We were so close last week to landing a win of over £600, with just the Chelsea v Spurs game letting us down. And while a 2-0 win for Chelsea sounds a long way from the draw I’d gone for, I felt that Harry Kane’s goal, which would have been the opener, was so harshly ruled out that it beggared belief.
If that had stood, then I reckon I’d have been home and hosed and I think this is a good example here of how sometimes you can do all the work and make great tips, but something external, such as the referee or VAR, can scupper your chances.
All my other tips panned out pretty much on the money though which is a positive to take from it as we move into this strange old week in the season.
What we have this week is the Premier League’s mid-season break. One week with no games to be played in the EPL. It kind of makes a mockery of that ridiculous week in between Xmas and New Year when teams had to play 2 games in 3 days in many cases. Why not use this weekend for that set of games so the festive period wasn’t so busy?
Anyway, the EPL don’t do logic it seems and so we have this weekend where our attention is instead going to shift to the Football League and I am going right down the divisions from the Championship to League Two for my picks this week.
I am hoping more games to pick from in these divisions means that there will be more chance of landing a win, but experience has taught me that the difference in ability between teams in these divisions is so slight at times, that they can be tricky.
Still, I’m willing to give it a go and I have put together this fourfold from the tips I’ve outlined below.