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- Bookies give betting specials around Sam Allardyce's appointment at Leeds
- Odds include Leeds to score a header at Man City at the weekend
- Leeds now odds-on to be relegated this season
Bookies give betting specials around Sam Allardyce's appointment at Leeds
Sam Allardyce was confirmed as Leeds manager on Wednesday and bookmakers now have various betting specials around his stint at the club.
Allardyce has been appointed as Leeds boss to try and save the club from relegation from the Premier League with the club's run of form seeing them well and truly in the relegation battle.
'Big Sam' as he's affectionately known has history of keeping teams in the division and Leeds will be hoping that there's a repeat this time around.
Paddy Power have a whole host of Big Sam specials including 300/1 that Leeds win their remaining four Premier League games under him.
| Sam Allardyce Leeds Betting Specials
|
Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Leeds to stay up & Allardyce to be their manager on first day of 23/24 season | 3/1 | 25.0% |
| Leeds to score a header v Man City (Saturday 6th May) | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| Leeds to lose their remaining 4 EPL games | 13/2 | 13.3% |
| Leeds to beat Tottenham on last day of season, Leeds to stay up and Allardyce to dance on the pitch after game | 15/2 | 11.8% |
| Leeds to have 20% possession or less against Man City | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Leeds to lose to Man City & Newcastle & beat West Ham & Tottenham | 16/1 | 5.9% |
| Leeds to win or draw each of their last 4 EPL matches | 22/1 | 4.3% |
| Leeds to lose to Man City, draw v Newcastle & beat West Ham & Tottenham | 40/1 | 2.4% |
| Leeds to win each of their last 4 EPL matches | 300/1 | 0.3% |
Odds include Leeds to score a header at Man City at the weekend
Big Sam Allardyce isn't exactly known for the greatest style of football and he comes up against Pep Guardiola on Saturday with Leeds facing Man City at the Etihad.
Guardiola has managed four times against Allardyce in the past with the 4 meetings seeing Guardiola win 4 times with an aggregate score of 16-1.
Despite this Guardiola said back in January 2021, "Sam Allardyce is a genius to take these teams - when everyone believes it’s over - and gets results".
Leeds now odds-on to be relegated this season
The Premier League relegation battle still looks wide open with six teams still given a realistic chance of dropping down to the Championship this season.
Southampton are bottom of the league and look all but down with their odds to be relegated as short as 1/40 with some bookmakers.
Leeds are second favourites in the market though with their latest odds saying there's a 66% chance of them being relegated from the Premier League.
Frank Lampard's Chelsea are big outsiders to go down at 200/1 but they've now lost 6 games in a row in all competitions and will likely be saved by points earned by Thomas Tuchel at the start of the season.
| Premier League Relegation 22/23 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Southampton | 1/40 | 97.6% |
| Leeds | 1/2 | 66.7% |
| Everton | 4/6 | 60.0% |
| Nottingham Forest | 5/6 | 54.5% |
| Leicester | 9/5 | 35.7% |
| West Ham | 25/1 | 3.8% |
| Chelsea | 200/1 | 0.5% |
