Possible starting XIs

West Brom: Foster, Ollson, Shorey, McAuley, Scharner, Morrison, Brunt, Tchoyi, Mulumbu, Odemwingie, Long.

Man Utd: De Gea, Fabio, Vidic, Ferdinand, Smalling, Anderson, Carrick, Nani, Young, Rooney, Berbatov.


Tale of the game
Sir Alex Ferguson's men looked in ominous form when beating Manchester City in the Community Shield last Sunday, but they face a tough test at the Hawthorns on Sunday.

Since taking charge of West Brom, Roy Hodgson has lost just twice and the former Fulham and Liverpool manager has strengthened his side with the additions of Ben Foster from Birmingham, Shane Long from Reading and Zoltan Gera from Fulham.

United have added significantly to their own squad, though, bringing in David De Gea from Atletico Madrid, Phil Jones from Blackburn and Ashley Young from Aston Villa. And with Tom Cleverly impressing in the Community Shield following his loan spell at Wigan, Ferguson seems to have added the youth his squad needed.

Last season: West Brom 1 Manchester United 2, Manchester United 2 West Brom 2.
Match

Man U are gonna start the season in grand style!

Hatrick for odemwigie

Man Go Joor No Shakings.

Odemwingie's injury will surely affect his team's performance, but Chicharito won't be so missed as shown during the community shield clash, I predict 3-1 in favour of Man Utd.

David De Gea's shaky start to continue. . . It's either a loss or a lucky draw for United.

Man united ll beat dem hands down.

Remember to keep in touch with this thread as i bring you tomorrow's English league match analysis.
FRANCE vs NIGERIA DETAILED MATCH ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION

This analysis was done with unbiased mind since is for betting purpose. After all we are looking for ways to make our cash regardless of the team that will win.

MATCH ODDS FROM 10 BOOKMAKERS

FRANCE VS NIGERIA (THIS TABLE MAY NOT SHOW PROPERLY)
1 (FRANCE) X (DRAW) 2 (NIGERIA)
2.94 3.07 2.37
3.00 3.20 2.40
2.63 3.20 2.38
2.50 3.20 2.50
2.88 3.20 2.30
2.88 3.00 2.30
2.65 3.20 2.55
3.20 3.10 2.26
2.65 3.20 2.50
2.78 3.10 2.40

N/B: 1 means HOME TEAM WINS (FRA)
X means DRAW
2 means AWAY TEAM WINS (NIG)

France is represented with 1 while Nigeria is represented with 2. This means that France is playing home while Nigeria is playing away. In betting the first country is always the home team while the 2nd is the away team i.e FRANCE VS NIGERIA. Let’s move ahead.

Looking at the odds above from 10 different bookmakers you will notice that the odds are in favour of Nigeria to win than France though the margin is not that much…this you must take into consideration when deciding on the country to back.

LAST FOUR MATCHES PLAYED WITH GRAPHS (Graph not shown because of file format not supported)

FRANCE ANALYSIS
COLOMBIA 4 - 1 FRANCE
FRANCE 3 - 1 SOUTH KOREA
FRANCE 2 - 0 MALI
FRANCE 1 - 0 ECUADOR

STRIKING FORCE


From the graph(Graph not shown because of file format not supported) above you can see that the striking force or power of France is on the down trend. Meaning that the tendency of France scoring goals is low. So for France to win Nigeria we should expect a good forward attack from France.

DEFENSIVE FORCE

From the graph above(Graph not shown because of file format not supported) you can see that the defensive force or power of France is on the down trend which is a good sign of improvement in there defense. This means fewer goals are expected against France. If France should maintain this defensive form and improve in there striking force the tendency of winning the day will increase. Let’s move over to Nigeria

NIGERIA ANALYSIS
FOUR LAST MATCHES:

NIGERIA 5 - 0 GUATEMALA
CROATIA 2 - 5 NIGERIA
SAUDI ARABIA 0 - 2 NIGERIA
NIGERIA 1 - 0 ENGLAND

STRIKING FORCE


From the graph(Graph not shown because of file format not supported) you can see, Just like France, Nigeria is experience a downward striking force. After scoring five goals in two different matches they fall sharply to two goals then later to one goal. From the statistics, fewer goals are expected from Nigeria side and for Nigeria to win the day there striking force must improve drastically to be able to break France’s defensive force which has improved in their last three matches.

DEFENSIVE FORCE:

From the graph(Graph not shown because of file format not supported) above, Nigeria has a downward defensive force which is a good sign of good defensive quality and fewer goals expected from their opponent. For Nigeria to carry the day they have to maintain this good defensive quality and improve their striking force.

PREDICTION
WARNING: This is a very dicey game.
• At the end of 90mins, am expecting a maximum of four goals or a minimum of one goal.
• Either A 2 – 1 win for the winning team or
• A 2 -2 draw at the end of 90mins.
France: Back under 2.5 (When you back France “under 2.5” you are saying that France will not score more than 2 goals)

Nigeria: Back under 2.5 (When you back Nigeria “under 2.5” you are saying that Nigeria will not score more than 2 goals)

This match is layed than backed. For the benefit of those who are not conversant with betting terms – When you LAY a team you are saying that the team will either lose or Draw the match. You will win if the team lose or draw the match. But if the team wins the match you will lose. When you BACK a team you will win only if the team wins the match but will lose if the team draws or lose the match.

I will prefer to lay against France

Keep in touch with this post as I send in more match analysis.

Robisi:

Hatrick for odemwigie

wit his injury abi how many did he score when he is fit & in form??

West Brom Albion 0 Vs 2 Man Utd watch outt

slap1:

David De Gea's shaky start to continue. . . It's either a loss or a lucky draw for United.

bad belle people,una go see us carry the trophy again

Oya, time to see what Manure has for us this season, all the other top teams have started slowly so far.

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Welbeck, Cleverly, Smalling, Young to start. . . . .no Berbatov or Da Silvas!

Ben Forster debuts for West Brom!

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Ladies and gentlemen . . . and we have started 1-0 ROONEY

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thats why we are the champs!

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g-o-a-l-l-l-l-l-l!!!!

De Gea are you Almunia in disguise

Not too sure about this keeper mehnnn

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Not one to jump on every single mistake but this De Gea boy has some convincing to do. VDS is yet to be replaced the way things are going.

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man united don buy 'non-tested' goal keeper

Berbatov rested once more.