Weekend Betting, Saturday 23rd January

Quick look at some good bets for this weekend (this writer is going to the Man Utd v Hull City match on Saturday, so all things blogtastic will be up by Friday night)

• Bolton to beat Sheffield United is very good value at 5/6 with bet365. Despite two defeats against Arsenal this week, there have been signs of improvement under Owen Coyle, who will be looking to claim a first win as Bolton manager against a Sheffield United side who are nothing special away from home, and could be weakened further if Matthew Kilgallon completes a transfer away from the club
• Think twice before piling into Fulham at 1/2 with Skybet away at Accrington Stanley. Fulham are notoriously bad away from home, and are weakened further by the absence of Clint Dempsey, Bobby Zamora and anyone Woy Hodgson decides to rest for the trip to the Crown Ground. It may even be worth having a small bet on Accrington 1X (aka Double Chance Home/Draw) at a best price of 13/8 with Boylesports- Accrington have lost only 1 of their last 7 games
• Cowdenbeath are excellent value at 11/8 with Blue Square to win away at Dumbarton on Saturday. Dumbarton have been shaky at home all season (2-3-4), while Cowdenbeath have been impressive home and away, and sit top of the Second Division, a league that they were actually relegated from last season. My advice to those of you with accounts with Blue Square is to get on this. My advice to those of you without Blue Square accounts is to open a Blue Square account and get on this
• Arsenal at 7/2 to win the league with Betfred is big. They play Aston Villa, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool within the next 3 weeks. One way or the other, they're likely to have moved from 7/2 by then
• If you're seriously considering taking the general 4/5 available on Chelsea to win the league, then you were born yesterday. With Essien likely to be ruled out for up to a month, and the fixtures above still to be played (as well as trips to Old Trafford, White Hart Lane and anfailed still to be played), they are a long way from being in the clear. For the big man's sake, they're not even top
• To return to Bolton, despite showing signs of improvement, they still took zero points from their 2 games against Arsenal. While this wasn't exactly unexpected, it does mean that they still find themselves in 19th place. Owen Coyle's desire to get Bolton playing football again would no doubt have been centred on the technical ability of midfielder Mark Davies, who could be set for a while out injured after Wednesday's loss at Arsenal- they also have the highest goals conceded per game stat, a figure that's not likely to improve if Bolton continue to defend they way Coyle's Burnley team did away from home. To that end, it's amazing to see that they can still be backed at a general 11/4 to go down