Yr Ago: 2011/12 Premiership Relegation Odds

[Macmoish]

Premier League: Swansea 4/7 to be relegated
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Football BettingSwansea are 4/7 to be relegated from the Premier League in the 2011/12 season following their promotion to the top flight. The Swans have not played in the top division of English football for 28 years but a hat-trick from Scott Sinclair agsinst Reading in the Championship play-off final secured promotion and saw Swansea become the first Welsh side to reach the Premier League. Swansea now join QPR and Norwich next season and Bet365 are offering 16/1 that all three side avoid relegated next season.
Barclays Premier League 2011/12
To be Relegated

Brendan Rodgers’ side can now look forward to an estimated £90 million windfall through increased revenue but they will have to invest wisely if they are going to survive next season. The 4/7 with Sky Bet for Swansea to be relegated straight back down to the Championship next season looks a fair price but if you are a believer that the Welsh side can avoid the drop, the 7/4 available with William Hill may appeal. QPR, who on paper look to have the strongest side out of the three promoted sides are, 1/2 with Sky Bet to stay up and 6/4 to be relegated (Norwich 1/2 relegated and 6/4 stay up).

At the other end of the table, Manchester United are the 15/8 favourites in the 2011/12 Premier League betting and after their runaway success in the 2010/11 season, the 15/8 will definitely attract support especially if Ferguson is allowed to strength his squad. The Manchester outfit have been linked with a number of players recently, most notably Dutch international Wedley Sneijder and England internationals Jack Rodwell and Ashley Young. In Sky Bet’s summer transfer window betting, it’s 2/1 for Sneijder to join United before next season whilst Rodwell and Young are 1/2 and 1/3 respectively. Many see Sneijder as the ideally replacement for Paul Scholes, who announced his retirement from football this morning.

Chelsea are the 11/4 second favourites to stop United from winning their 20th top flight title whilst Manchester City, who are guaranteed to invest heavily during the summer transfer window and have been linked with some very high profile names, are 4/1.

If you aren’t one for taking odds as short as 15/8 for United to win the title then why not have a look at the Premier League forecast betting available from William Hill. It’s 4/1 for there to be no change at the top of the table next season (Man United champions and Chelsea runners-up) and 9/2 for Chelsea to take the honours and Man United finish second. Other selections include 6/1 for United to win the league and rivals Manchester City finish second and 7/1 for Chelsea to take the 2011/12 honou

[harlowranger]

QPR to finish above Norwich and Swansea in Premier League.

It is 6/1 that all three promoted clubs avoid Premier League relegation next season


With Swansea now confirmed as the third promoted club to the Premier League, there are a number of special betting markets available in relation to how well the three new additions to the top flight will fare next season.

It is no surprise that QPR are the favourites to finish the highest in the Premier League of the trio, bearing in mind that not only did they win the Championship, but also have substantially more money to spend to improve their squad.

It is 10/11 in the Premier League odds that QPR finish above both Norwich and Swansea, with Paul Lambert’s team 5/2 and Swansea 9/4 after beating Reading in the play-off final.

However, the more interesting markets could be whether all three can survive in the Premier League or whether the trio will all make an immediate return to the Championship.

Odds of 9/1 are available that QPR, Norwich and Swansea are all relegated next season, but only once since the inception of the Premier League have all three promoted clubs gone straight back down.

Meanwhile, only once have all three promoted clubs managed to stay up, but this seems the far more likely next season.

The final Premier League table of the recent campaign was particularly close, with five teams still battling for survival heading into the final day of the season, while only ten points separated 19th-placed Blackpool from Fulham, who finished eighth.

There is no obvious reason to suggest that things will not be as tight next season and all of the three promoted clubs will feel that they will be on par with the likes of Wolves, Wigan and Blackburn.

Therefore, 6/1 could be good value that QPR, Norwich and Swansea all survive, with the latter preparing for their first ever season in the Premier League.

[londonranger]

I dont see how a club with 15000 capacity can survive in Prem, especially at such prices?. Also only two months left and we have bought no one.

Cant be too mcuh money available since we just spent on a cruciate repaired Ramage,and we knpw what that does to players futures. Bedides he really couldnt handle prem leage forwards imo.

[londonranger]

Well add couple thous more for luck, then theres one area blocked off for some reason.

then add the restoration of the Gunnss Mucha back in charge, despite what they (Paladini)
god help us.

[cpr]

I was astounded when Sky showed the odd on the three promoted sides after the Swansea game.

What do the bookies know or see that we cannot?

[Macmoish]

Ha!

[Deleted]

Good post by Harlow that
I bet nobody on here took that 6/1 on all 3 promoted sides staying up

[nomar]

David Moyes might have taken that bet. He said at the start of the season that he felt all 3 promoted clubs would stay up.

Blackburn and Wigan were both looking like Relegation fodder at the end if the 2009/10 season so it was always likely one of the promoted sides would stay up.