9/21 On the Pitch

9/21 On the Pitch CARLING CUP: This is the tournament with all the England teams (not just EPL, but all the other flights). Now in the Round of 32. Everton (-1) (-114) Everton is a huge disappointment with ZERO wins in 5 matches in EPL plays. They will go all out here to get a win and get some confidence coming back to league play. Portsmouth/Leicester DRAW (+240) Portsmouth/Leicester UN 2' (-124) See a 1-1 draw here. Stoke/Fulham DRAW (+230) Fulham hasn't lost in last 5 matches. Stoke should have taken three points (win) over worst team in EPL West Ham, but did not. Tottenham/Arsenal DRAW (+253) Tottenham/Arsenal OV 2' & 3 (-110) Arsenal (along with Chelsea) are the two best offensive teams in the EPL, but defense is still their achilles heel. Wenger, the Arsenal manager, will continue to play the young kids and not go with his full strength lineup. Wenger played the full strength lineup in Champions League against Braga and they beat them 6-0. Then, they looked weak and tired on Saturday at Sunderland. Spurs off a draw at Werder Bremen and then a win over Wolves in EPL play on Saturday. They also have their 2nd leg home match with Werder next week. They won't have their best defenders out there either. Millwall/Ipswich DRAW (+244) Millwall/Ipswich UN 2' (-116) Wolves (-1) (-105) Wolves/Notts County OV 2' (-129) Mid-table EPL teams like Wolves tend to play hard in a second-tier event like Carling Cup in order to win a trophy. Burnley/Bolton DRAW (+244) Burnley was relegated last year from EPL to England Championship League. They will play hard against the superior side and at least get a draw here. Burnley will also be motivated since former manager Owen Coyle dumped them for Bolton. Birmingham (-1 & -1') (+106) Sunderland (-0.5 & -1) (-103) Tough to back either team here but West Ham is just terrible. Sunderland, in first game without Lee Cattermole, got a goal in the 95th minute to get a draw against Arsenal. West Ham got their first point in EPL play with a draw against Stoke. Petersborough (PK) (+100) BUNDESLIGA: Hannover (+0.5) (-118) Hoffenheim (+0.5) (-117) LA LIGA: Athletic Bilbao/Mallorca DRAW (+255) Athletic Bilbao/Mallorca OV 2 & 2' (-115) Real Sociedad (+0.5)(-128) Osasuna/Real Sociedad UN 2 & 2' (-115)