Showing posts with label Man U. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Man U. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

The Toon V Man U: Tips Round-Up

My Tips For Newcastle United V Man U: Round-Up


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

Both my sets of tips made a profit this week, but unfortunately not in the way I was hoping.  This is how things turned out… 

Bets on Newcastle... 
Full Time Result: 
30 points on draw at 3.7 – LOSS 
Things got off to a terrible start with two goals conceded in the first fifteen minutes when unfortunately Man U dominated possession.  After that we had a much better spell and the final statistics show that we actually ended the game with more shots and possession than Man U (Shots: Toon 13, Man U 12 - Possession: Toon 53%, Man U 47%).  It's frustrating though, how on several occasions this season it seems as if we have to go behind before we start playing well.  Our cause wasn’t helped when referee Howard Webb failed to spot a blatant first half penalty for some shirt pulling in the box by Patrice Evra, and we also had a ‘goal’ not given in the second half when the ball looked to have crossed the line, so the luck wasn’t with us.  Overall though, we need to start playing well for the full ninety minutes rather than waiting until we go behind before we come alive. 

Half With Most Goals: 
35 points on first half at 3.1 – WIN 109 points
My prediction of an open start to the match came true but unfortunately not in the way I was hoping.

Friday, 5 October 2012

Newcastle United V Man U (07/10/12)

My Tips For The Toon V Man U


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 OLBG.com.  I then compare how the two sets of bets performed and analyse whether it's better to bet with your heart or your head.  These are my predictions for this weekend...

Bets on Newcastle...
Full Time Result:
30 points on Draw at 3.7
Howard Webb has been appointed as the ref for Sunday's game so it'll be an even tougher game than usual as we'll be up against twelve men.  However, Webb was the ref in the corresponding fixture last season and although he did deny us a penalty when Ferdinand fouled Ba, we still won 3-0.  Back to this season, our league form so far has seen us play out three draws from six games, so given the opposition I'm therefore going to downgrade my usual optimism and go for another draw on Sunday.

First Goalscorer:
15 points on Demba Ba at 8.0
Demba has been in impressive goal-scoring form so far this season and hopefully this will continue on Sunday.