Six reasons why the Cardinals will win the Super Bowl

The underdogs are 3.3 to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Betfair

Photo Credit: Ross D. Franklin, AP Photo

The Pittsburgh Steelers [1.43] are clear favourites to win their sixth Super Bowl against first-time challengers the Arizona Cardinals. However, here’s why the Cardinals will become the latest outsiders to triumph:

1. In each of the last three seasons, the team who won fewer regular season games triumphed at the Super Bowl. This year the Cardinals won nine to the Steelers’ twelve.

2. Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt worked for the Steelers behind 2001 and 2006 so his insider knowledge of their set-up could prove pivotal. Six years ago the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Oakland Raiders, who their coach Jon Gruden had left at the start of the season.

3. The two sides last met in September 2007 shortly after Whisenhunt has taken charge of the Cardinals, who picked up a surprise 21-14 win. The Steelers had gone into that match with a 3-0 record.

Posted: January 29th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

IG Sport offer advice for betting on the Superbowl

The spread betting firm think the New York Giants offer value

Our friends at IG Sport have kindly previewed the spread betting markets on this year’s Superbowl. Here’s what they had to say:

““It is a truth universally acknowledged that any Premiership team bottom at Christmas will be relegated”!  Apart from West Brom in 2004 of course! “Okay, okay, it is however a truth universally acknowledged that when Ian Rush scored for Liverpool they never lost a match”!  Except against Arsenal in the 1987 Littlewoods Cup final.  “Okay, okay, however it is a truth universally acknowledged and backed up by the facts that any NFL team to win a match at Wembley goes on to win the Superbowl in the same season!

Posted: January 8th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment