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Gareth Purnell is our sports betting analyst, specialising in identifying opportunities for making money from sports 'exchange betting'. He writes the daily 'IBet' column for the 'i'.

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iBet: Manchester City to retain the title, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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iBet: Manchester City to retain the title

Premier League Betting 2013
Back Manchester City at 6/4 to win the title again with BetVictor
With the dust only just settling on a brilliant Premier League season, the bookies are already keen to get our money for 2013. Manchester City are understandably best priced 6/4 favourites with BetVictor to take the title again. They are likely [...]

By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Tuesday, 22 May 2012 at 12:01 am

iBet: Back goals in the Championship play-off final, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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iBet: Back goals in the Championship play-off final

Blackpool’s philosophy when they were promoted to the Premier League last season was to attack, and Ian Holloway has kept that mantra.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Friday, 18 May 2012 at 12:01 am

iBet: Chelsea beware, Bayern Munich are formidable at home, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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iBet: Chelsea beware, Bayern Munich are formidable at home

Although they were soundly beaten into second place in the Bundesliga by Dortmund for the second year running, Bayern Munich had the league’s best defence with only 22 goals conceded in 34 league games.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 12:01 am

iBet: The next Aston Villa manager, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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iBet: The next Aston Villa manager

Aston Villa have been reliably terrible this season, producing their worst every Premier League points tally, and we have laid them time and time again.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 at 12:01 am

iBet: There could be corners in this play-off semi-final, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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iBet: There could be corners in this play-off semi-final

It’s not often that Betfair will price up the Corners Odds market on a League One game and it may be worth taking advantage in this second leg play-off.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 12:01 am

iBet: Second-legs tend to produce goals, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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iBet: Second-legs tend to produce goals

The first leg was a predictably tight affair and we profited by backing the draw on Friday, the game finishing 0-0.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Monday, 14 May 2012 at 12:57 pm

iBet: Back a draw in the League One play-off, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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iBet: Back a draw in the League One play-off

Sheffield United are going to have to recover quickly from the disappointment of losing out on an automatic play-off position to local rivals Wednesday by just three points.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Friday, 11 May 2012 at 12:01 am

iBet: Manchester City and United to win, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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iBet: Manchester City and United to win

Premier League
Manchester City and Manchester United both to win
The double pays around 4/6
With nothing much doing on Thursday evening it’s a chance to look ahead to the weekend. Manchester City have a magnificent record at the Etihad of 17 wins and one draw from 18 games, and although QPR may need a point to survive, [...]

By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Thursday, 10 May 2012 at 12:01 am

iBet: An all-Spanish European cup final, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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iBet: An all-Spanish European cup final

Atletico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao, Europa League final, kick off 7.45pm
Lay Atletico Madrid at 6/4 with Betair
So, as everyone expected, we have an all-Spanish European final; only it’s the Europa Cup and not the Champions League. Atletico Madrid have been superior of the two teams in La Liga this season,  but only just, accumulating two [...]

By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Wednesday, 9 May 2012 at 12:01 am

iBet: Goal fest appears unlikely in Liverpool’s match with Chelsea, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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iBet: Goal fest appears unlikely in Liverpool’s match with Chelsea

All the talk before the FA Cup final on Saturday was that goals would be in scarce supply, but the second half was wide open and the Merseysiders were probably a bit unlucky not to grab an equaliser in the end.

By Gareth Purnell | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Tuesday, 8 May 2012 at 10:00 am

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