Had a look at the Champions League and nothing looked that great. The two Madrid teams had decent odds and I could see them both winning but I’ll just watch them. Two games in the Championship have got me betting, even though Bear always tells me to avoid the Championship as a general rule of thumb. We shall see.
Blackpool v Derby (English Championship: Tuesday 7:45pm BST)
Derby gave us a big chunk of profit this season with their 2-1 away win at Norwich and I hope we will get a similar result tonight. Once again the correct score does appeal and 0-2 would be my preferred choices but I’ll play safe and go with the Asian Handicap. Blackpool have drawn their last 4 games and at home have won just once and have not scored more than one goal in any of their 5 home games. I think Derby have turned a corner and I do think Paul Jewell is an excellent manager and it was just a matter of time before he did. Derby lost 3 of their first 4 games but since then (30th August) are unbeaten in 7 with 4 wins and 3 draws and 3 of those wins were in the last 4 games with the draw against 2nd place Birmingham. 4 out of 5 Blackpool home games and 4 out of 5 Derby away games have been under 2.5 goals so we could have a low scoring game.
++ Asian Handicap – Derby (0) @ 2.04 on Ladbrokes (1pt) – 2.06 on Pinnacle
Reading v Doncaster (English Championship: Tuesday 8pm BST)
At the weekend Reading lost to Preston and Doncaster managed to get a draw but this game looks like a banker. Reading have won all 5 of their home games scoring 17 goals and winning by 2 or more goals every game. Doncaster won their first away game at Derby but since have lost all 4 games and the last 2 have both been 4-1 defeats. Pinnacle offer 1.6 on Reading -1 Asian Handicap and I will take some of that but won’t put that sort of bet up here. It takes a bit of time and effort to get a Pinnacle account up and running but they really are the best on these bets time and time again. Reading on the -1.5 AH returns over evens and I’m happy with that but will split the stake here and also have a bet on the number of goals Reading score. They have scored 4 or more in 3/5 games and Doncaster have let in 4 or more in 2/5 games. That looks like evens to me and so 5.5 on Paddy Power looks worth a risk. ½point on both of those and I will also be sticking a lucky tenner on Reading to win 6/1 at 125/1! I like the look of a Reading/Barcelona double at 2.16.
++ Handicap Betting (NOT ASIAN as better odds) – Reading (-1) @ 2.2 on Bet365/Betfred/Stan James (½pt)
++ Number of Team Goals – Reading to score 4 or more goals @ 5.5 on Paddy Power (½pt)
2 points staked.
Good luck in whatever bets you do.
