Aston Villa set for nasty surprise from old enemy

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At the start of March, all the talk was about Sunderland’s 14-match winless run but a few good results later, that statistic has been replaced by one about them losing just once in eight games – and that was away to Arsenal.

Similarly, praise for Aston Villa’s status as the only Premier League team unbeaten in 2010 has diminished recently, with greater emphasis placed on

Posted: March 24th, 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

Manchester City are now evens to sign John Terry

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John Terry is now evens to be at Manchester City by the time the transfer window shuts after the Citizens last night confirmed the capture of another Big Four player, Carlos Tevez.

Sky Bet still make Chelsea 8/11 favourites to keep the England captain, who has on numerous occasions in the past vowed never to leave Stamford Bridge, but are offering their shortest price yet on the 28-year-old moving.

Posted: July 14th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | 3 Comments

Eidur Gudjohnsen is 2/1 to return to Bolton this summer

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Gianfranco Zola yesterday publicly confirmed his interest in former team-mate Eidur Gudjohnsen but added: “I am sure West Ham are not the only team who are looking for a good player like him.”

A glance at the Sky Bet odds supports the Italian’s point, with a number of Premier League clubs considered to be in the running after the Barcelona forward described a return to England as “inevitable”.

Former club Bolton, who the Icelander spent two years with between 1998 and 2000, are the 2/1 favourites to sign him despite little press speculation

Posted: July 13th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | 1 Comment

Barton is 16/1 to be named Newcastle’s player of the year

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With very little football taking place right now, chickendinner have been sniffing around the bookmakers looking for interesting specials to bet on.

Paddy Power have opened a market on who will win Newcastle’s player of the year award next season with Joey Barton a distant 16/1 outsider, an even longer price than 14/1 Xisco.

The three joint-favourites at 8/1 are Obafemi Martins, Kevin Nolan and Steven Taylor - the latter two mainly because they look likely to stay - with

Posted: July 7th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

John Terry is 5/2 to move to Manchester City this summer

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Sky Bet have priced Manchester City at 5/2 to sign John Terry this summer despite Carlo Ancelotti’s claim this morning that he will be at Chelsea forever.

The online bookmakers are still fairly sure that the England captain will stay at Stamford Bridge though and have priced that possibility at 1/5. One player who seems certain to choose City over the Blues however is Carlos Tevez, who is 1/7 to move to Eastlands and 4/1 to join Chelsea.

The most open transfer special available on Sky Bet surrounds versatile Turkish forward Tuncay. The Middlesbrough man is 5/1 to stay at Riverside and is the same price to join Chelsea, Liverpool or City. As if it wasn’t already close, Sunderland are right behind at 6/1, with Spurs 7/1 and Aston Villa 9/1.

UPDATE: The Chelsea captain has now been cut to 2/1 to join City and is 4/11 to stay put

Posted: July 6th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment