Premier League Midweek Tips

Low-Risk Accumulator - 27/10

Stoke v Newcastle - Verdict: Stoke
Manchester United v West Ham - Verdict: Manchester United
Chelsea v Fulham - Verdict: Chelsea

Chelsea's weekend performance may have failed to win over many of their critics, which these days include many of their fans, but we think they've shown us there may be cause to consider them title chasers again: Chelsea kept their first clean sheet in ten appearances on Sunday.
          From the reception he got you'd have though that Rafael Benitez had killed Simba's dad, Bambi's mum and Tupac on his way to the ground - but the team still performed for him.  He's likely to have to tolerate the same treatment from fans, who are reluctant to forget comments made about the club when he was the manager of Liverpool, but we think the headlines will be made by Chelsea's performance.  In spite of the dissent from fans, we think the team will perform against their neighbours Fulham and we're backing a home win for Chelsea.
         Stoke haven't lost at home in the Premiership since February and Newcastle have shown as much class as a French service station toilet lately - so we're backing Stoke - although at evens they're a risky backing nonetheless, even though we think the price is more than fair.

High-Risk Accumulator 17/1

Chelsea v Fulham: Verdict- Chelsea
Everton v Arsenal: Verdcit - Draw
Man United v West Ham: Verdict - Manchester United
Stoke v Newcastle: Verdict - Stoke
Wigan v Manchester City: Verdict - Manchester City

Arsenal's results against Norwich and Aston Villa recently have ruffled the feathers of supporters and attention has again turned towards the lack of recent success at the club and concerns for its future.  Everton have been equally inconsistent in the last couple of weeks - we've earmarked a draw but this is a game you may wish to avoid, like thrush.
          We've had some very surprising results in the Premiership of late and although we called some of the trickier fixtures of the weekend (notably the Stoke home win and draws at Swansea and Chelsea) some of the fixtures in recent weeks have provided upsets.  You may want to make the most of double chance markets - especially for mid-week meetings, which are notoriously unpredictable.