It was a profitable week again on this blog following my last set of predictions resulting in a gain of £1.50 on the week and up to £35.50 over the course of the blog.
Successes came from five sources with Green Bay winning the Superbowl, England's triumph over Wales and Ireland's narrow win over Italy in the Six Nations as well as correct predictions for both of North London's premier league football teams.
This week features the beginning of Rugby League's Superleague for 2011 with all seven matches taking place at Cardiff's Millennium stadium and a number of local derbies. My forecasts for the first weekend of the season are Wigan to triumph over St. Helens and Hull FC to defeat Hull KR.
The Six Nations Rugby Union continues this weekend and after a thrilling round of matches last week I'm hoping for more of the same this time round. First off England host Italy and even with the loss of Andrew Sheridan from the side today I'm predicting a win by England by more than 12 points. The other two games are more difficult to call, but in both cases I'm going for the teams that have performed the best over the last twelve months, therefore I'm predicting Scotland to beat Wales at Murrayfield and the French to triumph in Ireland.
After some strange results in the premier league last week it demonstrates just how tough it can be to predict. This week the stand out game is the Manchester derby when United host City and I'm going for a home win. Liverpool are the current form team, revitalised by King Kenny and I'm predicting another win for them this weekend over Wigan. Former Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has taken the reins at West Brom today who have been sucked into the relegation battle in recent weeks and in a "six pointer" they host West Ham who I'm forecasting to win.
My final two predictions are both for draws between Blackburn and Newcastle and Bolton who host Everton. I know that last prediction won't please all my readers but I've found Everton notoriously difficult to predict this season!
In summary the predictions are:
Superleague
Wigan to defeat St. Helens at 11/17
Hull FC to beat Hull KR at 22/23
Six Nations Rugby
England to beat Italy by more than 12 points at 7/25
Scotland to defeat Wales at 4/6
France to win in Ireland at 4/6
Barclays Premier League Football
Manchester United to beat Manchester City at 4/5
Liverpool to defeat Wigan at 2/5
West Ham to win at West Brom at 3/1
Blackburn and Newcastle to draw at 12/5
Bolton to draw with Everton at 23/10
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