Bolton take on Birmingham this Sunday at the Reebok Stadium in the Premier League in what should be an excellent closely fought contest between two teams with big ambitions. Wanderers are favourites to win with odds of 11/10 with Ladbrokes who go 12/5 for a Birmingham away win and the same price for the draw. The draw may well be the best option for punters as the sides look very evenly matched and are both unbeaten after three competitive games each so far this season.
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Bolton now firmly under the stewardship of fiery Scot, Owen Coyle are already beginning to see dividends of his management style and it is clear by press reports and player interviews that Coyle is very highly respected by the players. This sort of reaction is always a positive sign that the team can be depended upon to go out and give it their all, which was evidenced in their 3-1 away win against West Ham last week, in which Swedish international striker, Johan Elmander netted an excellent brace in a man of the match performance. He looks a prime candidate to back in the opening goalscorer market in this game with odds of 11/2 available via Ladbrokes.
Coyle will not know the exact make up of the team to start against Birmingham, but Sean Davis will not be involved due to a recurring knee problem, which is likely to keep him out for a couple of months. Ivan Klasnic, now back full time with the club and who scored the League Cup winner against Southampton in midweek is also likely to be sidelined due to a thigh strain. Apart from those two, Coyle has a full compliment to select from. If Coyle has any other worry it will concern the two yellow cards already picked up by his skipper, Kevin Davies.
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Birmingham, who also won their midweek League Cup game against Rochdale by 3-2, came back from being 0-1 down last week, to win 2-1 against Blackburn, proving that they too have plenty of determination about them. Both goals were scored by midfielder, Craig Gardner. The win followed a 2-2 draw with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light in the opening Premier League game of the season, where once again, Birmingham came from behind to snatch a point with two goals late in the game. All in all Birmingham have scored seven times already this season, but have conceded a worrying five times.
McLeish is likely to include the 6’8” tall new signing Nikola Zigic up front for this match, he showed some useful touches against Rochdale in midweek and could prove to be a big handful for the Bolton central defenders. He scored plenty of goals for his last club, Valencia and for the Serbian national team. He is likely to be joined up front by James McFadden, while Gardner and Barry Ferguson are likely to return to the team after being rested against Rochdale. Zigic is a best price of 9/1 with Ladbrokes to score the opening goal of the game.
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In conclusion, we see this match as either a very narrow home win but would prefer to back a low scoring draw. It is interesting to note that Bolton achieved the double over the ‘Blues’ last season, which may mean that they have a small edge, but we are going stick with our instinct and back a 1-1 draw with odds of 11/2 with ladbrokes.com.
Selection 1: Draw at 1-1 @ 11/2 (£25 Bet wins £137.50)
Selection 2:Johan Elmander to score first goal @ 11/2 (£25 Bet wins £137.50)
Selection 3: Nikola Zigic to score last goal @ 9/1 (£25 Bet wins £225)
Match Odds
11/10 Bolton
12/5 Birmingham
12/5 Draw
Correct Score Odds
1-1 Draw – 11/2
1-0 Bolton win – 7/1
1-0 Birmingham win – 8/1
0-0 Draw – 8/1
2-1 Bolton win – 8/1
2-1 Birmingham win – 10/1
2-2 Draw – 14/1
First Goalscorer Odds
11/2 Elmander
11/2 Davies
9/1 Zigic
9/1 McFadden
12/1 Larsson
12/1 Gardner
Odds From Ladbrokes Online Bookmakers
Posted: Saturday, 28th August 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: english premiership, reebok stadium, bolton wanderers, birmingham city, ladbrokes,
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