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Man Utd have had to face Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool in the last month and now it is Chelsea’s turn on Sunday in what has to be the game of the weekend. Man Utd go into this weekend joint top of the Premiership twelve points above Chelsea yet it is Chelsea who are the favourites to beat Man Utd on Sunday.

Perhaps it is home advantage that has made the bookies side with Chelsea, it certainly isn’t current form as no team has earned more points than Man Utd in the Premiership from their last eight matches (eighteen points from six wins and two losses) whilst Chelsea have won just two games in that period whilst drawing a whopping five matches. That suggests the odds on Chelsea of 8/5 are far too short and betting bets lie with either Man Utd to win (a winning bet in six out of Man Utd’s last eight league games) at odds of 19/10 or the draw at 23/10 (a winning bet in five of Chelsea’s last eight league games).

United won the last fixture between the teams at Stamford Bridge, that was the 1-0 win in the Champions League in April, but that was United’s first win at the ground since 2002 (a 3-0 win in the League). Between those two wins were four draws and six wins for Chelsea. That poor record at Stamford Bridge points towards a draw here at 23/10 more than the away win. In the last ten games between the teams at Stamford Bridge under 2.5 goals has been a winning bet seven times and under 3.5 goals has been a winning bet in all of those matches, those outcomes can be backed at evens and 4/11 respectively. It is worth noting that six of Chelsea’s last eight matches have had under 2.5 goals in them.

So if it’s a low scoring draw then the only two options available to us are 0-0 and 1-1, the former bet is priced up at 11/1 whilst the latter is the most likely correct score according to the bookies at 6/1. If you fancy Man Utd to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge for the second game running then stick to the low scoring outcomes, a 1-0 win for United in this match is 8/1 whilst a 2-0 win does look very tempting at 12/1, the biggest price of all the correct scores we will highlight here.

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The FA Cup draw certainly seems to be having some fun with Man Utd this season, first away at Eastlands and now away at Anfield on Saturday, live on ITV1. The bookies make a Liverpool win the most likely outcome but are they right to do so given Man Utd are currently 6/1 to win the FA Cup and Liverpool are much bigger at 10/1?

The bookies are predicting a very competitive match, Liverpool are the slight favourites at 6/4 to win this match at the time of writing which puts them slightly ahead of United who are 19/10 to progress with a win here whilst the draw is priced up at 23/10. In terms of making it through to the fifth round though Man Utd clearly have the draw in their favour, if a replay at Old Trafford is required then Man Utd will be the hot favourites to win that match and that is why Man Utd are actually the favourites to progress to the next round, United are 8/11 whilst Liverpool are an even money shot to knock Man Utd out of the FA Cup.

Judging by recent encounters between these sides at Anfield a draw might not be a bad result, Man Utd earned a 1-1 draw here in October but had lost their previous three visits to Liverpool’s home ground. Another 1-1 draw in this match is the bookies’ idea of the most likely outcome (currently 6/1) whilst it is worth noting that United’s last two wins at Anfield both came courtesy of 1-0 wins and another 1-0 win for United in this match is 8/1. The score was also 1-0 the last time these teams met at Anfield in the FA Cup, on that occasion Liverpool were victors, a 1-0 win for the home side is available at 15/2 ahead of Saturday’s match.

Javier Hernandez scored Man Utd’s only goals the last two times these teams have met at Anfield and he could be an interesting proposition to score first at 6/1 and anytime at 2/1. Danny Welbeck has been the man to back in front of goal recently though, the youngster is exactly the same odds as Hernandez at the time of writing in the goalscorer markets. Wayne Rooney is deemed the most likely scorer according to the bookies, Rooney is 9/2 to score first and 11/8 to score anytime but he may not be the best value given his recent tendency to drop very deep.

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Saturday’s result against Bolton was pretty routine and still shows that United aren’t at their best but they might not have to be this weekend despite a big game against Arsenal. If United are having a slight blip this season then Arsenal, who currently lie outside of the top four, are having a massive breakdown and their 3-2 defeat at Swansea shows they are very beatable.

United are away in this match so we are going to get a very nice price in this match, at the time of writing United are available at 13/8 if you shop around. Those odds may be pretty big but still make United the favourites to win this match as Arsenal are priced up at 15/8 to win this match. The draw is the longest priced outcome currently at odds of 12/5. Arsenal have only dropped points in three home matches this season with seven wins, two draws and one loss at the Emirates but they have lost their last two league matches and haven’t been that great at home recently, drawing with Wolves and only narrowly beating QPR and Everton 1-0. United meanwhile have the best away record in the entire league with the exact same record as Arsenal have at home and that away record certainly has to be respected, as does the 13/8 on an away win.

United lost this fixture in May after Arsenal won 1-0 courtesy of a second half strike from Aaron Ramsey but Arsenal have lost a lot of players since then both to sales and to injury. Man Utd had won the previous two games at the Emirates with 3-1 wins both in the league and the Champions League. That suggests that Arsenal will probably score one and only one goal in this match and you can get 8/5 that Arsenal score exactly one goal. United’s away record would suggest that a win is likely so correct scores that appeal are 2-1 and yet another 3-1 win, those outcomes can be backed at 9/1 and a huge 22/1 respectively whilst another bet that should be noted is both teams to score at 4/6. If you fancy a repeat of the 8-2 earlier in the season you can get odds of 500/1!

Robin Van Persie is deemed the most likely scorer in this match by the bookies, if Arsenal score then the Dutchman probably scores and he is 15/4 to score first and 11/10 to score anytime. Wayne Rooney is down as United’s main goal threat but after successive penalty misses his confidence might not be that high, Rooney is 5/1 to score first and 11/8 to net at anytime. Danny Welbeck has taken his goals well in recent matches and could offer some value at 6/1 to score first and 2/1 to score anytime whilst at even bigger odds it should be worth noting Nani at 15/2 to score first and 5/2 to score anytime.

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After all the excitement and satisfaction of the FA Cup last week when Man Utd turned the tables on Man City and knocked them out the competition attentions have to be turned back to the Premiership this week with another fairly local game against struggling Bolton.

Man Utd backers are going to struggle to get rich this week and you certainly shouldn’t expect anything near the price at Eastlands last week, those looking to back United to win this one are going to be rewarded with just 1/6 at the time of writing. Considering United are currently 29 points ahead of Bolton and sixteen places in front of them those odds are probably pretty fair. An away win in this match would be a huge shock and would reward anyone backing that outcome with odds of 20/1 whilst even a draw would be a pretty shocking result and you can get 15/2 that the points are shared at Old Trafford on Saturday.

If looking to boost the odds on a United win then check out the handicap betting, United are available at 4/9 to win this game by more than one goal, 5/4 to beat Bolton by more than two goals and a big looking 3/1 to win the match by more than a three goal margin. The last two games against Bolton may have come when Bolton were in better form but it is still surprising that United only won by one goal margins, the six games before that had all been won by United by at least a two goal margin though with scores ranging from 2-0 to 4-0. Five of the last eight meetings between these sides at Old Trafford have been won to nil by United and that could be one of the best bets in this fixture at odds of 10/11 currently.

A clean sheet for United would really help us narrow down the possible correct scores and this should be a good betting market for the home game against Bolton. Last year the correct score in this fixture was 1-0 but that is the only 1-0 win at home to Bolton in the last fifteen years so 10/1 is about right on that. United have scored two goals in three of the last four games here against Bolton and that looks a likely outcome at odds of 13/2, probably a better bet on the 3-0 scoreline at the same odds as the last 3-0 win was back in 1995. The next best option after 2-0 could be a 4-0 win for Man Utd, United have scored four goals in the last eight renewals of this match and 4-0 could be worth covering at 9/1.

With United expected to net goals on several occasions in this match it is worth focusing on the anytime goalscorers rather than the first goalscorer betting. Wayne Rooney heads the betting in this market which is no surprise after his Eastlands double, he certainly showed no signs of wanting out of the club in that match and 4/6 is a fair reflection of his chances. If Dimitar Berbatov is restored to the starting line up then he’d be a good bet to score, he often struggles away but has five goals in his last two home games and 10/11 on the Bulgarian to score looks a good bet, if he doesn’t play then stakes on Berbatov will be refunded. At a slightly bigger price Nani could also be worth an interest, the winger is always a goal threat and has two goals from his last three home matches.

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Without doubt United’s most important FA Cup Third Round match in many years takes place on Sunday when United travel across town to Eastlands to face Roberto Mancini’s Man City. Sir Alex Ferguson will not only be looking for revenge for the 6-1 defeat earlier in the season but also an improvement in form after two losses in a row and this game promises to be a great spectacle.

Traditionally this has been an extremely tight fixture, the last five league games between the sides at Eastlands have produced a whopping four goals in total. This would suggest that despite the extremely high scoring game at Old Trafford a few months back this game should actually prove a good bet for under 2.5 goals and that outcome can be backed at 10/11.

Three of the last four league wins in this fixture have gone the way of Man Utd, City have improved immensely during that period but we still have to think that United can go to Eastlands and win and the odds on an away win here are 13/5. City have won every domestic home match this season and are just 23/20 to win this game whilst a draw would force a replay, and give United a better chance of progressing, and the draw is priced up at 12/5.

A better bet than United to win this game could be Man Utd to win their first FA Cup since 2004. It is not often that you can get 10/1 on United winning the FA Cup at this time of year but that price is only available because United have been handed the toughest draw possible. Should Man Utd win this game they will have proven they can beat anyone, anywhere and would presumably immediately become the favourites to go all the way. Even a draw, forcing a replay, would surely see those odds of 10/1 shorten so there is a good chance this is the last we’ll see of those odds this week.

If Man Utd are to get something from this match they are going to need a huge performance from Wayne Rooney as Berbatov seems unlikely to perform well unless he’s playing at Old Trafford most of the time. Rooney is available at 6/1 to score first and 15/8 to score at anytime and it is not often you find those sorts of odds on Rooney. If you fancy a really big return then you could try backing Rooney to score a hat trick at 80/1!

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Man Utd have shown their typical professionalism this season, many pundits have been writing the team off but they go into the New Year fixtures joint top of the league in the knowledge that they are usually a much better side in the second half of the season. The improvement has already begun judging by the last couple of games and Blackburn could be like lambs to the slaughter on Saturday.

Blackburn managed to get a point at Anfield during the week but five other teams have also done that this season so the bookies haven’t really taken that result into account when pricing this game up as the away side are available at a massive 20/1 to pick up all three points in this match. The draw also seems an unlikely result based on the betting, that outcome is as big as 13/2 whilst the odds on Man Utd winning the match are a very measly 1/6 at the time of writing. Now those odds aren’t going to make anyone rich so the handicap market should help out a little, Man Utd are 4/9 to win this game giving Blackburn a one goal head start, evens to win giving Blackburn a two goal head start and 14/5 to win this match by more than three goals giving Blackburn that three goal head start.

Last season in this game anyone backing Man Utd -5 goals would have gone home having landed a nice bet as United won the match 7-1. That was the seventh straight win for United against Blackburn at Old Trafford and many of those games were high scoring affairs, five of them had at least three goals suggesting that over 2.5 goals will be a good bet here at 4/9 whilst over 3.5 goals should also land a few bets at even money. Blackburn have the second worst defence in the Premiership after Bolton and with United scoring ten goals in two games and sixteen goals in four games this is likely to just be a case of how many for United. The 5-0 scoreline seems to be becoming popular with United and that can be backed at 16/1 whilst 4-0 should also be of interest at 9/1, at those odds it should be worth covering both of those outcomes.

Wayne Rooney was given a rest against Wigan but is likely to be back in the starting line up for this match, he is the favourite in the goalscorer markets at 11/4 to score first and 8/11 to score at anytime and it’s difficult to make a case for the bookies not paying out on those outcomes. It could be difficult to drop Dimitar Berbatov after a hat trick against Wigan and the Bulgarian is also of interest in the goalscorer betting, he is 7/2 to open the scoring and 5/6 to register a goal at anytime. With plenty of goals expected it could also be worth backing Nani to score at anytime, he has three goals in five games and is 11/8 to get on the scoresheet in this match.

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It looks as though Man Utd have been getting their mojo back in recent games, since being beaten by Basel Man Ud have scored eleven goals in three matches, more than United had scored in their previous ten league games! A home game against Wigan will be an opportunity to add to the recent goal tally.

Man Utd will meet Wigan in decent form, in Wigan’s last six matches only Arsenal have beaten them and they have gained home draws against Chelsea and Liverpool but this will still be the toughest test they have probably faced all season at Old Trafford and the bookies agree as those looking to back Man Utd to win the game will be rewarded with odds of just 2/11 at the time of writing. A Wigan win is a massive 20/1 whilst the draw still seems unlikely at 7/1. Those looking to get some value out of backing United to win this game will have to look to the handicap betting with Man Utd priced up at 4/7 to win by more than one goal, 6/5 to win by more than two goals and 14/5 to win by more than three goals. Bearing in mind United’s recent scoring form the latter could prove a very good bet.

This game has traditionally been a pretty easy victory for United who have not conceded at home to Wigan since 2006. Wigan have scored fewer goals than any other team this season so a clean sheet looks very likely for United at 8/11 whilst Man Utd could be very good value to win to nil in this match at 10/11. Four of the last six meetings between the sides at Old Trafford have seen United score at least three goals and big scorelines could be the order of the day, a 3-0 win is available at 13/2, 4-0 (the winning scoreline in two of the last six matches) is 9/1 and 5-0, which was the score when these sides met in 2009, can be backed at 18/1.

Wayne Rooney has been in great form since his international ban was reduced by one game, that seems to have revitalised the striker and he has now scored four goals in his last three games. Rooney is rightly the favourite in the goalscorer markets and he is 11/4 to score the first goal and 8/15 to score at anytime, it could be worth backing both outcomes. Nani has bagged himself three goals in his last three games and he could offer a bit of value also, Nani is 6/1 to open the scoring and a big looking 6/4 to score at anytime.

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It was a case of normal service resumed last week when Man Utd finally got a first Premiership win by more than one goal in over two months of matches and now that Man Utd can put the disappointment of their Champions League elimination behind them you’d hope they might play with a bit more freedom in the coming months. There is also the added bonus that Chelsea beat Man City on Monday night, obviously it brings Chelsea back into the title race which is bad news but you have to look up rather than down and it makes Man City an easier target.

As a result of the three points Man Utd gained on Man City last week the title odds have been cut slightly, Man Utd are now 2/1 to retain the Premiership compared to the 9/4 which was available before the Man City match. Man Utd will certainly be expected to pick up another three points this week when they travel to Loftus Road to face out of form QPR. Those looking to back United in Sunday’s live game on Sky Sports 1 will get best odds of just 1/2 at the time of writing. QPR haven’t won many at home this season and are as big as 7/1 to pull off a huge shock whilst the draw is rated at 10/3 with most bookies.

United shouldn’t really need any help in a game like this but it looks as though QPR will offer less resistance than they would have done a couple of months ago, after a bright start to their return to the Premiership they have picked up just four points in their last six league games. It is at home where they have missed out on points, drawing four of their seven games so far and winning just once. Despite some displays that have hardly been vintage, United have still only dropped two points in their last six games and that was only because of a dodgy penalty decision against Newcastle. This recent form should be the main deciding factor for bets as the last time these sides actually met in the Premiership was back in 1996, that game ended 1-1. Interestingly the two previous games at Loftus Road had both finished 3-2 to United.

QPR’s recent games have been becoming progressively tighter, their last game had just the one goal, two games ago there were two goals in and three games ago there were three goals. The previous three QPR matches all had at least four goals in them. The recent tighter games look down to playing tighter opposition though and this should be a fairly open game meaning a return to over 2.5 goals for QPR looks a good bet at 4/5 with most bookies, especially with there being five goals in United’s game last week. Presuming there are over 2.5 goals the most likely scorelines are probably 2-1 and 3-1 to United as QPR have conceded either two or three goals in four of their last six matches and those scorelines can be backed at 15/2 and 11/1 respectively. With United expected to score a few goals it should pay to stick with Wayne Rooney to score the goals, United have few options in attack currently because of injuries and it seems the reduced international suspension helped Rooney find his goalscoring touch again last week. When he starts scoring he usually goes on a run so back Rooney to score first at 10/3, anytime at 5/6 and potentially a hat trick at odds of 14/1, although those odds do look a little tight on the hat trick.

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Man Utd need to put the huge disappointment of the midweek Champions League elimination behind them when Wolves travel to Old Trafford on Saturday. United have been getting the results in the league recently but there is little doubt that something has been missing since the loss against Man City and United are certainly playing without their early season swagger. How will they fare against Wolves?

Man Utd are pretty short odds to win this one as you’d probably expect, anyone looking to back Man Utd to take all three points can get odds of just 1/4 at the time of writing, although some bookies have United at even shorter odds. If you fancy an upset then Wolves can be backed at a whopping 14/1 whilst the draw is available at 11/2 currently. With United available at such short odds most punters will probably have to look towards the handicap markets, United are around 8/13 to win this game by more than one goal and around 15/8 to win by more than two goals.

Man Utd have won all five meetings between these sides at Old Trafford over the last ten years, there have been three Premiership meetings and two Carling Cup matches and amazingly Man Utd have won four of them by just a one goal margin, the other match was won 3-0. With United’s last four league wins this season coming by a one goal margin perhaps that is the best bet in this match, United can be backed at 10/3 to win this match by precisely one goal.

The reason that United have only been winning by one goal margins recently is their goalscoring, in United’s last seven league games they have only scored one goal in each match. The only fit player to have scored a league goal for United in their last five league games is Phil Jones, the other four league goals were all scored by the now injured Javier Hernandez (plus there was an own goal). Phil Jones also scored in the Champions League during the week and he could be value to score the first goal at 22/1 and to score anytime at 6/1. A more likely bet has to be Wayne Rooney though, he may be struggling for goals at the moment but his Euro 2012 ban was reduced to two games on Thursday and that will have given him an extra boost, Rooney looks a good bet at 10/3 to score the first goal in this match.

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Man Utd will be in action live on ESPN on Saturday evening this weekend when they travel to the Midlands to take on Alex McLeish’s Aston Villa. United missed the chance to close the gap on City last week and with City playing at home against Norwich on Saturday you’d think United will need a win in this match just to keep pace.

The good news for United is that Aston Villa are in pretty poor form, they haven’t even scored in their last two games (away to Spurs and Swansea) and have lost three and drawn two of their six league games (only win at home to Norwich). The only slight negative for United’s chances is Aston Villa’s home record, Villa have lost just once at home this season and have won half their matches at Villa Park.

Even taking into account Villa’s decent home record and the fact that United aren’t really firing on all cylinders at the moment it is still surprising to see United at the odds they are to win this one. Anyone looking to back United on Saturday can get odds of 8/11 at the time of writing and those odds look quite generous. The draw is the second most likely outcome according to the bookies and that can be backed at 14/5 whilst the home win is 19/4.

Last year’s match was an absolute cracker with the game eventually finishing 2-2, that was the third draw in a row for these sides at Villa Park but before than United had dominated the fixture with eight straight wins in all competitions, six of which came with clean sheets for United. There is certainly evidence that this game will be close and it has been two months since United won a Premiership match by more than one goal so back United to win this match by a one goal margin at odds of 11/4.

Villa haven’t scored in their last two games whilst United have only conceded a penalty that shouldn’t be given in their last four league matches, a run in which United have scored exactly one goal in each game. This suggests that United will probably keep a clean sheet and will probably only score one goal so 1-0 to United looks a great correct score bet at 6/1 with under 2.5 goals also looking a likely winner at 10/11. It is also worth noting that in United’s last four league games the only United player who has scored is Javier Hernandez so he should be backed to score first at 9/2 and anytime at 6/5.

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