Another winner and week-end football preview

Another winning prediction as La Concorde easily won its race at Lingfield. A nice stalking ride by Jimmy Fortune, although any other jockey would have won on that horse as well.

Another busy week-end of football coming up. In the Premier League, Man City should not lose to Birmingham, who've been producing seesaw results lately. The problem with the Midlands team is that they are uncharacteristically leaking goals at the moment. So, I will advise Man City as a draw-no-bet.

In La Liga, I see Barcelona overcoming Villareal. Since the latter don't usually go down without a fight, a draw-no-bet on Barcelona is a safer bet than an outright win. Real Madrid will be without Mourinho on the touchline for their road game at Sporting Gijon. This is rather negative news for Ronaldo and co; so although they should be able to dominate this average Gijon side, I will not speculate on the effects of the coach's absence on the outcome of this match.

In Germany, on Sunday, Bayern Munich should overcome Nurnberg at home. This Munich side is still not operating fully with so many key players absent, so a Draw-no-bet on them should be safe.

Draw-no-bet: Man City, Barcelona, Bayern Munich