Jan 16
Betting Preview: Manchester United set to thump Burnley
United’s surprise defeat at Turf Moor back in August was the first signal that Burnley meant business in the Premier League but with Owen Coyle gone fresh questions are being asked about the Claret and Blues’ survival.
Former Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws was the surprise choice to replace Bolton-bound Coyle and a trip to Old Trafford is hardly an ideal opening fixture.
The champions’ home is still a fortress with a lone defeat and draw against eight wins from ten league games. Under Coyle, there were stark differences between Burnley’s home and away form – 19 points at Turf Moor, one on the road – and the question for bettors is whether that will continue in the Laws era.
For those considering a bet, the odds point to an overwhelming home victory to cheer the Old Trafford faithful so how should we approach this game?
With United’s dominance reflected in the match odds, the value will lie with taking an extreme position – for instance, backing a slimmer than expected victory or going hell for leather on the number of goals scored.
The quote of 2.28 (5-4) that there will be over 3.5 goals in the game suggests an avalanche is on the cards. But remember, as long as the game kicks off with a few goalless minutes those odds will only get bigger. Since a 5-3 defeat at West Ham, all five of Burnley’s games have finished under 2.5 goals. A small lay of over 3.5 is recommended.
With United’s walking wounded making their way back to a stricken home defence, it’s doubtful whether Burnley will manage to score any goals of their own. A clean sheet for the Reds is skinny at 1.8 (4-5) but it should be backed.
Elsewhere in the league, Liverpool have suffered another week from hell and it may get worse yet. Fernando Torres left the field midway through the first half of Wednesday night’s FA Cup shocker against Reading and he’s joined on the sidelines by Steven Gerrard and Yossi Benayoun. This weekend’s opponents, Stoke, have come in from 7.4 (13-2) to just 4.2 (16-5) to win and they are still worth backing at that price. United may have suffered a few trying results this season but these truly are desperate times for Liverpool.
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If you can’t watch this game you can try free live video streams
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Some interesting quotes from Fergie:
“Michael needs games and we are going to try and solve the problem,” he said. “It is just about the blend with your strikers.Sometimes, with the strength I have got in midfield, it suits us to play with one striker and we like to see Wayne Rooney through the middle.Everyone knows Michael is a last defender player. There is no-one better at that because his movement and positional sense in the last third of the field is excellent.But it is a difficult choice to play two directly through the middle in the modern day game.”
I have to say Im losing a lot of respect for Ferguson. Yes there are advantages to playing five in midfield in Europe, but in the Premiership I expect a 4-4-2 for the majority of the games. Saying 4-4-2 is obsolete in the modern game is crap. Loads of clubs still play it and do very well.
We also have NO strength in midfield and if we are loading the midfield it is because we are weak in midfield and Fergie is scared of getting overran. So more lies from Ferguson.
It also makes no sense that we were going to buy Benzema this summer if we never intended to play two upfront. If we were planning to play 4-5-1 all season, why didn’t we put the money that would have been spent on either Benzema or Tevez towards a top quality central midfielder?
Or was Benzema just a smokescreen…going for a player who we knew was destined for Real Madrid just to pretend we had money to spend?
We need some answers.
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