One of the most important players from Manchester United, Patrice Evra affirmed that the trip of his team to Britannia from Sunday had become a must-win game for the Premier League leaders. Since I have no doubt about their victory over Stoke City in the match scheduled for 14.04, so I will place a bet on Manchester United using the odds provided by William Hill, which are also the biggest for this match.
In spite of their 12-point advantage over Roberto Mancini’s team at the top of the table, United still need 10 points in the remaining seven games, in order to confirm the title.
Regarding Manchester’s future evolution, Evra admitted that banishing any doubt over Manchester’s title prospects has become a vital task: “We are still 12 points clear and now we have to win the next game […] Since I’ve been here I’ve never lost two league games in a row and that’s why I hope we’ll keep going against Stoke City and win. We just have to win the next game.“, were the words of Evra.
United could be boosted by Paul Scholes’s availability for the matches against Stoke and West Ham following the return of the 38-year-old midfielder to training, after a long-term knee problem. Ferguson is also lucky to have defenders such as Chris Smalling, Jonny Evan and Nemanja Vidic available for the trip to Stoke City.
At this point, I think that statistics are useless. The motivation of winning the English Premier League title should be more than enough for Manchester United to win the match from Sunday, against their rivals, Stoke City. So I am going to place a 10 units bet on Manchester United’s victory at 1.6. The odds I used were provided by William Hill.
Stoke City Lineup
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Manchester Lineup
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