SSS Tips
Again I am putting this up early mainly as Peterborough are available at 2.1 on Ladbrokes and everywhere else is 1.91 so that needs to be snapped up if possible. The Deportivo price might not hang around either as that was cut yesterday.
We have been treated like a fool in April and need a few winning selections to put us back close to 20 points. I’m sticking to 1 corner bet and entirely win and AH bets this weekend to see if that improves things.
The Premier League may well be wrapped up this weekend and the games this weekend in Spain mean Madrid may go into their game on Sunday knowing a win will give them another title. Normally I’m a bit sad when the season draws to a close but with the European Championships and a break from this on the cards it might be quite nice.
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A corner bet will follow.
All Wins and AH from here.
Wigan v Reading (eng prem – sat 3pm local time)
A win for Wigan in this game and they would probably consider themselves safe and at home they have had some good results lately. They have not lost in the last 6 at home and only lost 2 of the last 11. Bolton, Birmingham and Derby have all visited the Reebok in the last 5 games and all have left empty handed without scoring. Reading have won just once away all year and lost 13/17 away and 6 of the last 7. Only Derby have a worse away record. If Wigan had nothing to play for I might leave this but they need a win and are on form and the price looks very generous at above evens.
++ Win Market – Wigan @ 2.1 on Bet365/Paddy Power/Stan James/Skybet (1pt)
Grimsby v Peterborough (eng lge 2 – sat 3pm local time)
Peterborough have been promoted with MK Dons and it could be said they have nothing to play for but they have a lot more to play for than Grimsby. A win for Peterborough and they would still be in with an outside chance of being champions. They have a young team which has lost just once in the last 19 matches and haven’t lost for 10 matches away and won 8 of those. Grimsby started the season poorly then had an excellent run that took them to safety and then slipped back again and are comfortably mid-table. They have lost 5 games on the bounce, whereas Posh have won 4 out of the last 5. Winning is a habit and I would expect Peterborough to keep there’s up in this game at a decent price.
++ Win Market – Peterborough @ 2.1 (1pt) else 1.91 generally or evens on Betfair
Sheffield United v BristolCity (eng championship – sat 3pm local time)
As we enter the part of the season Alex Ferguson famously called squeaky bum time there are some teams that haven’t performed. Bristol City are one of them and after sitting in the automatic positions they have won just 1 of the last 9 games and could find themselves in 5th or 6th at the end of Saturday. Sheffield United are the form team in the division having taken 23 of a possible 30 in the last 10 games and Blackwell has got them finishing the season strongly. They have won 4 of the last 5 at home and beat previously on fire Hull last weekend and look good value to take another scalp from a top team. They may be one to watch next season as well.
++ Win Market – Sheffield United @ 2.1 on general (1pt)
Deportivo La Coruña v Barcelona (spain – sat 8pm local time)
The league is pretty much wrapped up in Spain after Real Madrid won at Santander last weekend. They knew it as well. Barcelona have a much more important game next Tuesday and I imagine some of their players will be rested. The squad is big and strong and the team they put out will be hard to beat but away from home this season Barcelona have only won 4 times in 16 matches. They travel to the Riazor and the transformation from Depor have been amazing this season. In Spain they refer to the season being in two halves and for Deportivo they managed 24 points in their first 24 matches and were in relegation trouble but in the last 9 games they have accumulated 22 points and have the best record in La Liga over the last 10 games. Xisco has been banging in the goals and 6 wins in the last 7 at home is a cracking record especially as both Real Madrid and Sevilla visited in that period.
++ Asian Handicap – Deportivo (0) = Draw No Bet @ 2.05 on Stan James/Bet Direct (1pt)
4 points bet in total with a possible 1 more to come.
Spinner Rinse
We live in hope. Sheffield Utd to beat Bristol City (championship), Hearts to beat Inverness (scots prem), Queens park to win at Cowdenbeath (scots 2) and Lyon to beat Caen (france)
++ Four-fold accumulator @ 11.11 on Skybet
