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The Fiver is on a roll, ladies and gentlemen. That’s right! A roll! You may remember that on Tuesday we predicted three points for Leicester City in their Premier League match against Liverpool. Well, look what happened! Admittedly we weren’t going too far out on a limb – a five-a-side team from the Stag & Urinal, four pints into a turps session, could see off The Incredible Kloppo’s Out-Of-Breath Circus right now – and it’s true we hedged our bets by predicting a 49-goal win for Liverpool in a different section of the email. But fair’s fair, we did say Leicester would get three points somewhere. So after 17 years of getting everything spectacularly incorrect, yet somehow avoiding the sack, we’re on a streak of one in a row! Can we make it two?

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