Wednesday night football

Manchester United V Portsmouth

Hard to look past Man Utd here. They are in irresistible form and it’s hard to see any team beating them at Old Trafford. 11 wins on the trot and they seem to brush aside some sides with ease. Goals are coming thick and fast with 13 in the last 4 weeks and certain players such as Ronaldo and Rooney are playing with massive confidence. Ronaldo is knocking them in for fun and his tally of 17 goals is amazing for a midfielder. Even at this early stage he looks like a cert for player of the year.
Scholes is back in the frame and his presence is a huge boost to United as his passing and distribution is second to none.
Portsmouth have enjoyed much more success on the road then at home which is unusual. However they have struggled against the top 4 but will fancy their chances of at least threatening United, especially with the news that Vidic is out.
I’m not going to over analyse this one too much.
Its very hard to see anything other than a Manchester United win here. However Pompey have scored in all but two of their away games and I think they can cause plenty of trouble to United tomorrow night.
Portsmouth remain in the top half of the table and have an away record that's bettered only by Chelsea, they've struggled badly in recent weeks.
Their last seven games have seen them suffer four defeats and they don't look the same side without players who are absent on international duty.

Overs looks like the best call for me as United look like scoring almost every time they go forward. Hopefully Portsmouth can get on the scoresheet but it wouldn’t surprise me if even United beat the overs on their own.
With Arsenal back in top spot anything other than 3 points will be viewed as a disaster and you can expect Manchester to attack from the start.
Interestingly the last 6 meetings between the two at Old Trafford have gone over 2.5 so the omens are good!
Overs at 1.73 looks like a reasonable call



Everton V Tottenham

The two teams that are looking at breaking into the top four meet here and three points are critical for both.
Everton have won their last three in the Premiership and go into this after a weekend off following their third-round FA Cup exit.
They will be fresh and motivated to hold on to the fourth spot ahead of archrivals Liverpool.
Their home record is solid and they have scored in all bar one game this season, which was a 1 – 0 defeat to Man United way back in September.
However they are facing a Spurs side that are playing with a bit more confidence and slowly moving up the table. They thrashed arch rivals Arsenal 5-1 last week to reach the Carling Cup final and this part of the season is vital for them as they bid to make it back into the European spots after such a poor start to the season.
Ramos has brought belief to the club and the Likes of Keane and Berbatov are playing much better.
Still, I can’t see them beating this Everton side. Everton are grinding out the results week after week and the 2.3 about the home side looks about right.
Rather than take either side to win I fancy the both teams to score bet.
Spurs have scored in 9 of their last 10 away games and definitely have enough up front to trouble Everton. As mentioned before, Everton have scored in all but 1 home game this year and this stat looks good against a side that has kept just 4 clean sheets all season and just one on their travels.

PICKS

Man United V Portsmouth over 2.5 goals ( 1.73 @ stan james) 4 points

Everton V Tottenham – both teams to score = yes (1.73 @ bet365) 4 points