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The UK has thawed out, hurrah! Finally the football season can continue and we can all get back to betting, here are my latest selections.

Liverpool have been dealt a massive blow this week with the news Fernando Torres will be out of action for around six weeks.  To compound their woes Yossi Benayoun (rib – four weeks) and Steven Gerrard (hamstring – two weeks) have also been ruled out and they face the tricky task of a trip to Stoke.  Stoke haven’t been in the best form of late but they’ve perhaps been unlucky and I have a feeling they’ll be able to get one over on the Reds on Saturday.  It is a big call but without the talented trio Liverpool are a very average side and they’re low on confidence.  Stoke are currently priced at 3/1 (4.0) and at that price I definitely think they’re worth some serious consideration.

In the Championship Leicester City travel to Swansea and the Foxes seem to have a bit of a hoodoo over the Welsh side this season.  Leicester have already beaten Swansea at the Walkers Stadium and they knocked them out of the FA Cup.  The visitors are in free-scoring form and seem to be making a decent push towards promotion.  Again, this is another big call as Swansea are no mugs and are tight at the back but at 11/2  (3.75) I’m willing to put this fixture in my betting tips as I think Leicester are good value for money in this one.

In the Premier League on Sunday Aston Villa host West Ham, with the Hammers suffering a major injury crisis.  Gianfranco Zola’s side have no senior strikers to call upon for the trip to Villa Park and I can’t see them getting anything out of Villa in all honesty.  It appears the bookies agree with me with Villa the heavy favourites at 4/7 (1.59) but this looks a safe bet in my opinion.

If you like your horse racing why not check out Betfair’s racing tips for today?  They update the site regularly and have a talented and knowledgeable team of writers hoping to point punters in the right direction.

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POST TITLE: Return of football after deep freeze
AUTHOR: gfreeman
POSTED: 15th January 2010
FILED AS: Match Previews
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