Manchester City has risen to the cream of the crop in the Barclay’s Premier League this season thanks to an infusion of cash from their new Arab owners. The club spent millions of pounds in the offseason in a bid to attempt to break up the Big Four and earn the club a coveted Champions League position. For those who are new to football betting, here are some of the football betting tips. With just two matches left in the league campaign, City finds themselves in the thick of the race for fourth place.

City’s big spending during the summer lead to immediate expectations by its fans of trophies and a place in Europe next season. The Manchester club began their season under the guidance of Mark Hughes. After a bright start to the season with five wins from six matches, City hit a rough patch that many thought would doom their European aspirations. The club drew seven consecutive matches, many against overmatched clubs such as Hull City and Burnley.

Despite the club’s Carling Cup successes, where they reached the semi-finals against city rival Manchester United, Mark Hughes was sacked in November just one day after defeating Sunderland in a 4-3 thriller at home. Italian Roberto Mancini was brought in to replace Hughes and immediately turned things around for City. The club won five of Mancini’s first six matches in charge including the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester United.

City continued to sway back and forth between success and failure, but the club remains just one point behind Tottenham for the final Champions League position from the Barclay’s Premier League. The overall success of the club’s campaign is likely to be determined during the next five days as they face Tottenham during the midweek and finish the season against West Ham United.

In 2009-2010, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. are having a much better season than the previous year. Tottenham finished eighth in the Barclay’s Premier League, as they compiled a total of 51 points with a record of 14-9-15 in 2008-2009. This season, Tottenham already walks into May with 64 points.

Tottenham is in the race for finishing the year in the top four of the English Premier League table, as this season comes to an end. For next year the team has already secured a spot in European cup football, but it’s still to be determined which cup they’ll compete in. If Tottenham finishes the season third or fourth, they’ll play in the UEFA Champions League. They’ll compete in the less prestigious Europa League cup, if the team finishes fifth, sixth, or seventh. With only three matches remaining on schedule in May, Tottenham still needs a few points to guarantee a trip to the UEFA Champions league.

Tottenham had solid performances in English cups as they came close to bringing home some trophies, this season. They lost to Manchester United 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the Carling Cup in December 2009. Tottenham’s hopes for a domestic title also ended when they lost to Portsmouth 2-0 in the semifinals of the FA Cup in April 2010.

For the 2009-2010, Tottenham’s success can be attributed to the arrival of several new players such as Jermaine Defoe, Peter Crouch, Roman Pavlyuchenko, and Robbie Keane. As they combined to score dozens of goals, these strikers added some real firepower at the front of the pitch. At the defensive end, young defender Sébastien Bassong and veteran Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes played a crucial role. This season the bet on football will be much higher than usual.