Weekend Betting, 10th-11th November

Hiya!

Really ought to put some good old-fashioned tips up for this weekend's games, hopefully just in time for y'all to get them on your coupons. Here goes:

Swans Are Solid
Southampton are starting to look out of their depth in the Premier League. They vaguely resemble the Blackpool side which briefly graced the top flight a few years ago- bravely committed to attacking play, but horribly naive defensively- 28 goals conceded in 10 games is a brutal stat. Nigel Adkins seems like an endearingly positive chap, but his days as Saints manager already look numbered- the repeated chopping and changing of goalkeeper (Kelvin Davis, Paulo Gazzaniga and Artur Boruc have all featured between the sticks this season) isn't helping. Swansea, meanwhile, are going along at a respectable nick, giving very good accounts of themselves against man city and Chelsea in their last 2 games, and are great value at 2/1 with 32Red to get the 3 points at St Mary's today

Sir Alex Likes His Claret
In the 5:30pm game today, Manchester United travel to Villa Park, which has traditionally been a happy hunting ground for them- United haven't lost a league game there since 1995, as well as having an excellent record in FA Cup semi finals played at the ground. After a slightly suspect start, United have started to click into gear, as they traditionally do around about October-November. Aston Villa's improvement under Paul Lambert has been...well...there hasn't really been one. With just 2 league wins and 8 league goals scored so far, Villa still don't exactly get one on the edge of one's seat. United to win outright are available at a general 1/2 if you fancy keeping your 3pm coupon waiting, otherwise, with Villa's prosaic attack and United's improving defence, which should see Chris Smalling available again, while David De Gea is now firmly established as 1st choice goalkeeper (we'll maybe see you at Galatasaray, Anders), United to win to Nil at 16/11 with Bwin is well worth considering

The Championship
There's a few tasty morsals to be had in the Championship today. I'd recommend being all over Crystal Palace (12 games unbeaten, Ian Holloway now in charge keeping them motoring) at 13/10 with Coral to win at struggling Peterborough. Also worth backing are Huddersfield at 15/8 with Victor Chandler to win at Barnsley, who have lost their last 3

And the Rest
Have a punt on Swindon to win at Walsall at 23/20 with Coral- Swindon's away record (4-2-2) is actually better than their 3-3-2 home record, while the opposite is true for out-of-form (5 defeats and no wins in their last 7 league games) Walsall. Also appealing are Aberdeen to win at St Mirren at a best price of 7/5 with Ladbrokes (yes, really. Ladbrokes do actually have the best price here). Despite the result last weekend, Aberdeen still dominated much of their 2-1 defeat at Ross County, which ended a 10 match league unbeaten run. St Mirren, meanwhile, have lost their last 4 league games, and go into this game without their suspended captain Jim Goodwin

Happy Christmas, Pilgrims!