Championship Football Free Bets
Norwich v Watford, Friday 7.45pm, live at bet365
The 2010/11 Championship season begins at Carrow Road on Friday night and there’s sure to be a packed house as the Canaries look to make a flying start. Norwich were streets ahead of the competition when getting promoted from League One last season and they are warm favourites (5/6 bet365 free bets) to win this opener and potentially begin a second promotion charge all the way to the Premier League.
This match will be streamed live on bet365 bookmakers for free and is likely to be an entertaining encounter, with Norwich having scored 89 goals last season thanks to Grant Holt, who hit 30 all on his own. The former Nottingham Forest striker is 9/2 (Boylesports free bets) to open the scoring and he’s likely to be partnered by a new recruit from Gillingham that could be a star of the future. Simeon Jackson has been scoring bundles of goals for the Gills over the past few seasons and he’s 11/2 (Sky Bet free bets) to break the deadlock on his competitive debut.
Watford are once again likely to feature in the bottom half of the table this season, having finished a creditable 16th last term. The Hornets are pretty cash-strapped and will be without Jay DeMerit and Tom Cleverley this term. Even so, there are often unpredictable results in the opening game of the season and Ladbrokes free bets go 7/2 that Malky Mackays’ team get off to a winning start.
