Champions League Q/F Leg 2 Predictions

Odds with Bwin.com seem quite tempting so I'm having a little flutter on the Champions League games this week.

I have opted for a treble on the following games;
Manchester United v Chelsea, Away Win
Shakhtar Donetsk v Barcelona, Away Win
Tottenham Hotspur v Real Madrid, Away Win

My £2 bet would return a shade under £30 if it were to come good.  Its a risky one, going with three away wins!

April w/e 2. Malaysian Grand Prix, Football & Grand National Results

Here's my roundup from the weekends activities.




After a poor qualifying performance Perez started about 5 places behind Kobayashi, and when a piece of Torro Rosso flew off and hit his car it was clear it was not his day!  I never looked like winning that one!


 The results of the football accumulator were as follows.
Chelsea vs Wigan - home win.  CORRECT
Manchester United vs Fulham - home win.  CORRECT
Tottenham Hotpurs vs Stoke City - away win.  WRONG, home win
Scunthorpe vs Queens Park Rangers - away win  WRONG, home win
Sheffield United vs Middlesbrough - away win. CORRECT

However thankfully Ballabriggs put in an amazing performance to win the Grand National and net me £30!

That leaves things looking marginally better at £66 gambled and £48 won.  Down £18, thats a bit more reasonable!

April w/e 2. Malaysian Grand Prix, Football & Grand National Predictions

Just a quick post.

Having checked out www.bwin.com I have chosen to opt for a £2 bet on a head to head of Sergio Perez vs Kamui Kobayashi in the Grand Prix.  I hope he qualifies and races as well as he did in Australia two weeks ago!  Odds are 51/20.

For the football I have a 5 game accumulator.  Again a £2 bet at odds of  about 30/1.
Chelsea vs Wigan - home win
Manchester United vs Fulham - home win
Tottenham Hotpurs vs Stoke City - away win
Scunthorpe vs Queens Park Rangers - away win
Sheffield United vs Middlesbrough - away win.

And for the Grand National its a £2 bet on Ballabriggs at 14/1.

Champions League Q/F Leg 1 Results

Oh well, as is the way of the beautiful game, Champions League Quarter Finals were as unpredictable as ever!  Here's how I got on!

Inter Milan v Schalke 04 - Draw WRONG, away win
Real Madrid v Tottenham Hotspur - Draw, WRONG, home win
Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk - Home Win, CORRECT, home win
Chelsea v Manchester United - Home Win, WRONG, away win.

Sadly that leaves me with £60 gambled and just £18 won.

Champions League Q/F Leg 1 Predictions

I've decided to have a punt on tonights games.  I've visited my friends at Bwin.com and odds look quite good.   I've gone back to a system I used successfully in the world cup.  Its a system 3/4 bet.  Basically as long as three of my four predictions come in then I'll win some money.  If all four come in then I will see around £80.

My predictions are

Inter Milan v Schalke 04 - Draw
Real Madrid v Tottenham Hotspur - Draw
Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk - Home Win
Chelsea v Manchester United - Home Win

My fingers are crossed, it surely must be about time Lady Luck crossed my path.

Results March w/e 1 & 3 And April w/e 1

March has been a month where I haven't gambled every week.  A weekend where I didn't like the look of much on offer coupled with a holiday meant I only placed bets over two weekends.

I'm well behind though, so here's an update bringing all my results up to date.

Results for my March w/e 1 Goal Rush were as follows;
Newcastle 1-2 Everton *
Reading 5-2 Middlesbrough *
Colchester 0-2 Southampton *
Bolton 3-2 Aston Villa
Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Leicester City
Cardiff City 0-2 Ipswich Town
Leyton Orient 2-0 Notts County
Rochdale 1-4 MK Dons
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-3 Tottenham Hotspurs

That left me at £56 gambled and £18 won.

Weekend 3 of March saw me once again place two Goal Rush coupons.  Predictions/results as follows;
Aston Villa 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers *
Barnsley 0-1 Reading *
Bristol City 2-0 Burnley *
Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 West Ham
Leicester City 0-1 Portsmouth
Carlisle 1-0 Bournemouth
Sunderland 0-2 Liverpool

As you can see, by far my worst Goal Rush Coupon!  If I had bet both teams to NOT score I would have been enjoying champange!  Instead I am faced with the fact that I had now gambled £60 and won £18.

So onto last weekend, w/e 1 of April.
I placed one Goal Rush coupon with 6 games, and a treble on three away wins.  £2 on each bet.  Here's how I got on;
West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Liverpool
Bristol City 1-0 Doncaster
Burnley 1-2 Ipswich Town
Middlesbrough 3-3 Leicester City
Reading 2-0 Portsmouth
Rochdale 2-2 Brighton Hove Albion

Close but no cigar.  So onto my away win treble;
Everton 2-2 Aston Villa
Coventry City 2-0 Watford
Middlesbrough 3-3 Leicester

That brings me to £64 gambled and just £18 won.  Im really hoping for a win next weekend otherwise I'm looking at being £50 down!

Feb w/e 3 & 4 results & March w/e 1 Predictions

Once more I find myself apologising for a lack of recent activity with this interwebble diarablog.

To hurriedly summarise, the w/e 2 was unsuccessful.  Crawley failed to score against Manchester United, and my Goal-Rush went as follows;

Ipswich Town 1-1 Hull City
Leeds United 2-2 Norwich City
Portsmouth 1-0 Barnsley
Reading 1-1 Watford
Colchester United 2-0 Walsall
Hartlepool 0-1 MK Dons

My free 5 line accumulator predictions/results were;

Birmingham 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday WRONG (ended 3-0)
Stoke City 1-1 Brighton Hove Albion WRONG (ended 3-0)
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Cardiff City WRONG (ended 2-1)
Ipswich Town 2-1 Hull City WRONG (ended 1-1)
Manchester United 3-1 Crawley Town WRONG (ended 1-0)

All I can say is thank goodness that accumulator was free!

That left my financial summary showing £46 gambled and £18 won.

And so onto last w/e, w/e 4 of February.  As it was my birthday weekend I went with a 'small' Goal Rush with 4 matches, a 'big' Goal-Rush with 7 matches and a 5 match accumulator.  Results and summaries went like so;

Everton 2-0 Sunderland *
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 Blackpool *
Carlisle 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday *
Walsall 0-0 Rochdale *
Swansea 3-0 Leeds United
Middlesbrough 0-3 Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield 2-2 Leyton Orient

That has to be the most unsuccessful Goal-Rush coupon I have EVER placed!

The 5 game accumulator was based on each away team winning;

Wolves 4-0 Blackpool (WRONG)
Doncaster 1-1 Watford (WRONG)
Hull 0-2 Cardiff City (CORRECT)
Middlesbrough 0-3 Queens Park Rangers (CORRECT)
Oldham 0-5 Peterborough United (CORRECT)

Sadly Blackpool and Watford let me down, and that leaves my finances now showing £52 gambled and £18 won.

And so finally onto this weekends predictions, the first w/e of March.  Back to basics this weekend, with just two Goal-Rush coupons.  One of 3 matches, the other of 9.  The 9 will become 10 if Ladbrokes include the Peterborough game, but they never seem to include them at the moment (which I think is mighty poor form!)

So, here's my Goal-Rush selection for this weekend;
Newcastle United v Everton *
Reading v Middlesbrough*
Colchester United v Southampton *
Bolton v Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur
Queens Park Rangers v Leicester City
Cardiff City v Ipswich Town
Rochdale v MK Dons
Leyton Orient v Notts County

Once more, I am hoping for a champagne indulged weekend!