Sunday, May 21, 2006

The richest football match... ever ...........

Barcelona- Arsenal ? Manchester United-Real Madrid ? No, Watford-Leeds, it's true, the Championship playoff winners will earn a fortune. Share of next years tv money is worth £30m alone, add increased sponsorhip, gate receipts etc and the figure should be closer to £50m and that, for winning one football match. Think the money men at each club will be more nervous than the players.

I think the game will be very close, everone terrified of making a mistake and it could well go to extra time. Going to keep a fairly low profile but will have a small investment on the draw.

Penultimate round in Serie B today and some interesting fixtures. Ternana simply have to win, victory will give them a chance, they face Avellino in their last game, so 3 points today will leave destiny in their own hands. Home side Cremonese are already relegated and have named an attacking formation with 3 strikers.

Going to take a couple of matches to finish "over" also, like most leagues there have been more goals in Serie B recently as the season reaches its conclusion. Main bet will be on the Albinoleffe-Crotone game, rumours abound that the visitors cannot afford promotion (!), they also come with an offensive formation 3-4-3 and as Leffe need something from the match, it could really open up.

I like a draw in the Castellon-Gimnastic game in Spain Segunda, it is a result which really suits both teams and they have a history of draws in this fixture, in a league which is very tight and with few goals.

3 points Ternana 1.53 ladbrokes
3 points Albinoleffe-Crotone over 2.25 goals 1.90 asian line ***
2 points Pescara-atalanta over 2.25 goals 1.90 pinnacle
2 points Arezzo-Cesena over 2.25 1.85 pinnacle
1.5 points Leeds- Watford draw 3.25 general
4 points Castelon-Gimnastic draw 2.875 stan james

*** Whilst checking the blog, odds on this bet have crashed, guess others have the same idea.
Over 2.25 @1.70 is still OK, maybe over 2.5 @ 2.10 is the better option. For my records i will take 2 points only @ 2.10.

Good Luck.

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