On Saturday the Mighty Whites are at home to Tranmere Rovers, another representative of Liverpool City, who have one of the poorest away records in Division One.

Tranmere have lost their last four away fixtures conceding 10 goals and scoring 5 goals in return. They are a physical rather than a skillful team conceding 50% more fouls than Fulham although, of course, they have been awarded less yellow cards than us.

Fulham are far stronger in defence, having dropped only two points at home so far, and attack, having scored 30 goals in 11 home matches, and should win despite Tranmere's physical approach.

All the Bookies are agreed that Fulham are favourite to win the match with the biggest price available being the 1/4 at Hills with the other major Bookies offering either 2/9 or 1/5.

If you want to have a single bet on Fulham, regardless of the short price, there is only one way of getting around the league rules and that is to use the Bookies system against them.

How to have a single bet.

How to have a single bet

Our Bookie friends believe that Fulham will slaughter Tranmere, sending Aldridge's blood pressure soaring, quoting Fulham as low as a 1/5 favourite against 10/1 for Tranmere. The best price on offer for Fulham is 1/4 from Hills and does not really present a viable betting opportunity.

However if you are as convinced as the Bookies are that a Fulham win is nailed on then the thing to do is to have a single on The Mighty Whites to win.

As you may well know Football League rules and sometimes Bookie fears conspire against us poor betting folk getting a single on the match of our choice. However it is possible to get round the restriction by using the Bookies own set up.

We can use the first-half second-half bet in such a way as to get a single on the outcome we want to bet on.

To back Fulham to win just bet proportionately on the three first/second-half outcomes that end up with Fulham being the winner at the end of the match (Fulham/Fulham, Draw/Fulham and Tranmere/Fulham). Of course if you want to back the Draw, in light of Fulham's tough 120 mins up at Anfield,or a Tranmere win you take the particular three options that end with your choice being the winner.

To make it easy I have drawn up a table, that shows you the options to back, displayed below, using the best coupon prices available with a link to the internet site of the appropriate Bookie. The relationship between the stakes is important so if you want to bet with a larger or smaller sum divide or multiply the suggested stakes below by the same preferred number

Fulham to Win		Bookie	Odds	Bet
Fulham	Fulham		8/13	310p	The total return is the pre-tax payout made if Fulham win the match regardless of the half-time result as you have covered all three possible outcomes
Draw	Fulham		9/2	91p
Tranmere	Fulham		33/1	15p
Total to be staked to back a Fulham win				416p
Total return if one of the above options wins				500p
Fulham/Tranmere to Draw		Bookie	Odds	Bet
Fulham	Draw		28/1	29p	The total return is the pre-tax payout made if the match is a draw regardless of the half-time result as you have covered all three possible outcomes
Draw	Draw		10/1	91p
Tranmere	Draw		28/1	29p
Total to be staked to back a Draw				149p
Total return if one of the above options wins				500p
Tranmere to Win		Bookie	Odds	Bet
Fulham	Tranmere		66/1	8p	The total return is the pre-tax payout made if Tranmere win the match regardless of the half-time result as you have covered all three possible outcomes
Draw	Tranmere		22/1	22p
Tranmere	Tranmere		22/1	22p
Total to be staked to back a Tranmere win				52p
Total return if one of the above options wins				500p
Stake levels can be increased or reduced as long as you keep the same proportions. So multiply or divide each stake by the same number. If you feel confident you can always leave one of the three elements, of what ever outcome you are betting on, out to increase your rate of return but remember that that also increases your risk of losing

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