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With Man United 8/11 favourites to lift the Community Shield with William Hill, who make Chelsea even money shots, Hills have made Tal Ben Haim, Michael Ballack and Wayne Rooney 10/1 co-favourites to be the first player carded during the game, and also offer:

Wayne Rooney 10/1
Tal Ben Haim 10/1
Michael Ballack 10/1
Ricardo Carvalho 12/1
Frank Lampard 12/1
Didier Drogba 12/1
Michael Essien 12/1
John Terry 12/1
Nemanja Vidic 12/1
Patrice Evra 14/1
Cristiano Ronaldo 14/1
Joe Cole 14/1
Luis Nani 14/1
John Mikel 14/1
Ashley Cole 14/1
Gabriel Heinze 16/1
Florent Malouda 16/1
Gary Neville 16/1
Ryan Giggs 16/1
Arjen Robben 16/1
Steve Sidwell 16/1
Mikael Silvestre 16/1
Paulo Ferreira 16/1
Owen Hargreaves 16/1
Wes Brown 16/1
Rio Ferdinand 20/1
Michael Carrick 20/1
Lassana Diarra 20/1
John O’Shea 20/1
Chris Eagles 20/1
Andriy Shevchenko 25/1
Oliveira Anderson 25/1
Claudio Pizarro 25/1
Darren Fletcher 25/1
Salomon Kalou 25/1
Wayne Bridge 25/1
No Booking 25/1
Fangzhou Dong 25/1
Shaun Wright-Phillips 33/1
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 33/1
Louis Saha 33/1
Edwin Van der Sar 40/1
Petr Cech 40/1
Carlo Cudicini 50/1
Tomasz Kuszczak 50/1
each-way one-fifth 1,2,3

William Hill have opened two books concentrating on Premiership red cards in the new season - making Steve Bennett 11/4 favourite to show the most red cards during the season, and Birmingham 4/1 favourites to have the most red cards awarded against them during the campaign.

‘Every club starts the season declaring that they are determined to avoid red cards at all costs, and refs confirm that they regard red cards as the last resort - but as soon as the whistle goes all the good intentions seem to go out of the window and players and refs begin to see red regularly, so we have introduced these two books concentraing on sendings-off’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

‘I would imagine that West Ham, who seem to be acquiring a collection of Premiership bad boys might be a popular choice with punters.’

Which club will get the most premiership red cards this season?

4/1 Birmingham;
9/2 Blackburn;
8/1 Bolton;
10/1 Wigan;
12 Fulham;
14 Arsenal, Chelsea, Derby, Sunderland;
16 Man City; West Ham;
20 Everton; Middlesbro; Newcastle;
25 Spurs; Villa;
33 Portsmouth; Reading;
50 Liverpool; Man U

(One quarter 1,2,3 - red card ties decided on number of yellows awarded)

With Kieron Dyer set to join Premiership rogues Lee Bowyer and Craig Bellamy at West Ham, William Hill have made the club 16/1 to receive the greatest number of red cards during the Premiership season - and offer 33/1 that any two of these three players become involved in an on-pitch punch-up with each other during the course of the campaign - as Bowyer and Dyer famously did when they were at Newcastle.

‘One wonders whether the Hammers would be interested in acquiring Anelka,Lehmann and Barton for their line up but the three volatile characters they have acquired seem sure to ensure interesting times at West Ham this season.’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Meanwhile, Hills have opened a book on how many starts the injury-prone Dyer will make in the Premiership for West Ham this season and offer 11/8 23 or more;
6/4 18-22;
23/10 17 or fewer.
 

David is the red hot 2/7 favourite with bookies William Hill to get the highest eviction percentage and be first to receive the Big Brother Boot on Friday night.

“David is too vocal for his own good and should perhaps have followed Brian’s game plan of coming across as plain thick. David’s stay in the house looks as if it will be short lived,� said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.

Shanessa is the 9/2 second favourite to go, with Tracey offered at 11/2 and Kara-Louise offered at 25/1.

Highest Eviction Percentage Friday 3rd August:
2/7 David,
9/2 Shanessa,
11/2 Tracey,
25/1 Kara Louise.

Latest Big Brother Winner:
2/5 Brian,
10/3 Liam,
12/1 Amanda,
20/1 Jonty,
25/1 Gerry,
25/1 Sam,
33/1 Ziggy,
33/1 Any Other,
33/1 Carole,
66/1 Tracey,
66/1 Amy,
100/1 David,
100/1 Kara-Louise,
100/1 Shanessa.