Swansea City V Newcastle United (02/03/13)

My Tips For Swansea V The Toon

Every match I give myself 100 points to place a few hypothetical bets on Newcastle and 100 points to place a few general football bets using the odds available from SkyBet.com.  I then compare how the two sets of bets perform and analyse whether it's better to bet with your heart or your head.

The bookies apparently aren't convinced by our recent improved form as they make Swansea the clear favourites for Saturday's match.  Not surprisingly therefore I'm going to go fairly optimistic with my tips this week...

Match Result:
20 points on Newcastle at 3.4
On their day Swansea are a strong side but they've shown inconsistency of late, winning three of their last eight league matches against our record of three league wins from four.  Odds of 3.4 for the Toon victory on Saturday therefore seem like a fair bet.

Goals:
20 points on Newcastle To Score 2+ Goals at 2.75
Since the transfer window we've found scoring goals a lot easier and have managed two or more goals in three of our last four league games.

The Toon V Southampton: Tips Round-Up

My Tips For Newcastle United V Southampton: Round-Up

Every match I give myself 100 points to place a few hypothetical bets on Newcastle and 100 points to place a few general football bets using the odds available from SkyBet.com.  I then compare how the two sets of bets perform and analyse whether it's better to bet with your heart or your head.

A winning performance against Southampton ensured a profitable performance for my Toon tips this week...

Match Result:
30 points on Newcastle at 2.0 - WIN 60 points
Before this fixture Southampton had lost only one of their previous nine league matches, but despite their decent form we made it three wins from our last four league games.

Both Teams To Score:
20 points on Both Teams To Score - Yes at 1.62 - WIN 32 points
Both teams went into this fixture in consistent goal-scoring form and that trend continued with an open game producing six goals.

Newcastle United V Southampton (24/02/13)

My Tips For The Toon V Southampton

Every match I give myself 100 points to place a few hypothetical bets on Newcastle and 100 points to place a few general football bets using the odds available from SkyBet.com.  I then compare how the two sets of bets perform and analyse whether it's better to bet with your heart or your head.

Due to the uncertainty about the strength of team we'll put out against Metalist Kharkiv on Thursday, I'm therefore going to skip our Europa League game and make my next set of tips for the Southampton game on Sunday...

Match Result:
30 points on Newcastle at 2.0
Southampton go into this game in decent form having recently beaten Man City and only lost one of their last nine league games (to Man United).  Our recent form hasn't been too bad either though, so odds of evens for us to win seems like a fair bet. 

Winning Margin:
10 points on Newcastle By Exactly One Goal at 3.75
6 of our 7 league victories this season have been by a one goal margin, so taking into account Southampton's respectable form of late I'm going to go for a small bet on a narrow one goal victory for the Toon.

Spurs V The Toon: Tips Round-Up

My Tips For Tottenham Hotspur V Newcastle United: Round-Up

Every match I give myself 100 points to place a few hypothetical bets on Newcastle and 100 points to place a few general football bets using the odds available from SkyBet.com.  I then compare how the two sets of bets perform and analyse whether it's better to bet with your heart or your head.

It was disappointing not to come away with anything from the Spurs game, but if you'd offered us six points from Villa, Chelsea and Tottenham I would have readily taken it.  And despite the defeat, our performance suggests we should hopefully be looking up the table from now on rather than down.

Anyway, when it comes to betting, on recent form it's looking like it's far wiser to bet with your head rather than your heart as the defeat at Spurs meant my Toon tips were a washout this week, while for the fifth week running my general football tips returned a profit:

Stoke V Reading - Match Result:
15 points on Reading at 4.2 - LOSS

Tottenham Hotspur V Newcastle United (09/02/13)

My Tips For Spurs V The Toon

Every match I give myself 100 points to place a few hypothetical bets on Newcastle and 100 points to place a few general football bets using the odds available from SkyBet.com.  I then compare how the two sets of bets perform and analyse whether it's better to bet with your heart or your head.

A 6-0 victory over Spurs on Saturday would see us move into the top half of the table (at least for a few hours), but perhaps that's being a little bit optimistic!  Here are my tips...

Match Result:
20 points on Draw at 4.0
Tottenham are unbeaten in their last nine league games, but they haven't been quite so dominant in recent matches with three of their last four league matches ending as draws.  Given our last two performances we look more than capable of giving Spurs a good match, and therefore the 4.0 on offer for another draw seems tempting.

1st Team To Score:
20 points on Newcastle at 2.63
We've started games well recently and scored first in 6 of our last 8 league games, so the 2.63 on offer looks like a reasonable bet.

The Toon V Chelsea: Tips Round-Up

My Tips For Newcastle United V Chelsea: Round-Up

Every match I give myself 100 points to place a few hypothetical bets on Newcastle and 100 points to place a few general football bets using the odds available from SkyBet.com.  I then compare how the two sets of bets perform and analyse whether it's better to bet with your heart or your head.

Although Sissoko grabbed the headlines, it was an excellent team performance against Chelsea which earned us a well deserved three points and we're now only three points off tenth place.  When you consider that a couple of days before the Chelsea match, Ladbrokes were offering odds of 8/1 for us to finish in the top half of the table, anyone who got on at 8/1 might therefore be feeling quietly confident with their bet right now.

Anyway, for the fourth week running my tips had mixed results as once again my general football tips outperformed my Toon tips...

Match Result:
30 points on Draw at 3.6 - LOSS
A few matches ago the biggest problem with tipping Newcastle was overconfidence.  Now suddenly things have gone the other way and I've been over-cautious with my predictions for our last two matches.

1st Team To Score:
20 points on Newcastle at 2.25 - WIN 45 points
Once again we were the first team on the score sheet which means we've now scored first in 6 of our last 8 league games.  On current form you would have to say we're worth keeping an eye on in this market for future matches.

Newcastle United V Chelsea (02/02/13)

My Tips For The Toon V Chelsea

Every match I give myself 100 points to place a few hypothetical bets on Newcastle and 100 points to place a few general football bets using the odds available from SkyBet.com.  I then compare how the two sets of bets perform and analyse whether it's better to bet with your heart or your head.

Chelsea will be a tricky test, but hopefully the win over Villa will help kick-start our season.  Here are my tips...

Match Result:
30 points on Draw at 3.6
On their day Chelsea are still a side to be feared, but they've been an inconsistent side under Benitez, and including cup competitions they have drawn four of their last five matches.

1st Team To Score:
20 points on Newcastle at 2.25
We've scored first in 5 of our last 7 league games.