19th March 2011

SATURDAY IN PLAY COUPON
12pm - Augsburg v Oberhausen - 1.36 home
1245pm - Tottenham v West Ham - 1.63 home
230pm - Freiburg v B Munich - 1.59 away - a season blown apart in 3 matches! But they looked superb against Inter Milan from an attacking perspective although the defense is very dodgy.
3pm - Aston Villa v Wolves - 1.95 home
3pm - Blackburn v Blackpool - 1.88 home
3pm - Man Utd v Bolton - 1.46 home
1st v 7th
HEAD TO HEADS - 2009 and 2010 1-0 United away win, 2-1 United home win , 4-0 United away win, 2-2 United away draw. Typical tough matches for United and likely to continue under the new manager Owen Coyle.
Arsenal have the game in hand here so this is a must win for United.
MAN UTD - RECENT HOME FORM - 13 wins and a sole draw at home, that draw saw United 2-0 up against West Brom and drawing 2-2. Should have been a clean sweep. 10 match winning streak at home currently for United.
MAN UTD - RECENT FORM OVERALL - WWDWWWLWWLL - the slip ups are currently occuring away from home. Put into context though, do we blame these on the Champions League matches which are currently on at present.
3 losses in last 4 matches away from home spoil the current record.
MAN UTD - GOAL TRENDS - United have kept a clean sheet in 50% of home matches and have scored in all matches at home.
71% of all matches at home over 2.5 goals.
United score an average of 2.64 goals per match at home.
United have scored 29 and conceded only 9 in the first half all season.
United score first in 72% of matches they play.The opponents lead at half time in only 10% of matches.
United have failed to score 2 goals at home in only one match.
10 of United's last 11 matches have been over 2.5 goals. United have scored in all of their last 8 matches. United have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 8 matches.
Goals anyone?
MAN UTD - STREAKS - 14 home matches without defeat. 8 matches without a draw.
Lost their last 2 matches.
have won at home against top 8

BOLTON _ RECENT AWAY FORM - LLLLLLD - pretty conclusive - have lost the 6 away matches they have played against top 8, albeit 1-0 losses against Man City and Chelsea.
BOLTON - RECENT FORM OVERALL - LLDLLWLWDW - as you can surmise, the wins come at home for Bolton. Still only 1 loss in last 5 and if they can only transfer that recent form to their away matches, they will be a force.
BOLTON - GOAL TRENDS - Bolton have kept no clean sheets away from home.36% of away matches have been over 2.5 goals.
Score an average of 1 and concede an average of 1.5 away from home per match. Bolton have scored in their last 5 matches. Only 4 of last 12 matches have been over 2,5 goals which signals some defensive capability.
The last half hour sees plenty of goal action for Bolton - 24 scored and 19 conceded in the last half hour of their matches.
BOLTON - STREAKS - no win in 7 away from home. No defeat in 3 matches.

So we have plenty of goals for the home side v a defensive outtlook for Bolton - which trend will out?
Such contrasting home and away form. Wins v Losses. Man Utd, I would argue, need the points more than a Bolton side in a degree of comfort with little hope of a European place and no chance of relegation.

3pm - Rapid Vienna v LASK Linz - 1.22 home
3pm - Stoke v Newcastle - 2.26 home
3pm - West Brom v Arsenal - 1.87 away
3pm - Wigan v Birmingham - 2.24 home - the performance against Man City makes me feel Wigan must be capable of something with home advantage.
4pm - Kaliakra v Levski Sofia - 1.43 away
5pm - Betis v Salamanca - 1.4 home
530pm - Dortmund v Mainz - 1.47 home
530pm - Everton v Fulham - 2.14 home
7pm - Barcelona v Getafe - 1.14 home - ahhh! under 1.2 should equal goals and if you needed proof of the attacking capabilities of Barcelona, then watch the match against Arsenal at the Nou Camp again. 4 out of 4 in head to heads for Barcelona against Getafe with a gradual increase in scoreline in 2010 2-1 and 3-1 wins.
1st v 11th
BARCELONA RECENT HOME FORM - 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. - 11 match winning streak.

9pm - Atl Madrid v Real Madrid - 1.62 away