Bookies Blog

This weekend, the big clash comes between Arsenal and United, where Arsenal desperately need all three points if they are going to take anything from the 2007/08 season. This, however, seems highly unlikely; Arsenal are heavily out of form and a trip up to Old Trafford will be extremely tough on all the Arsenal players. The players will be greatly lacking in confidence and it would be a remarkable display of maturity if they were to produce a result against United, especially as the Red Devils are on such tremendous form. Other than a slightly damaged defence, United will be extremely confident and you can see them dominating an exhausted and deflated Arsenal. The bookies, however, seem to share this opinion putting Arsenal at 4/1 outsiders with United at 10/11 to win the game.

It seems that if United do beat Arsenal then they should have the title wrapped up no matter how Chelsea perform in the rest of their games this season, United are already 2/7 to win the league and you can just expect that price to shorten further if United beat Arsenal, Chelsea have their work cut out already and are relying on a United slip up. Chelsea are looking very consistent and with the exception of their own clash with United, they should win the rest of their games with ease.

At the other end of the table it seems that Fulham are now destined to join Derby in the Championship next season. It seems also that Bolton now have a very slim chance of escaping the drop, although the recent arrests of Birmingham’s directors may have an adverse effect on their struggle for survival. Birmingham and Bolton both have tough games against Everton and West Ham respectively although 9/4 for a West Ham win against Bolton does seem to hold some value.

Reading aren’t quite safe just yet but with an easy game against Fulham this weekend they should be looking to push far enough clear of the relegation zone on Saturday to avoid the drop this season. Elsewhere, Newcastle’s current burst of good form should make a tough game for Portsmouth who are really piling the pressure onto Everton for fifth place. It is doubtless that the Premiership games this weekend are going to really shape how the premiership finally turns out. It could, if certain results occur, determine exactly who wins the Premiership and also which teams go down.