Last week's predictions were the most accurate for some time with 8 from 10 correct forecasts leading to a profit of £3 and taking overall profits for the blog to £25.50 - not much after two years!
This week the main focus is on Premier League Football and Rugby Union as both leagues draw nearer to their conclusion. As I write this Manchester United are already two goals down in their fixture at West Ham who have turned their season around in the last few games to climb out of the relegation zone. This season there is no stand out team who have dominated the league and no-one wants to go down with as many as 10 teams still being in with a chance of being relegated and 40 points not going to be enough to stay up.
The league has therefore become fascinating but almost impossible to predict! This week I have selected four games starting with Everton to beat Aston Villa which could push the Villans into the bottom three, Chelsea who have got over their mid-season slump I'm predicting to win at Stoke, Liverpool to draw at West Brom which will see Roy Hodgson come up against his former charges and have been a different team since Dalglish stepped in as caretaker manager and finally Tottenham take on Wigan before their meeting with Real Madrid in the Champions League and I'm predicting a Spurs win even allowing for their lack of fit central defenders.
In the Aviva Premiership rugby Leicester and Saracens have been the top couple of teams for the last 18 months and this week I'm predicting the Tigers to triumph at Harlequins and Saracens to beat Bath on home turf.
The Rugby League season is well under way now and this week I'm going for two home wins with Bradford beating Harlequins and Salford to defeat the Crusaders who haven't really fired this season.
My final set of predictions are for the second Moto GP of the year in Spain. In normal circumstances I'd be predicting a Pedrosa win but because of the injury he is carrying I'm going for his team mate Stoner to win and last year's World Champion Lorenzo to make the podium. The Ducatis still look off the pace but I'm sure Rossi will get this sorted over the coming few weeks and will be back challenging for wins again soon.
In summary the predictions are as follows:
Barclays Premier League
Everton to beat Aston Villa at 42/41
Chelsea to win at Stoke at 7/10
West Brom to draw with Liverpool at 12/5
Spurs to win at Wigan at 7/5
Aviva Premiership
Leicester to win at Harlequins at 8/13
Saracens to defeat Bath at 4/11
Superleague
Salford to beat the Crusaders at 2/7
Bradford to defeat Harlequins at 4/11
Moto GP in Jerez
Stoner to win at 11/8
Lorenzo to podium at 3/16
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