2009/10 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE BETTING ON WHO'S STAYING UP
You can say all you want about the Manchester City "revolution" but the fact that William Hill has laid odds on them to stay up at all shows the gulf between them and the true top 4. You could effectively call this market a reverse relegation betting market as you are backing a team to avoid relegation. Not a huge amount of value here, but lots and lots of easy money on incredibly short odds. West Ham to stay up at 1/66? Probably some easy cash if you've got a few thousand quid to lock away for 9 months. Are you going to get that type of interest rate from a bank?Burnley are the biggest price to stay up, and they're just above evens at 5/4. Birmingham are just a hairsbreath behind them at an 11/10 price. Hull City remain favourites for the drop slots and that's reflected in their 10/11 price, well ahead of 8/15 Wolves. Stoke City look relatively safe, but a few bad results could make things go from bad to worse quickly. They're listed at 1/4 and that's about right if you ask me. Wigan Athletic are sitting at 1/7, the same price as up-in-the-air Portsmouth. Bolton Wanderers are priced out at 1/12 while Sunderland can be backed at 1/20. Blackburn have just had their odds lengthened a touch to 1/16 while Fulham and West Ham both sit at 1/66. Everton, Man City and Spurs are all available at 1/1500. Odds haven't even been listed on Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool and that tells you a thing or two about Manchester City. You may have billions, but you could still get relegated.