Reed In For Premiership Christmas Stuffing?

With a full Premiership programme taking place and the ongoing debate about players diving to win penalties, William Hill have opened a book on how many penalties will be awarded in Saturday's Premiership matches and rate two their 5/4 favourite, also offering 7/4 three or more; 9/4 just one and 7/1 none at all.

William Hill are also betting on how many sendings-off there will be during the ten games, and offer 11/8 that there will be none; 13/8 just one; 21/10 two or more.

The nookies are also offering odds of 11/2 that beleaguered Charlton boss Les Reed will be out of his job before Christmas, 2/5 that he has left by the end of the season (7/4 to see it out) and Even money that he is the next Premiership boss to go.

William Hill rate the under-fire Reed their Even money favourite to be the next manager to be sacked from the Premiership, and are offering 1/3 that Charlton will be relegated. They have opened a book on when Charlton will next win a match and offer 16/5 that they win at Middlesborough; 9/4 against Fulham, 7/2 against Villa; 16/1 against Arsenal; 7/1 versus Forest in the Cup; 9/1 when they play Boro at home; and 25/1 against Portsmouth. They are 7/1 to fail to win any of these seven games.

Charlton are 11/8 second favourites to finish bottom of the Premiership this season, with Watford the Even money favourites, Sheffield United 9/2 third favourites; Middlesbro and West Ham both 16/1. Charlton are 8/1 to be bottom on Saturday night, with Watford 1/20.