Premiership Best Bets
Tottenham v Stoke (Sat 15:00)
**BEST BET - TOTTENHAM TO WIN TO NIL @ 6/4**
Tottenham:
• Won 13 of 19 home league games under Harry Redknapp
• Jermain Defoe & Robbie Keane scored 52% of Spurs’ Premiership goals in 2009/10
• Won last 8 consecutive home league games against sides outside the ‘big four’
Stoke:
• Won 2 of 23 away Premier League matches since promotion
• Joint lowest away scorers in the division – 2 in 4 games
• Haven’t won at White Hart Lane since 1975
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Hull v Portsmouth (Sat 15:00)
**BEST BET - LAY HULL @ 2.68**
Hull:
• Only taken 22 points from last 38 Premier League matches
• Kept a clean sheet in just 2 of last 19 league games at the KC Stadium
• Scored just 21 goals in last 28 Premiership fixtures
Portsmouth:
• Haven’t lost at Hull since 1980
• Haven’t lost a league game by more than 1 goal to any side outside the current top 6
• Won last away Premiership match 1-0 at Wolves
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Burnley v Wigan (Sat 15:00)
**BEST BET - OVER 2.5 GOALS @ 39/40**
Burnley:
• Over 2.5 goals in last 6 consecutive league games
• Only Chelsea conceded fewer home goals – 2 in 4 matches
• Scored 7 goals in last 3 games against teams outside the current top 3
Wigan:
• Over 2.5 goals in 5 of last 7 league games
• Kept just 1 clean sheet in last 8 Premiership matches
• Scored at last once in 5 of last 6 Premier League fixtures (barring 4-0 defeat at Arsenal)
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Birmingham v Sunderland (Sat 15:00)
**BEST BET - SUNDERLAND TO WIN @ 8/5**
Birmingham:
• Lost 5 of last 6 league games
• Lowest home scorers in the division – 2 in 4 games
• Lost last 2 games at St Andrew’s – 1-0 to Aston Villa & 2-1 to Bolton
Sunderland:
• Scored 13 goals in last 5 league games
• Only 1 defeat in last 5 Premiership matches
• Darren Bent & Kenwyne Jones scored 13 of Sunderland’s 17 league goals this season
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Bolton v Everton (Sun 13:30)
**BEST BET - DRAW @ 12/5**
Bolton:
• Only lost 1 of last 5 Premiership games – 2-1 at Manchester United
• Drawn 5 of last 7 league matches at the Reebok
• Haven’t beaten a team currently in the Premier League at home since February ‘09
Everton:
• Unbeaten in last 4 league games
• Drawn last 2 Premiership matches 1-1
• Only once since 1979 has either side won by more than 1 goal in this fixture
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Man City v Fulham (Sun 15:00)
**BEST BET - MAN CITY TO WIN @ 1/2**
Man City:
• Won last 6 consecutive league games at Eastlands
• This fixture over 2.5 goals for last 5 successive meetings
• Both teams scored in last 5 consecutive Manchester City Premiership matches
Fulham:
• Haven’t won away since opening day of the season
• Only 2 teams scored fewer goals this season – 8 in 8 games
• Only won 2 of last 7 Premiership fixtures
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