Premiership Title Within Reach For Manchester United - 05-06-07
May 06- Manchester United will win the English Premier League today if Arsenal do not lose to Chelsea in the Premiership fixture of the day from a betting perspective. United defeated Manchester City 1-0 in their heated derby and now the London derby follows with ramifications for the league title.
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Even a Chelsea win at the Gunners would merely stave off the inevitable as Manchester United seem ideally placed to win the league this season with some easy games to follow.
The latest betting for today's clash at Emirates stadium suggests that Chelsea's quest to repeat as champions could well end right here. Arsenal are slight favorites according to the odds at 2.82/1 for the home win. Chelsea are 2.84 to win, so basically they're betting 18/10 the pair. The draw, which is the most likely result in our opinion is 3.4/1 or 12/5.
United's win sends them 8 points clear at the top, although Chelsea do have a game in hand.
At the wrong end of the table it was another rousing performance from West Ham and a disastrous one from Wigan as the two teams swapped positions thanks to the former winning 3-1 at home against Bolton and the latter losing at home to Middelsbrough. We told you three weeks ago to bet on Wigan to be relegated and suggested that West Ham would stay up: Here is the proof