Author Archive: ChrisHutcheon
Live on Skysports 1: Weds 19.45: Northern Ireland, Blue Square’s 2/9 favourites, can beat the Faroes in a low-scoring clash.
A trio of Championship teams combine for a tasty 10/3 treble with on a busy night of Carling Cup first round action.
Coral make Wigan no bigger than 1/3 to win the Challenge Cup for the first time since 2002 after they beat St Helens to reach the final.
Live on Skysports 1: Sun 12.15: Celtic are 21/20 with Boylesports to beat Aberdeen ‘to nil’ in the SPL and Anthony Stokes can strike for the Hoops.
Live on BBC1: Sun 13.00: West Ham are 8/1 with Skybet to beat Cardiff 2-1 in the Championship and Kevin Nolan can contribute.
Brighton (10/11, Skybet) and Southampton (13/10, Paddy Power) are worth following on the Championship’s opening weekend.
Carlisle are a tasty 5/4 with Coral to start the League One campaign with a win and Brentford also tempt at 5/6 (bet365).
Live on Skysports 2: Sat 12.45: AFC Wimbledon and Bristol Rovers are 12/5 with Totesport to draw their League Two opener at Kingsmeadow.
Live on BBC2: Sun 15.15: Leeds are 1/3 (Totesport) to get the better of Castleford in the Challenge Cup semi-final and Ryan Hall can strike.
Live on BBC2: Sat 16.30: Wigan are Boylesports’ 1/2 favourites but at 9/5 (bet365), St Helens can spring a surprise in the Challenge Cup semis.
Northampton and Southend are the teams to follow in League Two this weekend and the pair double up at 13/5 with Boylesports.
West Ham are worthy favourites at 9/2 with Betfred to bounce back from relegation by winning the Championship.
At 6/1 with Ladbrokes, Sheffield Wednesday look cracking value to take League One by storm this season and land the title.
Mario Gomez is 3/1 with Skybet to be the Bundesliga’s top scorer and he can fire Bayern Munich to title glory ahead of Borussia Dortmund.
Ambitious Paris Saint-Germain haven’t been French champions since 1994 but they tempt at 11/4 with Stan James to clinch Ligue 1 this time.
