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Wigan v Chelsea Odds: Goal Hungry Drogba can Strike Three Again

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It must be with absolute dread that Wigan boss, Roberto Martinez, must be thinking ahead of this Saturday’s Premier League match against Chelsea, the Premier League champions. The dread will come from two sources, the 0-8 defeat his side suffered on the final day of last season to them and the 0-4 drubbing his side took on the first day of the new one against newly promoted and relegation favourites, Blackpool. It is why the Bookmakers are happy to offer outrageous odds of Wigan winning this match, indeed Bet365 are offering 14/1 on Wigan winning, the draw is at 5/1 and the Chelsea win a 2/9 odds on certainty.

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Wigan fans and some punters will of course remember that Wigan actually won this fixture last season by 3-1, which was an even bigger shock than Chelsea’s 8-0 romp in the return. Whether or not there is enough courage for any Wigan fans to back them to do the same time around can get odds of 100/1 for a 3-1 Wigan win from bet365.It would appear that Martinez will have to turn to his want away midfield player Charles N’Zogbia to replace the injured Victor Moses , while Hendry Thomas looks like starting the game in place of James McCarthy also in midfield. Wigan had the Second worst defensive record in the Premier League last season, conceding 79 times in 38 games at an average of over two per game. They only scored 37 times too which is less than a goal a game and 11 of those were scored by Colombian striker Hugo Rodallega, who is an interesting, almost tempting bet at 10/3 with Bet365 to score in this match.

Chelsea made amends for an indifferent pre-season, by thrashing West Bromwich Albion by 6-0 in their opening fixture last week. It was a ruthless display and they will no doubt put their voracious appetites to the test again this week against the ‘Latics’. We tipped up Didier Drogba at 9/2 to score two or more goals in that match for which he duly obliged with a hat trick and we are doing so again this week, although he is noticeably shorter to do so with odds of 5/2. It may of course be worth backing him to score a second successive hat trick, for which he is a very tempting 9/1 chance. There were some doubts about his fitness but it looks like both he and Frank Lampard will be in the starting line up. Lampard in fact is also a good bet to score two goals or more at 11/2, which, once again are odds that are hard to refuse. Should Daniel Sturridge get a game then he too will be worth following in the goals markets.

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With Chelsea more or less at full strength we see little hope for Wigan and find it hard to make any sort of case for them, particularly after the debacle against Blackpool last week. Confidence must be at an all time low and the last thing the players want is to face a rampant Chelsea. With some confidence therefore we are going to predict a big win for the Blues, but they might have to accept losing a goal during the game. A 5-1 scoreline looks promising, but 6-1 looks irresistible with odds of 50/1, sounds crazy but 6-1 has more chance than 2-0 we think so why not take a punt. A selection of alternative Correct Score betting options are listed below.

Premier League Odds Comparisons

Wigan v Chelsea Tips

Selection 1 – Chelsea win by 6-1 @ 50/1 (£10 Bet will yield £500 profit)
Selection 2 - Didier Drogba to score a hat trick @ 9/1 (£10 bet will yield £90 profit)
Selection 3 – Frank Lampard to Score Two or More Goals @ 11/2 (£10 bet will yield £55 profit)

Wigan v Chelsea Odds

2/9 Chelsea
5/1 Draw
14/1 Wigan

Correct Score Betting Selections

2-0 Chelsea win – 5/1
3-0 Chelsea win – 13/2
3-1 Chelsea win - 10/1
4-0 Chelsea win – 11/1
4-1 Chelsea win 16/1
5-1 Chelsea win 33/1
6-1 Chelsea win – 50/1

First Goalscorer Odds

13/5 Didier Drogba
4/1 Daniel Sturridge
9/2 Frank Lampard
5/1 fabio Borini
5/1 Nicolas Anelka
6/1 Florent Malouda
6/1 Yossi Benayoun
12/1 Hugo Rodallega

Odds kindly Provided by Bet365 Bookmakers.

Posted: Friday, 20th August 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: english premiership, dw stadium, wigan athletic, chelsea, bet365,

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