Well, I can certainly confirm that is true. I backed them last year at about 2.5/3-1 purely on the basis that anything can happen in a derby and thought price was wrong. And that was when we were flying, and they were near the bottom, unlike this year. Of all the emotions that night summons up...
Obviously it's a huge game for so many reasons.
It's always massive, and there still haven't been that many clashes in the past 25 years for us 40-somethings.
There are recent demons to be exorcised, notably last year at home which went straight in to my top five worst footballing experiences...