The Premier League – bet on the best
Monday, June 29th, 2009
The English Premier League is probably the best domestic football league in the world and so it makes for some of the greatest betting on football. Betting on the Premier League is so good as it throws up so many shocks, yet there are also plenty of opportunities to place safe bets and still make a return on your money.
The ‘Big Four’ in England – Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal – have dominated the Premier League for some time. They have a virtual monopoly of the top places in the league and as such other teams rarely break into the top four. Manchester United have won the most Premier League titles and are usually favourites at the start of each season. You won’t get great odds if you place a bet on United but could be in with a great chance of winning.
However you can also place a bet on who will finish top of the league if the ‘Big Four’ were omitted. This opens it up to a while host of teams including Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Everton, Manchester City, West Ham and Fulham. You may be able to find some reasonable odds on any of those teams finishing fifth and so pick up some decent money from your bet on the Premier League.
And there is the relegation battle to consider when placing a bet on the Premier League. Three teams come up every year and three go down, so the obvious picks for relegation would be the teams that have just come up. Usually at least one of newly promoted teams does go straight back down and the other two are right in the mix of the relegation battle, but there are a few surprises that if you put a bet on will make some cash.