Sunday sees the League Cup Final between Chelsea and Arsenal.
Such days yield extra turnover on the British football betting markets and the layers seek to control the lower level events in order to maximise both their takings on the day as well as their eventual return to shareholders. A similar process exists in horseracing - the minor meetings concurrent with high profile meetings eg Ascot or Cheltenham are heavily manipulated and controlled by the betting industry.
There are three other Premiership matches on Sunday. Portsmouth are in control of their event against Blackburn Rovers as the Lancastrians are in the middle of a run of two UEFA Cup matches against Leverkusen, 2 FA Cup ties against Arsenal and a derby against Bolton. We'll wait and see Portsmouth's betting market activity prior to trading on this particular event. But leisure punters beware - this match is hot.
As are both the other games...
The two most volatile officials in the Premiership are Poll and Wiley and the officials for Spurs v Bolton and Wigan v Newcastle are, you guessed it, Poll and Wiley. If you are interested in betting on the Premiership this weekend, we would suggest Saturday being the preferable day.
