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Gareth Purnell

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: Back Everton and Manchester City to win on Boxing Day, Football

iBet: Back Everton and Manchester City to win on Boxing Day

Everton are a genuine top six team these days with a chance of getting into the Champions League.

By | Football, Sport | Wednesday, 26 December 2012 at 9:16 am

iBet: Scunthorpe v Carlisle promises plenty of action, Sport

iBet: Scunthorpe v Carlisle promises plenty of action

It may pay to look beyond the Premier League for value over the weekend and one game that stands out to me as likely to produce plenty of action on statistics is the League One clash at Glanford Park.

By | Sport | Saturday, 22 December 2012 at 1:01 am

iBet: St Mirren v Motherwell are in contrasting form, Sport

iBet: St Mirren v Motherwell are in contrasting form

St Mirren v Motherwell sees two teams with greatly contrasting form go head to head, and it may pay to lay the home side

By | Sport | Friday, 21 December 2012 at 1:01 am

iBet: India to bounce back against England, Sport

iBet: India to bounce back against England

It’s clear that the Tests were England’s main aim and with all their IPL experience I would expect India to dominate in this format of the game.

By | Sport | Thursday, 20 December 2012 at 1:01 am

Goals have been a feature of Hannover’s games all season, Football

Goals have been a feature of Hannover’s games all season

Top German sides take their domestic cup competition seriously and with the Champions League out of the way for the time being, I expect classy Dortmund to field a strong side in their match against Hannover.

By | Football, Sport | Wednesday, 19 December 2012 at 1:01 am

iBet: It’s hard to see Reading beating Arsenal tonight, Football

iBet: It’s hard to see Reading beating Arsenal tonight

Arsenal’s last performance against Reading sums up their season.

By | Football, Sport | Monday, 17 December 2012 at 1:40 pm

iBet: Stoke v Everton will be tight, Sport

iBet: Stoke v Everton will be tight

Everton are one of the few Premier League teams I would fancy to come away from the Britannia Stadium with anything.

By | Sport | Friday, 14 December 2012 at 1:01 am

iBet: Phil Taylor is more vulnerable than in the past, Sport

iBet: Phil Taylor is more vulnerable than in the past

Phil Taylor’s price of 2/1 can be easily justified by his incredible record – he’s won the World Championships fifteen times.

By | Sport | Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 1:01 am

iBet: A nine dart finish at the PDC World Championships looks unlikely, Sport

iBet: A nine dart finish at the PDC World Championships looks unlikely

Ladbrokes are looking to ‘get’ Phil Taylor in the PDC Darts World Championship and are going to offer a stand-out 9/4 about the 15 times world champ on Friday morning.

By | Sport | Wednesday, 12 December 2012 at 1:01 am

iBet: Benfica may have the upper hand against Sporting, Sport

iBet: Benfica may have the upper hand against Sporting

The Premier League Monday night game looks hard to call and it might pay to head to Portugal for some value.

By | Sport | Monday, 10 December 2012 at 12:35 pm

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