There’s no love lost between these two sides but it’s the reigning Champions who have to be the bet at general price of 2.5 to emerge victorious in what promises to be a titanic battle. Sir Alex Ferguson’s young guns may have dropped their first points of the season when drawing away Stoke when last [...]

Javier Hernandez is fit to face Stoke at the Britannia this weekend, and that’s the last news that the Potters would have wanted. Chicarito has scored three goals in two appearances against them and netted in the 27th minutes in both games. He was lucky to escape serious injury following Ashley Cole’s horror tackle in [...]

It’s not often you get the chance to back United at 1.85 to win at home, but you can get that price with Paddy Power and Victor Chandler for them to beat arch rivals Chelsea on Sunday. That looks a terrific punt – especially as they have started the season on fire and have an [...]

United travel to the Reebok this weekend, and are not surprisingly long odds-on to maintain their fantastic start to the campaign.

The only problem facing the gaffer in United’s game with Arsenal is which side to put out to beat the Gunners once again. United have won five of their last six meetings between the two sides at Old Trafford, and look sure to have too much firepower for the Londoners to handle. As usual Wayne [...]

How did it come to this? From a group that was labelled by one national newspaper as ‘easy’, England have contrived to leave their World Cup progress down to the final match – a must-win 90 minutes against opponents who will go through to the last 16 should they pick up a lone point from [...]

Odds correct at time of writing. For latest Betfair prices, see therepulikofmancunia.com/bet. In our third of four group-stage betting guides, betfair hone in on groups E and F. Group E Holland are the fourth best team in the world according to FIFA’s rankings but, at 13.5 (12/1), Betfair punters only rate them fifth favourites to [...]

Odds correct at time of writing. For latest Betfair prices, see therepublikofmancunia.com/bet. In our second World Cup preview, Betfair examine groups C and D… Group C England are 7.6 (13/2) third favourites to win the World Cup this summer, but the highs of a perfect qualification campaign have been replaced by injury worries for manager [...]

Odds correct at time of writing. For latest Betfair prices, see therepublikofmancunia.com/bet. In their first World Cup betting preview, Betfair look at the group-stage prospects for Ji-sung Park, Patrice Evra and Javier Hernandez… Group A Patrice Evra’s France may not be the force they once were but they still boast talented players such as Franck [...]

It’s win or bust for Manchester United on the final Premier League weekend but whether it’s 1-0 or 10-0 the champions will fall short should Chelsea defeat Wigan at Stamford Bridge. And that is why the reigning champions are out to 9 (8-1) to regain their trophy, with the Londoners as short as 1.12 (1-8). [...]