In what has been another tragic week for sport with the death of Wouter Weylandt on Monday's stage of the Giro d'Italia, today could be a big day for Manchester's football clubs with the red half only requiring a draw at Blackburn to become Premier League Champions and the blue half having sealed Champions League football for next season looking to win the FA Cup for the first time in more than 40 years at Wembley.
Last week's predictions were probably the worst ever with only two from ten correct showing just how difficult it is to predict results in the world of sport! This meant a loss of £6.50 on the week and takes overall profits down to just £3 having been more than 10 times that amount a few weeks ago.
I will start with football today and the FA Cup which due to the Champions League final in a couple of weeks is taking place at Wembley before the end of the Premier League season and as such has lost some of it's charm once again. The final is between the moneybags of Manchester City and Stoke with the former being clear favourites. Even though I'd like to see Stoke win my prediction is for the Manchester team to triumph.
Following their defeat of Chelsea last weekend, Manchester United only need a point from their last two games of the season to wrap up a record breaking 19th League title and I think they will do that today by winning their lunchtime kick-off at Blackburn. Wolves who are one of six clubs in the relegation battle travel to Sunderland who have found some form again of late and I'm predicting a home win as I am for Liverpool who take on Tottenham tomorrow and by winning will seal fifth place and the Europa Cup spot for next season and leaving Spurs with a "what might have been" season!
In the Aviva Premiership the season has reached the play-off stage and I'm going for home wins for Leicester who play Northampton and Saracens who host Gloucester which will create a repeat of last year's final in two weeks.
Rugby League's Superleague continues in earnest and again I'm going for home wins for Huddersfield who entertain St Helens and Hull KR hosting Bradford.
Probably the undoubted sportsman of the year so far has been Novak Djokovic who has not lost a game of tennis in 2011 and last week ended Rafa Nadal's unbeaten run on clay. Djokovic faces Britain's Andy Murray in the semi-final of the Rome Masters and I'm not predicting the Scotsman to break the run.
My final prediction also takes place in Italy and is for today's eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia which should feature the sprinters. As such I'm predicting Mark Cavendish to win his first stage of this year's tour.
In summary the predictions are:
FA Cup Final
Manchester City to beat Stoke at Evens
Barclays Premier League
Manchester United to win at Blackburn at 13/16
Sunderland to beat Wolves at 17/9
Liverpool to beat Spurs at 4/5
Aviva Premiership Play-Offs
Leicester to beat Northampton at 6/13
Saracens to beat Gloucester at 10/29
Rugby League Superleague
Huddersfield to beat St. Helens at 7/12
Hull KR to beat Bradford at 6/17
Rome Masters Tennis
Djokovic to beat Murray at 1/6
Giro d'Italia (Stage 8)
Cavendish to win at 4/1
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