Manchester United begin the defence of their Premier League crown with a trip to the Hawthorns as they take on West Bromwich Albion in the live Sunday afternoon kick-off. The Reds are bidding for a 20th top flight title and they are 8/15 on to start with a win according to Bet 365, while West Brom are an 11/2 punt and the draw can be backed at odds of 3/1.
Check the latest odds and recent results between West Brom and Man Utd.
United's away record was disappointing last year as they failed to win fourteen of their nineteen away league matches, but they still had enough in the bank to claim the title with relative ease in the end.
West Brom meanwhile enjoyed a resurgence under Roy Hodgson as he guided them away from relegation to a respectable finish of eleventh in the table. However, recent history is very much against Albion as they have failed to win an opening day match in the Premier League (drawing two and losing three of five so far).
Of greater concern to Hodgson will be the fact his side kept just two clean sheets last year, the lowest amount by a team in a Premier League season. Goals certainly look to be on the menu on Sunday as the last seven meetings between the two teams have each involved over 2.5 goals, with over 2.5 8/11 odds on this weekend.
It could be worth a look at the method of the first goal to be scored being a header on Sunday as West Brom conceded the joint-most goals from corners last season (14), while United score more goals with headers than any other team in the league (18). Bet365.com offer 4/1 for the first goal on Sunday to be a header and that looks very tempting.
Sir Alex Ferguson has been busy strengthening his side for another tilt at the title as he brought in Ashley Young, David De Gea and Phil Jones over the summer. The arrival of Young appears to have had a positive effect on Nani as they battle for a place on the wing and Nani scored two in the 3-2 Community Shield win over Man City last weekend, with B365 offering 7/1 for him to be first scorer on Sunday.
Wayne Rooney is 4/1 favourite to score first though after he scored two in his last three appearances against West Brom, opening the scoring each time.
Fore West Brom, there are fitness doubts over their top scorer from last season, Peter Odemwingie, and new signing Shane Long could start. Long is 9/1 to score first after his £6.5m move from Reading, and he could joint Ben Foster and Zoltan Gera in making his debut for the club.
West Brom did come back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Old Trafford last year and only lost two matches when Hodgson took over. However, United have won their last four matches at the Hawthorns and it is difficult to see anything other than a United win, with the correct score of 2-1 available at 7/1.
West Brom v Man Utd Tips
Tip #1: Method of first goal to be a header @ 4/1 with Bet365.com
Tip #2: Wayne Rooney to score first @ 4/1 with Bet365.com
Tip #3: Man Utd to win 2-1 @ 7/1 with Bet365.com
Match Betting
11/2 West Brom
3/1 Draw
8/15 Man Utd
Correct Score Odds
16/1 West Brom 1-0
33/1 West Brom 2-0
18/1 West Brom 2-1
12/1 Draw 0-0
13/2 Draw 1-1
14/1 Draw 2-2
13/2 Man Utd 1-0
13/2 Man Utd 2-0
7/1 Man Utd 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
4/1 Wayne Rooney
11/2 Danny Wellbeck
11/2 Dimitar Berbatov
11/2 Mame Diouf
6/1 Michael Owen
6/1 Ashley Young
7/1 Nani
9/1 Peter Odemwingie
9/1 Shane Long
10/1 Ji-Sung Park
11/1 Antonio Valencia
11/1 Marc-Antoine Fortune
All odds are supplied courtesy of Bet365.com, who provide over 100 other markets, including live betting in-running, for all this weekend's Premier League matches.
Posted: Friday, 12th August 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: english premiership, west brom, man united, wayne rooney, bet365,
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