The Melbourne Heart remain at $11, only ahead of the Western Sydney Wanderers ($41), to win the 2012/13 A-League title with online bookmaker sportsbet keeping their price steady despite the signing of veteran Socceroo Vince Grella.
The Heart drifted from $10 out to $11 after drawing with an undermanned Wellington at the weekend, and also remain on the second line of betting at $7.00 to finish last, with the Wanderers the $1.67 favourites for the wooden spoon.
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“He’s a great signing for the A-League but he hasn’t played for a while so we don’t see his arrival having a massive impact on their fortunes just yet,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.
Grella has been installed as a $21 chance to win the Johnny Warren medal this season, giving the likes of joint favourites Thomas Broich and Alessandro Del Piero ($5.50) a several game head start.
Markets courtesy sportsbet.com.au
2012/13 A-League Grand Final winner
(prices in brackets from 12 October)
$4.00 Brisbane Roar (in from $5.50)
$7.00 Central Coast Mariners (in from $7.50)
$7.50 Perth Glory (out from $6.50)
$8.00 Melbourne Victory (out from $6.50)
$8.00 Sydney FC (out from $6.50)
$8.50 Adelaide United (steady)
$10 Wellington Phoenix (steady)
$11 Newcastle Jets (in from $18)
$11 Melbourne Heart (out from $10)
$41 Western Sydney (out from $34)
Johnny Warren Medal winner
$5.00 Thomas Broich (in from $6.00)
$5.00 Alessandro Del Piero (in from $7.00)
$7.00 Marcos Flores (out from $5.50)
$8.00 Mitch Nichols (in from $10)
$10 Emile Heskey (in from $12)
$10 Shinji Ono (in from $12)
$10 Dario Vidosic (steady)
$10 Besart Berisha (in from $11)
$11 Brett Emerton (out from $9.50)
$11 Jeronimo Neumann (in from $15)
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$21 Vince Grella
Others quoted
Wooden Spoon
(prices in brackets from 12 October)
$1.67 Western Sydney (in from $1.83)
$7.00 Melbourne Heart (out from $6.00)
$8.50 Newcastle Jets (out from $5.50)
$17 Melbourne Victory (in from $26)
$17 Central Coast Mariners (out from $15)
$17 Sydney FC (in from $26)
$19 Adelaide United (out from $12)
$19 Wellington Phoenix (out from $18)
$21 Perth Glory (in from $26)
$41 Brisbane Roar (out from $36)
Perth Glory v Melbourne Heart
$1.73 Perth Glory
$3.50 Draw
$4.50 Melbourne Heart