Tancock Looks West

We’ve got another swimmer taking the Celebrity Punt this week in the form of 50m backstroke World Champion and world record holder Liam Tancock. LIam is an ambassador for Speedo www.speedo.co.uk

As a West Country boy Liam is a passionate supporter of home town club Exeter City so has decided to stake his Betdaq cash on the Grecians’ game against Norwich this weekend. Here’s what he had to say:

“Exeter might not be the most glamourous team in the football league, but I’m proud to support my local side. Although we’ve not been in the best of form lately, I fancy that we could cause an upset against Norwich.”

Charity
This month’s charity is … Dream-A-Way www.dream-a-way.co.uk that provides holidays and outlings for people of all ages throughout the South-West of England

Mr Betdaq
Mark Foster correctly tipped Chris and Ola to win the Strictly Come Dancing final last time out – a 5/4 shot on Betdaq. Former pool pal Liam Tancock has the opportunity to make it back-to-back wins as he goes for his team Exeter to beat high-flying Norwich at Carrow Road.

Under Paul Lambert, Norwich have been playing some fantastic football and are doing well to keep on Leeds United’s coattails at the top of League One. They are currently locked on 48 points alongside Charlton and are in need of another win to keep ahead of the promotion-chasing pack.

There isn’t much in the way of previous form between these two – they have only met on three occasions since 1977. In that time Exeter have yet to beat the Canaries, but they have managed two draws. The corresponding fixture earlier this season ended in a respectable draw after the Grecians recovered from going behind. The concern will be that the Grecians have not won on the road since the end of November and they’ll have to be on top form to keep out an impressive Norwich front-line.

The East Anglians are the league’s second highest scorers at home, with 31, while they have let in 13 from 12 matches there. Meanwhile, Paul Tisdale’s outfit have only managed one victory in their last six away matches and have been outscored twelve goals to six in that period – conceding at the same leaky two-goals-per-game average that they have done in away games all campaign.

I can understand why Liam is praying for, and tipping, an unlikely win for his local side, but all the evidence points towards a comfortable home win for the Canaries. No team’s games have averaged more goals than Lambert’s side so I’d rather back there to be over 2.5 goals at evens on Betdaq for better value than the short price about the home team in the win market.

Latest odds on Betdaq:
Norwich:    2/5
Draw:         7/2
Exeter:        17/2