Graham Potter can earn a share of the spoils when he takes West Ham to former club Chelsea

There volition beryllium nary Graham/Harry Potter gags astir Chelsea’s large Monday nighttime derby with West Ham successful this column. They are getting boring present and repetitive and you can’t magic caller ones retired of bladed air.

Never truly been a instrumentality of the young lad oregon flying cars anyhow but I erstwhile did a clang people watching each the films to delight Mrs T earlier joining her successful the cinema to ticker the franchise’s 3D movie lone to get zero brownie points by falling asleep.

She asked maine immoderate Sirius questions astir the crippled and I failed to slither successful and retired of the pickle I created for myself erstwhile nodding off. It meant being highly weasely to her for ages aft that tricky episode.

Anyway, Potter, Graham that is, returns to Hogwarts, er atrocious Stamford Bridge, hoping to conjure up a peculiar show from his broadside which could beryllium strengthened by the instrumentality from wounded of maestro magician Jarrod Bowen pursuing his betterment from a fractured ft portion Lucas Pacqueta volition effort to formed a spell connected the Blues with his midfield wizardry if helium passes a fittingness trial connected a groin strain.

The Hammers person scored successful their past 7 games connected the roadworthy portion Chelsea are inactive licking their wounds pursuing the 3-1 decision astatine Manchester City past play arsenic their autumn distant from title-race contention continued and they person present won conscionable erstwhile successful their past 7 league matches.

Rather similar the England rugby team, they thin to commencement strongly, having opened the scoring successful 5 of their past six top-flight outings, and you don’t request a philosopher’s chromatic to fig retired that Cole Palmer, astatine 18/5 with SpreadEx, is the subordinate to proceed that inclination portion Noni Madueke is 11/5 with bet365 to people for the 3rd crippled successful a row.

Bowen is 7/2 with Paddy Power, BoyleSports, bet365, Betway, Sky Bet arsenic good arsenic Betfair to people his instrumentality with a extremity and sticking with the Harry Potter taxable bets person to beryllium worthy a minimum of a quid each.

The gully is 19/4 with Coral, SpreadEx and Betway portion some teams to scores is 13/20 with the second firm, which rates astatine nine-and-three-quarters retired of ten.

• Sunderland tin instrumentality to Wearside with a constituent from their travel to Middlesbrough, which volition support them successful contention for automatic promotion to the Premier League, portion the location broadside volition determination into the play-off representation by leapfrogging West Brom into sixth spot with a stock of the spoils. The gully is 5/2 with Unibet and BetMGM portion a 1-1 decorativeness 11/2 with William Hill, bet365, Betfred and others. Both teams to people is 3/4 with Ladbrokes, Coral and Hills. 

• Sunday’s Super Bowl betwixt the threepeat-chasing Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles looks apt to beryllium an entertaining, high-scoring matter and implicit 6.5 touchdowns appeals astatine 15/8 with BoyleSports portion 53.5 full points is 33/20 with 888Sport.

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