Will try and make this as short as possible , too much waffle just confuse's the issue imo.
ARSENAL - unbeaten at home [12-3-0], have EBOUE back after suspention and TOURE + VAN PERSIE are available after injury.
10-4-1 is their record against teams from the bottom half of the league.
MIDDLESBORO were abysmal against CARDIFF in the cup and with an away record of 3-4-7 [ 2-3-10 v top half teams ] would appear to need a major effort here.
They have ALVES + ALIADIERE back from Inj/ Ban.
WEST HAM - Beaten 4-0 in their last 3 games [ Chelsea h , Liverpool a and Spurs a ] with Dean Ashton out of form they lack a decent goal scorer.
But surely the prospect of a 4th concecutive loss is pretty long especially when MARK HUGHES has admitted on the
BBC sport site that the HAMMERS are their bogey side.
BLACKBURN have not lost a game in the league in 10 out of the last 11 games .
COVENTRY- CHRIS COLEMAN is apparently toiling in trying to persuade players to come to Coventry.Their last 4 homes have resulted in a 2-2-0 record .
WEDNESDAY are still in the relegation zone and its their away form thats letting them down - 3-5-9.
PETERBOROUGH - This will be their 9th consecutive win and they top the table on 74pts and are 12-3-3 at home .They have an unchanged side from their last game.
Have won 5 /6 games to nil .
NOTTS CO - 21st of 24 in the league , but worryingly have an away record of 2-10-5 [ 1-10-8 v top half teams ] so they do tend to draw
quite a few aways.
DEPORTIVO - Are on a bit of a upturn in fortunes with thwir last 6 games showing as 4-2-1. The 3 last 3 homes have been wins over SEVILLE[6th] and ESPANYOL [7th] and a draw v GETAFE [9th]
REAL MADRID have lost 2 of their last 3 aways , ALMERIA [8th] 0-2 , R BETIS [15th] 1-2 and a narrow win v 18th placed RECREATIVO.
Van Nistelrooy still out through inj.
MONACO are 6-5-3 at home. They have not scored in 5 of their last 6 league games.
LYON are 6-2-5 away from home.
BETS
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ARSENAL / PETERBOROUGH Double *** bet - 10pts
WEST HAM - 5pts win
COVENTRY - 5pts win
DEPORTIVO - 5pts win
MONACO - no bet