahill, Arteta, Osman and Beckford.
Ferguson will not have the services of Carrick and Anderson but Rio Ferdinand most likely will enter to the game at some point. A possible line up could be: Van der Sar, Evra, Vidic, Evans, O’Shea, Giggs, Scholes, Fletcher, Nani, Berbatov and Rooney.

Online sportsbooks like bet770.com offer Everton’s win at 4.35, the draw at 3.40 while Manchester United’s win at 1.85. The Total Goals bet of 2-3 is offered at 1.90 while on the correct score bet, the most popular is the 0-1 (5.5) score, the 1-2 (6.00) followed by the 1-1 (6.5) and the 0-2(7.00).
Prediction: Given the fact that this is a derby, most likely we will watch a close game with two or three goals to be scored. Therefore, our betting pick for this match the Total Goals bet of 2-3 (1.90).