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Ladbrokes Premier League Treble . Leicester, Aston Villa and Brighton all to Win 9/1 (was 8/1)

With the Premier League back in action this weekend the bookies are eager to make more profit off the unsuspecting punter and today’s focus is on the ever greedy Ladbrokes and their Premier League Treble.
Leicester are at home to Wolves this afternoon and with fans being allowed back into stadiums the home side advantage must be taken into consideration and with each new season brings the uncertainty of lack of stats. Looking at last season’s last 5 games for these teams Leicester won 3 out of the 5 with 2 being away to Man Utd and Chelsea with the other win at home against the mighty Man City. These two sides last met on 8 Nov where the winning goal was a 15th minute penalty by Vardy. Wolverhampton are full of uncertainty with a new manager in the saddle and a tentative vote on the side of Leicester goes to this Match.
The next game in the treble is the newly promoted Watford hosting Aston Villa and who would have thought Brentford would have given Arsenal a spanking last night, could the same happen this afternoon with these two teams? I have Traore in my VirginBet fives team and really hope he scores a hat-trick. Watford scored in every home game last season bar one which was against Cardiff in December. Aston Villa, last season, came out on a winning mission being victorious in all four of their opening games scoring a total of 12 goals. Home side advantage may play a part in this game but on previous goal scoring ability and the loss of Grealish to Man City not withstanding another tentative vote goes to Aston Villa.
Brighton travel to Burnley today and this it would seem is likely to be the bogey match. Winning just 5 away games last season their start to the 20/21 season did not inspire confidence. This fixture in February ended 1-1 and ended goalless in their previous meeting to that. perhaps 2-2 might be a progressive step as home advantage with a full ground today may make the difference. Both of these sides were in danger of sinking into the Championship last season and my vote goes to a score draw
As with all these trebles better odds may be found elsewhere and the same odds can be got on smarkets and Betfair sportbook is offering 9.5 (17/2) unboosted.
This treble is a tricky one as there is no real recent form to reference and with all things being equal a max stake bet is out of the question but a sneaky quid may well be acceptable
Good luck with whatever you decide to do and please gamble responsibly

VirginBet Fives Round 36 Day 5

Another Fulham player but this one has 4 whole goals to his name this season second only to Bobby Reid who is on 5, still beggars cant be choosers.
3 players in one game and a glimmer of hope that Kane might score on Sunday
Watch this space to find out how I am going to spend my winnings 🤣🤣🤣

VirginBet Fives Round 36 Day 4

Mario Lemina has 18 starting appearances for Fulham and 9 other. He has only played a full 90 minutes of football 8 times out of the 27 games played in the premiership this season. His one goal this season was the winning goal in the away fixture at Liverpool (0-1). 4 yellows to his name – not expecting many goals from this pick. He did not play in the reverse fixture against Southampton which ended 0-0 anyway!

Virgin Bet Fives Round 36 Day 2

Tuesdays pick has drawn a Midfielder from Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz hasnt scored a goal all season but I have high hopes that he will beat his last seasons total of 3 in this game against Crystal Palace 🤞🤞🤞🤞
He has 30 appearances to his name this season and manages an average of just 0.3 shots on target per game. His discipline record is not good with 9 yellows and a red this season in the premier league and averages nearly 2 fouls per match. Villa are away at Crystal Palace on Sunday at 12:00 and have conceded at least 1 goal in their last 8 games (Home and Away) In their last meeting at Villa Park they beat Palace 3-0 back in December. Perhaps both teams will score this time but backing Luiz to score one of them is not on my “Bucket List”

Virgin Bet Fives Round 36 Day 1

Morning all
I have drawn a promising start this week with Spurs Striker Harry Kane. Spurs are playing Wolves on Sunday in the early afternoon fixture. With 32 appearances this season in the Premier League and 21 goals he averages 4 shots per game with 1.5 average on target. The fixture at Molyneux ended 1-1 with Kane not scoring nor assisting. There are bound to be some tasty morsels offered up by the bookies this weekend With only 1 yellow card to his name this season putting an “under” card bet and shots on target on to a bet builder bet might be worth a punt however there are no player markets formed yet on Betfair Sportsbook.

Virgin Bet Fives of the Week Specials. Summary Game week ending 19th April

As a follow on to the post earlier (Virgin Bet Fives of the Week Specials.) I have summarised the players and bets to see what, if anything, would have been Won!
Player 1
Adama Traore
Shots 3
Shots on Target 0
Goals 0
Player 2
Jarrod Bowen
Shots 3
Shots on Target 2
Goals 0
Player 3
Edinson Cavani
Shots 1
Shots on Target 1
Goals 1
Player 4
Mo Salah
Shots 2
Shots on Target 0
Goals 0
Player 4
Alex Lacazette
Shots 2
Shots on Target 0
Goals 0

The total Shots on target by all Players was 3
The total Goals by all players was 1

The bets were as follows

“Fives of the week to each score one or more goal” 150/1 – Lost
“Fives of the week to each have one or more shots on target” 4/1 – Lost
“Fives of the week to each have one or more shots on target” 100/1 Lost
“Fives of the week to score over 2.5 goals Combined” 13/10 – Lost
“Fives of the week to score over 4.5 goals Combined” 13/2 – Lost
“Fives of the week over 8.5 Shot on Target Combined” 7/4 – Lost
“Fives of the week over 10.5 Shot on Target Combined” 5/1 – Lost

Not a single winning bet out of the 7 available

I will be watching out for this weeks email and do a bit of research this week and post it before the first relevant game.
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Virgin Bet Fives of the Week Specials.

As far as I can work out, each week there are 5 random players selected from all players and some special bets produced
The e-mail I got yesterday has the following players listed

Attached to this were a series of special bets with odds
Here are the bets

With only 15 minutes to kick off of the first game it is too late to do anything about it now but I will list the players stats below and see if anything would have been won from the bets

Adama Traore (Wolves Striker)
Scored late against Fulham last weekend, his first of the season.
He has made 22 first team appearances this season and scored once with an match average of 0.3 shots on target.
Jarrod Bowen (West Ham Midfield)
Eight goals this season including the winner v Leicester recently
He has made 26 first team appearances this season and scored 8 times with an match average of 0.5 shots on target.
Edinson Cavani (Man Utd Striker)
Scored a diving header against Spurs before netting in the Euorpa League on Thursday
He has made 11 first team appearances this season and scored 7 times with an match average of 1.0 shots on target.
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool Striker)
Opening day hat-trick in the reverse fixture earlier in the season
He has made 28 first team appearances this season and scored 19 times with an match average of 1.6 shots on target.
Alex Lacazette (Arsenal Striker)
Scored Twice in last two games including great team goal v sheffield Utd
He has made 21 first team appearances this season and scored 13 times with an match average of 1.5 shots on target.

The Bets
A goal or more each 150/1
One or more shots on target each 4/1
Each to have 2 or more shots on target 100/1
3 or more combined goals 13/10
5 or more combined goals 13/2
9 or more combined shots on target 7/4
11 or more combined shots on target 5/1