Bookmakers say Manchester United won’t wrap Premiere League at Arsenal

Apr 29, 2011

Arsenal v Manchester Utd betting odds

Manchester United can essentially wrap up the English Premier League betting title this weekend with an away win over Arsenal at Emirates Stadium, but our recommended online sports betting sites reckon it won’t be so easy after all.

With a victory, Man U would be at least six points ahead of Chelsea with three matches to play thereafter – a virtual impossibility for the Blues to overcome. However, this race could well end up looking a lot closer by season’s end with United also concerned about their Champions League chances. (Incidentally, BetUS has Manchester as an early 14/19 favorite to top FC Schalke and advance to the European final.) To this end, Ryan Griggs will be sitting out against Arsenal.

Combined with the home-field advantage, the Gunners are actually favored in this match despite the recent stumbling they’ve been doing. Bodog posts short odds of 7/5 on an outright Arsenal win, while bet365 and BetUS like them at 3/2.

For the “underdogs,” though, at least two individual players have proved absolutely nightmarish against Arsenal: Wayne Rooney has scored in three of the last four games versus the Gunners, while Park Ji Sung has netted goals the last three times he’s started against them. In bet365’s “Goalscorer” proposition betting, these two get 13/8 and 4/1 odds respectively to score in the match.

Another interesting possibility: In their last two meetings, Manchester United has topped Arsenal by identical 3-1 scores. Both bet365 and Bodog are offering 22/1 odds in their “Correct Score” prop bet on such a score happening for the third time. Just something to think about.

Result Bet365 BetUS Bodog
Win 6/4 3/2 7/5
Draw 9/4 9/4 95/40
Lose 15/8 7/4 9/5

The outright odds on the Arsenal-Manchester United match result are as follows.

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