{"id":9035,"date":"2015-10-29T15:15:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T15:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.colossusbets.com\/?p=9035"},"modified":"2019-04-15T17:10:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T16:10:09","slug":"michael-owen-vs-10000000-colossus-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/michael-owen-vs-10000000-colossus-35\/","title":{"rendered":"MICHAEL OWEN vs THE \u00a310,000,000 COLOSSUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It&#8217;s been a pretty mad Premier League season so far &#8211; and we are only 10 games in.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Three managers have already bitten the dust, with the prospect of more to come in the short term, and maybe even the biggest name of all; Man City have traded as low as 1-3 with some bookmakers to win the title, with holders Chelsea out to 50-1; West Ham have beaten those two sides along with the small matter of away wins at Arsenal and Liverpool; and Leicester have scored in all their Premier League games this season and are out to 66-1 to be relegated having been one of the favourites back in August.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So I won\u2019t remind you who I tipped to win the league, and for the drop, at the start of the season!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In contrast to some teams, fourth-placed Man Utd have actually started the campaign pretty well, even if they have a recent 3-0 defeat at Arsenal on their dance card. They won 3-0 at Everton, and would have been happy enough to settle for a point at the Etihad last weekend, even if the match was a pretty drab affair.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And they again failed to score when going out of the Cup on penalties to Middlesbrough at Old Trafford on <span id=\"OBJ_PREFIX_DWT841_com_zimbra_date\" class=\"Object\">Wednesday<\/span> night.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0they have not consistently impressed by any means, and I would be in no rush to back them at odds of 11-10 to win at Crystal Palace. In fact, Palace to win 2-1 is my main fancy in this game, with 1-0 and 1-1 as back-up score lines.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MOCOL2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9036\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MOCOL2.png\" alt=\"MOCOL\" width=\"946\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MOCOL2.png 946w, https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MOCOL2-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Palace have been a bit hit-and-miss this season and have generally performed better away from home, most notably a win at Chelsea.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But they look a good side whenever I see them &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and I wouldn&#8217;t read too much into their 5-1 Cup defeat at Man City on <span id=\"OBJ_PREFIX_DWT842_com_zimbra_date\" class=\"Object\">Wednesday<\/span> night where like most sides, they rested plenty of first-team players<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0&#8211; \u00a0and have been a bit unfortunate to lose by the odd goal to City, Tottenham and Arsenal, and they were definitely unlucky to lose 1-0 at Leicester last week, where they had three decent penalty decisions turned down in the final minutes.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As I mentioned earlier, West Ham have done remarkably well this season and haven\u2019t lost in the league since a 4-3 home reverse at the hands of Bournemouth in August. And I expect that unbeaten run to continue when they visit Watford, so I take them to win 2-1 or 1-0, with 1-1 added in, too.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Watford would have been very happy with their start to the season too, but they do find scoring hard to come by &#8211; or rather they did before a 2-0 win at Stoke last weekend &#8211; so I favour West Ham to edge a tight game.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Preston v Bolton sees 19<\/span><sup>th<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0play bottom in the Championship on <span id=\"OBJ_PREFIX_DWT843_com_zimbra_date\" class=\"Object\">Saturday<\/span> evening. Preston haven\u2019t won any of their six home games, while Bolton have lost five and drawn\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">one of their six road games. So your guess is as good as mine!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I\u2019ll play to the percentages, and take 2-1, 1-0 and 1-1 score lines in this.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Inter v Roma is next up<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. Roma sit on top of Serie A after losing only one of their opening ten games, though they have only got two points from their opening three matches in the Champions League.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But Inter,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">who won 1-0 at Bologna on <span id=\"OBJ_PREFIX_DWT844_com_zimbra_date\" class=\"Object\">Tuesday<\/span> night,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0haven\u2019t started badly either without the distraction of Europe, a 4-1 home defeat to Fiorentina their only blip, although scoring goals has been a problem.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I don\u2019t have a strong opinion on this to be honest, but Inter won this fixture 2-1 last season, so I will take 2-1 and 1-1 as my selections here.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sunderland were probably flattered by the winning 3-0 score line against Newcastle last week but that won\u2019t concern them and it could be that they will fancy their chances of inflicting a third straight league defeat on Everton, especially as they didn\u2019t have the distraction of a midweek Cup game.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But with all due respect to Sunderland, those Everton losses came against an on-song Man Utd and by the odd goal at Arsenal, so I have to fancy Everton, either 2-0 or 2-1, as their overall form this season has impressed me. And they did get<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">back on track in the Cup on <span id=\"OBJ_PREFIX_DWT845_com_zimbra_date\" class=\"Object\">Tuesday<\/span> night,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">albeit only progressing on penalties against Norwich.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I take Lazio to beat Milan either 2-0 or 2-1 in the sixth leg of the \u00a310 million Colossus,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">despite a loss at Atalanta on <span id=\"OBJ_PREFIX_DWT846_com_zimbra_date\" class=\"Object\">Wednesday<\/span> night.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0The reason is pretty simple, in that\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Lazio<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0have won all five of their home games this season, scoring 11 and conceding just one, while Milan have lost three of their five away matches.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The concluding match sees Tottenham at home to Aston Villa. At the time of writing, the away side haven\u2019t appointed a permanent replacement to Tim Sherwood and also haven\u2019t won since the opening day of the season,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and went out of the Cup on <span id=\"OBJ_PREFIX_DWT847_com_zimbra_date\" class=\"Object\">Wednesday<\/span> night at Southampton.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0You just find it hard to see beyond a Tottenham side unbeaten in five home games.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">However, for all their 5-1 win at Bournemouth last week, I think this could be tighter match than the match odds would suggest. 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