Trying to find out how do bookmakers calculate odds? I will try to sum it up with brief examples, so you truly understand how you bookmaker calculate its odds.
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A double chance bet lets you use a single stake to cover two out of three results in a game.
Backing two thirds of the results will make it more likely for you to win and it can be done in the following ways:
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Heurelho da Silva Gomes, born in 1981, or as most of you know him as Heurelho Gomes, is a goalkeeper in Tottenham Hotspur. An excellent goalkeeper admired by many, that sometimes has the habit of making silly mistakes leading to goals or NOT. Here’s his latest howler against Chelsea, where on a first glance an easy ball slipped between his hands and almost went in. The sideman however couldn’t see much and gave the goal to Chelsea.
A lot of criticism, a lot of exaggerated comparisons from “the worst goalkeeper ever” to “not worth anything”. Just as a reminder you might want to view back his history. Gomes has a lot of successful games in his career, and here’s just a fraction of some of his brilliant saves:
Without doubt he’s got class. Yes we have witnessed silly mistakes, and yes it will be good if he clears those up, but nonetheless he is one of the best goalkeepers that has played for Tottenham.
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While such rankings can never be objective, as everyone has their own opinion and judgement criteria, here is what we have chosen for Premier League worst transfers for 2010-2011.
Transfer Fee: £50 million. Fernando Torres sure had great seasons in Liverpool, but did he really deserve to be the most expensive transfer in Premier League? After all he wasn’t anywhere in his best shape having scored 9 goals for Liverpool from August 2010 to December. After his transfer, Torres was able to score only a single goal in 12 games, and this is why he takes #1 spot in this rank list.
Transfer Fee: £23 million. The Italian joined Manchester City from the team of Inter in August 2010. Since then he has made 17 appearances, scored 6 goals, picked up 6 yellow cards and 1 red. While a goal almost every third match is not that bad, a lot is expected from him, considering his transfer fee. That’s perhaps the lesser problem considering his temper that has brought him a red card in Premier league and a red card in Europa League as well.
Transfer Fee: £27 million Edin Dzeko, was in a great shape in Wolfsburg before he came to Manchester City. In fact he made history in Wolfsburg becoming the top league scorer in the club’s history with 59 goals in 96 appearances. When he left Wolfsburg the strike had 111 appearances and 66 goals. Since he came on City of Manchester however, in 12 appearances he has only a goal that came recently in a game against Blackburn. While this second half of the season has been disappointing for Dzeko, hopes remain he will be able to show next season what he did in Wolfsburg.
Transfer Fee: £7 million. Tiago Manuel Dias Correia also know as Bebe, came from Vitoria de Guimaraes to Manchester United. In May 2010 he was offered to PSV, but they turned down the offer because they did not know him. He signed with the Portuguese club, but never played an official match for them. He has no goals in Premier League, but has scored a goal in Champions League against Bursaspor and a goal in Carling Cup. For a player without no real history, the transfer fee is just ridiculous. Perhaps Ferguson saw something for the future, that we can’t see yet?
Transfer Fee: £5.73 million Wenger has always needed a solid defender to help his team reach the title. Well he didn’t find it in the face of the French defender. On top of that Wenger is usually the type of manager that relies on youngsters, however Squillaci is no where near young at the age of 30. Has made 21 appearances this season, sitting mostly on the bench lately.
All of the above players might eventually adapt to the English football and record hell of a season next year, but for this one, they remain one of the worst transfers in Premier League.
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Chelsea has always been famous for their good defense. The team has always been depending on players with great physique, which affected their creativity in a bad way perhaps, but sure helped out when it comes to conceding goals. So far into the season Chelsea has allowed an average of 0.8000 goals per match, a total of 28 conceded goals in 35 matches and it’s the best defensive team so far. Here are some of the best moments of Peter Cech this season:
The second spot goes to Manchester City, who have had one of their best seasons in Premier League ever. The team has conceded an average of 0.9118 goals per match and takes the second spot in the best defensive team ranking. Since the injury of Shay Given, Joe Hart took over the goal and has had a great season with some great saves. Check them out below:
This is the one ranking list, where Manchester United follows after their neighbor Manchester City. The team has conceded on an average of 0.9429 goals per match placing them on the third place in this list. Manchester United has conceded a total of 33 goals in 35 games. Despite Van der Sar’s age (40), he proved to be the all time irreplaceable keeper of Manchester United. Below is footage of some of his greatest saves:
Despite the problems Arsenal has been having with its goalkeepers, the team managed to get the 4th spot in this list. The Gunners have conceded an average of 1.0286 goals per match for a total of 36 goals in 35 matches. Since Wojciech Szczesny took Almunia’s place things have improved.Many say he is the future for Arsenal. Here’s footage of some of his greatest saves this season:
Perhaps the surprise in this list, but Fulham is the 5th of the 5 best defensive teams in Premier League this season. The team has conceded an average of 1.0283 goals per match and with 3 rounds remaining has a chance to even get to the 4th spot. Fulham has conceded a total of 36 goals this year, as much as Arsenal, but has 15 draw games overall. Mark Schwarzer has had a great season, sadly no video compilations are available, but there’s a good video of him playing dead on which you can laugh:
As there are 3 rounds left in season 2010/2011 slight changes are possible, but unlikely as the top 5 has been the same since March 2011.
Updated May 22nd 2011 – season is over: After the end of the season the spots remain exactly the same, although the numbers might differ a little bit.
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