Bolton-Portsmouth, England Premier League
2004-11-27 16.00 CET
Pick: Bolton
Stake: 4%
Odds: 1,70
Final reasons
Bolton is one of the surprises in Premier League this year. For the moment they reside on the seventh spot with just two points up to Middlesbrough on the fourth place. Bearing in mind that Bolton has played against many of the expected top teams even further proves that they are very good this season. So far they have taken points against good teams such as Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal, Newcastle and Chelsea. Looking at Bolton’s current home form might give an indication that something has happened since they lost against Aston Villa with 1-2. However in that game Bolton had some injury problems and that was the reason why we stayed away from that game. Now the squad is nearly fully fit again and looking at their latest display away to Chelsea further points out that a win over Portsmouth is very probable. Portsmouth is by tradition a much better home side than away side, and this is also the case this year. So far Portsmouth has only taken two points on the road. Their current overall form does not impress either, as they have three straight losses against less good sides. Portsmouth has problems both on and off the pitch for the moment. Their manager Harry Redknapp resigned in midweek after mismatch between him and the owner of the club. Portsmouth has also been hit by long term injuries on strikers Aiyegbeni Yakubu (12 apps, 6 goals) and Diomansy Kamara (3(4) apps, 1 goal) who both will be out until Christmas. Also fellow striker Lumana Lua Lua (8(3) apps, 0 goals) is doubtful. However, midfielder Steve Stone (3(1) apps, 0 goals) is likely to be available for contention after his lengthy spell on the sidelines. Their injury problems upfront was vital in their latest game at home against Manchester City. Portsmouth struggled to find any cohesion and it was only goalkeeper Ashdown that held them in the game in the second half. However, when he had to surrender with ten minutes left the game was lost for Portsmouth. The final score was set to 1-3. Taking in the negative information on Portsmouth and comparing it with the status in Bolton gives us a clear idea that Bolton is likely to win here, and since we expect the odds to fall further we present this bet already two days in advance.
Recent games for home team
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2004-11-20 |
Chelsea-Bolton |
2-2 |
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2004-11-13 |
Bolton-Aston Villa |
1-2 |
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2004-11-07 |
Middlesbrough-Bolton |
1-1 |
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2004-10-31 |
Barnet-Newcastle |
2-1 |
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2004-10-23 |
Tottenham-Bolton |
1-2 |
Recent games for away team
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2004-11-20 |
Portsmouth-Manchester C |
1-3 |
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2004-11-13 |
Southampton-Portsmouth |
2-1 |
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2004-11-06 |
Aston Villa-Portsmouth |
3-0 |
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2004-10-30 |
Portsmouth-Manchester U |
2-0 |
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2004-10-24 |
Middlesbrough-Portsmouth |
1-1 |
Home table
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Bolton |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
12-7 |
14 |
Away table
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Portsmouth |
6 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
5-11 |
2 |
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