Back Sanchez Watt to score on his Southend debut

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League One trivia fans, it’s your lucky day. Here’s your teaser: what have Akpo Sodje, John Bostock, Kevin Lisbie, Shaun Batt and Nathan Eccleston got in common?

The answer is that all of them are attack-minded players who went on loan to League One sides this season and scored on their debut.

We think there will be a new name to add to that already lengthy list tonight – Sanchez Watt. The Arsenal youngster has joined Southend on loan and looks

Posted: February 8th, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Roy Hodgson will regain hero status against Pompey tonight

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It’s largely gone unnoticed but Fulham are currently enduring their worst Premier League losing streak since February 2002, having been beaten in each of their last five games.

There are mitigating circumstances – four of the matches have come away from home, opponents have included Chelsea, Spurs and Villa, and they’ve had bad luck with injuries – but they need to turn things around quickly, with

Posted: February 3rd, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Three good reasons to have faith in Crystal Palace tonight

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Crystal Palace are 13/8 on Betfair to produce a minor upset in the FA Cup by beating Premier League Wolves a week after entering administration. Here’s why we’re backing them…

1. Wolves haven’t covered themselves in glory of late. They’ve won just one of their last seven matches and that was a slender 1-0 triumph away to League One strugglers Tranmere.
2. Mick McCarthy is likely to play a weakened team. His side were lucky

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   Posted: February 2nd, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment
   

Darren Bent will get the better of Sorensen tonight

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It’s been a miserable few months for Sunderland, who have taken just three points from their last nine league games but throughout the miserable run, Darren Bent has continued to score.

DBTheTruth has scored five in his last six outings and has found the net eight

Posted: February 1st, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Profit from Charlton’s love of spreading the goals around

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Charlton are the second most prolific scorers in League One, with the secret of their success not a fondness for destroying minnows – they rarely thrash anyone and their biggest win came against MK Dons – but instead firing at a consistent rate.

They’ve found the net in both halves of five of their last six games, with their

Posted: January 25th, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

World Cup hosts South Africa won’t suffer a group stage exit

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Today’s bet is fairly simple. Back South Africa at 15/8 to get through World Cup Group A - where they are joined by disjointed France, aging Mexico and so-bad-they-were-outclassed-by-Maradona’s-Argentina Uruguay.

The main reason to fancy them is that no World Cup host has ever failed to

Posted: January 21st, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment