Manchester United will look to get their Premier League title bid back on track in the live Saturday lunchtime kick off as they welcome Everton to Old Trafford. Everton have been resurgent of late but are still unfancied by most bookmakers, with Bet 365 pricing them at odds of 13/2, and even the draw is 10/3. United are 4/9 odds on favourites and could do with three points to ensure there are no late season jitters.
United's 0-0 draw with Newcastle in mid-week means they are now six points ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea, after the pair drew and won their respective matches on Wednesday. United still have to play both sides and anything other than victory over Everton is unthinkable at this stage, with a Champions League semi-final with Schalke to come next week.
Recent history is certainly in the Manchester side's favour as they have won eight of their last ten at Old Trafford against Everton, while Everton have picked up just one win in the last ten meetings between the two. Sir Alex Ferguson will also draw plenty of comfort from their formidable record at Old Trafford as they are unbeaten at home this season, have scored in every match there and have only dropped points once when they drew with West Brom.
Since that draw they have won their last nine in a row at home and Dimitar Berbatov has scored five in his last five at home. Top scorer Berbatov has been much maligned by United fans but with 21 league goals to his name he must be doing something right, despite doubts over his appetite for the big games. With the big match against Schalke coming up he could well start in place of a rested Javier Hernandez this weekend and with 17 of his 21 league goals coming at Old Trafford, Berbatov looks a very tempting bet to score first on Saturday at industry best odds of 9/2 with Bet365.com.
United have also been defensively sound, conceding just four in the last ten at Old Trafford, although nine of their last twelve matches and five of the last seven meetings with Everton have involved over 2.5 goals. Over 2.5 goals could be a decent punt this weekend and can be backed at odds of 4/5. United will be without the suspended Paul Scholes and suspended Darren Fletcher this weekend.
Seventh placed Everton meanwhile are launching a late bid for a Europa League place after flirting with relegation earlier in the season They are unbeaten in seven matches and are just two points behind bitter rivals Liverpool. They are second in the current form table and are likely to welcome back Tim Cahill from injury, although Louis Saha, Mikel Arteta and Marouane Fellaini are out.
When the two sides met at Goodison Park earlier in the season the two sides played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with Tim Cahill grabbing one of two injury time goals for Everton. Cahill has got nine for the season and the goal scoring midfielder is a tempting 11/4 to score anytime with B365.
On current form, David Moyes' Everton are likely to provide United with a stiff challenge but we fancy Sir Alex Ferguson's side will just edge it and the United win by a margin of one goal can be backed at odds of 5/2, with the 2-1 correct score a 7/1 punt.
Man Utd v Everton Form
Check the season's statistics for both Man Utd and Everton plus the odds ahead of Saturday's match.
Man Utd v Everton Tips
Tip #1: Dimitar Berbatov to score first @ 9/2 with Bet365.com
Tip #2: Man Utd to win by margin of one goal @ 5/2 with Bet365.com
Tip #3: Over 2.5 goals @ 4/5 with Bet365.com
Match Betting
4/9 Man Utd
10/3 Draw
13/2 Everton
Correct Score Odds
11/2 Man Utd 1-0
11/2 Man Utd 2-0
7/1 Man Utd 2-1
12/1 Draw 0-0
7/1 Draw 1-1
18/1 Draw 2-2
16/1 Everton 1-0
40/1 Everton 2-0
20/1 Everton 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
10/3 Wayne Rooney
4/1 Javier Hernandez
9/2 Dimitar Berbatov
11/2 Nani
8/1 Park Ji-Sung
8/1 Luis Valencia
9/1 Tim Cahill
10/1 Jermaine Beckford
10/1 Ryan Giggs
10/1 Gabriel Obertan
All odds are supplied courtesy of Bet365.com, who provide several other betting markets, including live betting in-running, for this match and all the weekend's Premier League fixtures.
Posted: Thursday, 21st April 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: english premiership, man united, everton, dimitar berbatov, bet365,
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