02.05.13 Thursday Afternoon

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Football

With an all-German Champions League final now decided, attention turns to the Europa League tonight as Chelsea host Basel, and Fenerbahce travel to Benfica.

Basel have not won any of their last seven European away games, but will need to here after Chelsea scored with the last kick of the game to secure a 2-1 victory in the first leg.

Our Supremacy price is Chelsea/Basel 1.15-1.35, while are fixed odds prices have Chelsea 40/85 for the win, Basel 11/2 and the draw 10/3.

This weekend it’s the final day of the regular Championship season, with all matches kicking off at 12:45. We will have the big five games in-running that all have either promotion and/or relegation issues to be settled.

These are Hull v Cardiff (Hull/Cardiff 0.45-0.65), Watford v Leeds (Watford/Leeds 1.3-1.5), Brighton v Wolves (Brighton/Wolves 0.4-0.6), Nottingham Forest v Leicester (Forest/Leicester 0.15-0.35) and Crystal Palace v Peterborough (Palace/Posh 0.45-0.65).

With the Premier League approaching the business end of the season we have six 3pm fixtures this week: Fulham v Reading (Ful/Rea 0.7-0.9), Norwich v Aston Villa (Nor/Ast 0.05-0.25), Swansea v Man City (Man/Swa 0.7-0.9), Tottenham v Southampton (Tot/Sou 1.2-1.4), West Brom v Wigan (WBA v Wig 0.1-0.3) and West Ham v Newcastle (WHU/New 0.1-0.3).

The 5.30pm game sees an already relegated Queens Park Rangers host an Arsenal side chasing a Champions League place. Will the Super Hoops just roll over for the visitors or will they perform now the pressure is off? Our Supremacy quote is currently Arsenal/QPR 1.15-1.35.

The Merseyside derby kicks off at 1.30pm at Anfield as Liverpool go head-to-head with arch rivals Everton. There will be no love lost here, but will it boil over? Our Bookings quote is 48-52.

Manchester United meet Chelsea in the 3pm fixture. The Champions have only beaten the Blues once in their last five meetings. Who will take the points this time around? We have Man United at 11/10, Chelsea at 12/5 and the draw 5/2.

The final game of the weekend is at the Stadium of Light as Sunderland entertain Stoke. Total Goal Minutes settled at 375 as the Black Cats were humbled 6-1 last time out. Will they be on the wrong end of a thrashing again here? Our TGM’s quote is 113-123.

 And don’t forget about our Take Your Money feature allowing you to close out of your fixed odds bets in-play. Find out more here. 

See all our latest football spread betting and football fixed odds betting prices here. 


Snooker

The 2013 World Snooker Championship is now at the semi-final stage at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump are already underway in their match, which is covered in-running, while Ricky Walden and Barry Hawkins get things underway at 7pm this evening.

Hawkins saw off the challenge from Ding Junhui to set up this clash and is currently 4/5 to book his place in the final with Walden at 19/20.

Click here to see all our latest Snooker spread betting and Snooker fixed odds prices. 


Rugby

Our live coverage in the RaboDirect Pro12 this week starts on Friday as the Ospreys travel to Leinster. The Leinstermen have lost just once to a Welsh side in any competition this season. Will this run continue? Leinster/Ospreys 7/10.

In the Super League Bradford lock horns with Leeds. The last two meetings between these sides have ended in draws. We’re quoting a share of the points at 20/1 this time with a Bradford victory at 9/4 and a Leeds win at 4/11.

We will also be covering the rest of the weekend’s action including the Aviva Premier League, RaboDirect Pro 12, Super League, NRL, Super Rugby, T14 and the Scotland Sevens.

Click here to see all our latest rugby spread betting and rugby fixed odds prices. 


Darts

As usual we will have in-running prices on all five the Premier League clashes. Tonight’s (Thursday’s) action comes from Liverpool.

The highlights this week include Robert Thornton taking on Phil Taylor, where our Total 180’s quote is 5.6-6.1 and Raymond van Barneveld v Adrian Lewis, where our 10-3 Supremacy quote is Barney/Lewis 8-11.

Click here to see all our latest darts spread betting and darts fixed odds prices. 


Golf

The US Tour this week comes from the Quail Hollow Club for the Wells Fargo Championship. Rory McIlroy leads the way in the betting, but is closely followed by Webb Simpson, Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson.

On the European tour Branden Grace tries to defend his Volvo China Tour title in Tianjin. Will he succeed or will the winner come from a chasing pack that includes Alex Noren, Thomas Aiken and Marcus Fraser.

Click here to see our golf spread betting and golf fixed odds betting prices.


F1

There may be no racing this week, but now the season is developing what better time to look at our long term markets?

Vettel leads the way in the Driver’s Championship with a quote of 42-45. We also have Alonso at 34-37, Raikkonen at 30-33, Hamilton at 15-18 and Button 7-10.

In the Constructors Championship Red Bull are out in front with a quote of 40-43, with Ferrari 29-32, Lotus 19-22 and Mercedes 11-14.  

Click here to see all our latest F1 spread betting and F1 fixed odds betting prices. 

Other sports

Elsewhere, there will also be prices on the NBA, MLB, the ATP Oeiras and the Indian Premier League.