A rare Sunday blog to coincide with the first new racecourse to open in the Uk for over 80 years. Finally Great Leighs comes into being, but as with the all-weather at Kempton, the first few races will be best watched to check on draw biases etc.
1.30 Newcastle Draw with Sunderland 5/2 (LOST +8.07 - too easy for King Kev's boys as the soft touch on the road Sunderland from earlier in the season meant Birmingham's hammering at Villa was the only glimmer of positivity)
Newcastle are one point from the magical 40 points and Sunderland will feel one more win will be enough to seal their safety, and so this isn't quite the crunch derby it might have been a couple of months ago. Newcastle are now unbeaten in 5, but Sunderland have won 3 of their last four and won at Fulham and Villa on their last two trips away from the Stadium of Light. November's match up saw bragging rights shared and I expect today's game to allow both sides to edge nearer to safety.
3.30 Mumbai to beat Bangalore 4/6 (LOST +7.07 - a tight game, but Bangalore's on 20/20 batsman, Mark Boucher hauled his side over the line with two balls to spare)
Their pasting in the opening game highlighted Bangalore have made the mistake of picking world class test cricketers, but not necessarily star 20/20 players. The Mumbai crowd will be disappointed if Sachin doesnt come through a fitness test, but they should still have enough to register their first win with Jayasuriya and Pollock looking like potential stars.
5.35 Wakefield to beat Salford 4/5 (WON +7.87 - 22-2 after 25 minutes was game over, and the final score of 38-8 was kind on Salford. The gulf in class showed)
I don't know who the rugby league odds compiler is at William Hills, but either he knows something noone else knows, or his job could be under pressure at 7.30pm tonight! He has Super League Wakefield at 4/5 to turn over National League One side Salford. The next closest price is 2/7 with Ladbrokes!!! Get on!!!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Football, Cricket and Rugby League
Labels:
Bangalore,
IPL,
Mumbai,
Newcastle,
Premier League,
Sachin Tendulkar,
Sunderland
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