Bolton Wanderers welcome Chelsea to the Reebok Stadium on Monday night, in the last of the Weekend's Premier League fixtures. Neither team is in particularly good form, with Bolton having just the one win in the last seven matches whilst Chelsea have failed to win away from Stamford Bridge since the end of October. Both teams however go into this weekend in the top seven in the Premier League and a win for Chelsea could see them keep up pace with the title challengers. Despite Chelsea's recent dip in form, bookmaker Bet365 makes Carlo Ancelotti's team 8/13 to win at the Reebok, with the home side available to bet on at odds of 5/1. The draw is 11/4.
Owen Coyle's Bolton side could get to within five points of Chelsea if they were to beat them on Monday, something they have failed to do at home on the last seven occassions. In fact, Chelsea haven't conceded a goal in this time, seven straight wins so the Reebok is a happy hunting ground. That said, this side is vastly improved on the one they beat 4-0 here at the beginning of last season and Chelsea were a touch forunate to get all three points in the reverse fixture at the end of December. Bolton have just one home defeat this season, against Liverpool and are averaging two goals scored a game. Add to that Chelsea's lack of a win on the road since October and the draw looks a decent bet at odds of 11/4.
Chelsea have been wobbling and a win here at one of the Premier League's toughest outposts will be a signal of intent to their rivals who may have been writing them off. A 2-0 home win over Blackburn wasn't particularly emphatic but it was ruthless and an improvement on the 3-3 home draw with Villa and 1-0 defeat away at Wolves. If you do fancy backing the draw, a correst score bet at odds of 6/1 offers a bit of value.
It's fair to say that neither teams defenses have been playing particulalry well in recent weeks, so backing both teams to score at odds of 10/11 makes some appeal. Bolton average two goals a game at home, but also conced over one goal a game on average, just as Chelsea average scoring on the road. Bet 365 also offer odds on the amount of cards that will be shown. Neither of these sides shirk many challenges and with the likes of Michela Essien, John Terry and Kevin Davies on the pitch, the odds of 11/10 on there being over 3.5 cards shown look like a late Christmas present. The stats back it up as well, there's already been four sending offs at the Reebok this term, as well as cards a plenty whilst Chelsea have picked up 19 bookings on the road.
Bolton v Chelsea Form
Check the season's statistics for both Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea plus the odds ahead of Monday's match.
Bolton v Chelsea Tips
Tip #1: Back the draw @ odds of 11/4 with Bet365.
Tip #2: Over 3.5 cards shown in the match @ odds of 11/10 with Bet365.
Tip #3: Both teams to score a goal @ odds of 10/11 with Bet365.
Match Betting
5/1 Bolton
11/4 Draw
8/13 Chelsea
Correct Score Odds
14/1 Bolton 1-0
28/1 Bolton 2-0
18/1 Bolton 2-1
9/1 Draw 0-0
6/1 Draw 1-1
16/1 Draw 2-2
11/2 Chelsea 1-0
6/1 Chelsea 2-0
15/2 Chelsea 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
15/4 Didier Drogba
5/1 Nicolas Anelka
11/2 Frank Lampard
13/2 Florent Malouda
13/2 Saloman Kalou
17/2 Ivan Klasnic
17/2 Johan Elmander
9/1 Kevin Davies
9/1 Rodrigo Moreno
11/1 Michael Essien
16/1 Martin Petrov
Odds supplied by Bet365.com, plus over 100 other markets on this match and all Premier League fixtures, including live betting in-running.
Posted: Saturday, 22nd January 2011
Author: Russell Lloyd
Tags: english premiership, bolton wanderers, chelsea, didier drogba, bet365,
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