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Startling Fact About Premiership Top Goalscorer Betting Odds Favourite Revealed
Thursday 14 August 2008 at 12:34
 The favourite in this season's Premiership top goalscorer market has a secret he doesn't want anyone to know. It's a secret that punters need to know before they place any bets on top goalscorers this season.
Torres Has A Secret
Fernando Torres is the 4/1 favourite with Bet365 and Coral to be the Premiership Golden Boot and he scored an impressive 24 league goals in his first Premiership season. What is startling about that is only three of them came away from home. One was against Derby, one against Middlesbrough and one against Spurs on the last day of the season, when they had already given up playing in the league!
For many punters this would be a massive negative. However, it is not easy playing away from home when you are trying to settle into the Premiership and any improvement on his away day scoring record is going to make him near impossible to beat.
Record Breaking Season For Ronaldo?
The second favourite is last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo. He is 15/2 with Boylesports and now that it has been confirmed that he will be at Manchester United for the whole of this season he must command a lot of respect. He equalled the record amount of goals scored in a Premiership season last year and had 7 goals to spare at the top of the scoring charts so 15/2 with Boylesports looks a massive price, especially for each way backers.
Adebayor Looks To Continue Progression
Arsenal's main hope for goals is Emmanuel Adebayor who is 10/1 with Coral. Adebayor was the second top goalscorer last season with 24 goals, the same haul as Fernando Torres. Adebayor doesn't always look the most polished striker but he gets plenty of chances and has improved markedly each season he has played in the Premiership.
No Penalties But Drogba Is A Goal Machine
Chelsea will once again have Didier Drogba up front and the 10/1 at Sportingbet will look massive if he can stay fit. Drogba is the only non penalty taking player in recent years to be crowned the Premiership Golden Boot which goes to show his quality. Chelsea also have Frank Lampard (66/1 Ladbrokes), Michael Ballack (100/1 Sportingbet) and Deco (300/1 SkyBet) who can all score goals from midfield.
Bent Is Best Value
The Premiership top goalscorer usually plays for the ‘big four' and takes penalties which makes Ronaldo look a great bet at 15/2 with Boylesports but decent each way value can be found elsewhere. Darren Bent has scored an impressive 13 goals in preseason including two hat tricks and he will get plenty of chances this season at Spurs. He is an out and out goalscorer and 25/1 with William Hill is a good price for each way bets.
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