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At the start of a premier league season the publicly stated aim of all newly promoted sides is survival; were they to be offered 17th place come May they would all gladly take it. But the early signs

Every week, Betfair Football's star tipster Andy Gray picks out and answers his favourite question out of those he is asked on Twitter and Facebook. Here's his answer to this week's poser... "Can N

We saw the old Joey Barton when he punched Morten Gamst Pedersen in Newcastle's 2-1 defeat to Blackburn. It was deliberate and it was vicious and Barton will be punished by the FA, I have no doubt.

How do you follow a 1-0 victory away to your fiercest rivals that pushes you into the automatic promotion picture? With a home defeat against relegation-threatened Bristol City apparently, judging by

We're backing Gijon to beat Mallorca at 2.38 We like the look of this one so much we've even included it in our Spanish Cup multiple. Mallorca are above Gijon in la Liga, but there is more than eno

It looked like as close to a good thing as you can get - backing over 2.5 goals in last night's Watford game at Crystal Palace. Two teams who let goals in but also know how to score them at the oth

Betfair bettors who have been backing 2-0 away wins in the Championship this season - there've been ten in total already - struck gold last night thanks to the exploits of Derby at Ipswich and Middles

A bet on Newcastle beating Arsenal 1-0 at the Emirates would have earned you more than two-and-a-half times more on Betfair that it would have with Coral and Victor Chandler, according to our Betcheck

It was a miserable night for Roberto Mancini as his Manchester City side fell to a 3-1 defeat away to Lech Poznan, the side third bottom of the Polish league, however it was a brilliant one for the Be

They were embarrassed at the Emirates earlier this season but Sporting Braga winning away in Europe is no huge surprise - after all the Portuguese runners-up beat Sevilla 4-3 at the Pizjuan in the qua