IT'S been a pretty quiet week and I've enjoyed having some down time after a hectic season – but that stops for the next three days.
World Cup qualifiers take centre stage over the weekend and on Friday there are nine matches in the European section.
These include Sweden v France, Estonia v Belgium and Latvia v Portugal. I've had a good look at the card and it's not always easy finding with some mismatches.
For a Super Single I'm taking a -1 double. Belgium thumped Estonia 8-1 at home and even without Eden Hazard and Moussa Dembele should win by at least two.
Latvia are less leaky but Portugal have netted 19 in five games and with Cristiano Ronaldo in inspired form they should also win by at least two in Riga. It was 4-1 when they met in Lisbon.
I like France to win in Sweden but both to score could be the better bet. It was 2-1 in Paris and the Swedes have a goalscorer in the shape of Leipzig's Emil Forsberg.
Both sides have netted 10 goals in their five qualifiers so start a Top Treble with goals in Stockholm.
Add Bulgaria not to lose in Belarus for a Daily double. The Bulgarians are just one point behind Sweden in Group A and beat Holland 2-0 last time out. Belarus have just two points and two goals from five outings and while Bulgaria should win I'll keep the draw on side.
I'm also trying a 1pt anytime scorer double on France wonderkid Kylian Mbappe and Belgium's Dries Mertens. Ronald should score but is 1-3 or if you like take first scorer at 2-1 with McBookie.
I've written my betting preview on Scotland v England and that will be posted late tonight.
On Thursday my only bet was a tennis double that was beaten by Jelena Ostapenko's brilliant win.
And if you're having your first bet with 888sport you'll get treble the odds.
3pts Super Single
Belgium -1
Portugal -1
(5-4, Ladbrokes)
2pts Daily Double
Sweden v France btts
Bulgaria not to lose
(11-5, 888sport)
1pt Anytime Scorers Double
Mbappe (France)
Mertens (Belgium)
(11-2, Coral)
June Super Singles Total
Profit: -2.8pts (2 bets, 1 winner)
June Advised Accas Total
Profit: -2pts (6 bets, 2 winners)
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In December 2020 we sadly 
Womens International 18:30
Sweden Women vs USA Women – over 4.5 first half Asian corners (won)
U21 International 20:00
France U21 vs Cameroon U21 – France U21 HT result (lost)
Double 12/5 Bet365 **NAP** LOST
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Iceland 1 Deild 19:00
Fram Reykjavik vs Thor Akurreyri – over 4.5 first half Asian corners (won)
Italy Campionato Primavera 19:45
Inter Milan U19 vs Roma U19 – Roma U19 double chance (lost)
Double 1.94/1 Bet365 **NB** LOST
Typical of my luck at the moment, Cameroon U21’s go into the interval with an unexpected 1-0 lead only for France U21 to blast three past them in the second forty five… The awful run continues but just about keeping the faith. Well done to yesterday’s winners.
Latvia vs Portugal
Portugal -2 Handicap
10/11
Paddypower – 5.5 Points
June Profit/Loss: -1.85 Points
Mexico game: watching it a bet365, its already 2-0 in 16min and it suddently shows a score 0-0 and min 45.
Then it stops. I have made a lot of bet on the game and two minutes after this happened are all shown as lost.
Does anybody have a clue of what is going on?
Posted earlier – Aussie Victoria league, Bentleigh Greens and Pascoe Vale double @ 6/5
€50 albania women game over 1.5 fhg returns €102.50
Try a bit of that Kelly 6/4 @ Hills
Switzerland
Belgium
Denmark
Poland
England
4.41/1 @williamhill
Friday goals tip
Holland o2.5tgs
Portugal o1.5 tgs
Belgium o1.5tgs
Sweden no clean sheet
29/25 bet 365
June total +3.3 pts
Morning gents hope you are all keeping well.
Two days left of the holiday but there is some competitive football to bet on, don’t tell the misses, will hopefully add some funds into my account for my arrival back home.
France
Portugal -1
Netherlands -2
Poland
4/1 – 2pts
Tempted with Kane to score and an england win tomorrow night but don’t think I can back against Scotland.
Belgium
Switzerland
Holland -1
Portugal -1
Evens – skybet- 10
Thinking Ronaldo/robben anytime and both to score first but will stick to my two accas
Cheers for whoever posted the over and under Labour market yesterday…was never in doubt after the exit polls.
Another voting related bet:
Any party involving a N Irish Party
4/1
Looks like buying money with talk of Tory coalition.
I do love a good international acca….
Portugal -1
England
Germany -6
Belgium -1
Holland -2
6/1
Betway
Where’d you see that 4/1 bud? Does sound a steal
SkyBet @uno
Terms state it needs someone from each party in the cabinet not just a coalition.
Yeah i seen that it is also 5/4 that another election will be called this year. I would imagine one of them would be a strong possibility ?
Morning chaps
Well what an eventful night’s drama in the election eh. Strong and stable suddenly looking weak and wobbly. Anyone who followed the tips I put up re Labour total seats and Labour gains in specific constituencies will be a few quid better off today as we were pretty close to a full house. Labour breezed way past 200 seats & took Gower, Vale of Clwyd, Leeds NW and Sheffield Hallam all at odds against. Very satisfying nights work!
On to today’s WC qualifiers and one game that catches my eye is Gibraltar v Cyprus. I can’t help but feel the Gibraltarians are being just slightly underestimated looking at the prices around. I’ll admit that usually I would take teams to batter them on the handicaps but they seem to have marginally improved this campaign in that they have at least scored a couple of goals! The reverse fixture only finished 3-1 to the Cypriots who have never been a high scoring team and that’s the angle I am going to go after with this game. Cyprus have only scored more than 2 goals in an away game once in the past 6 years (at Andorra) and I get the feeling they may be frustrated again tonight. Can see a 1-0 or 2-1 sort of situation rather than the visitors running away with it.
CYPRUS under 2.5 team goals
15/16
Unibet
Yeah i was on a couple of your suggestions uno. Well done mate
Cheers Uno! Some great pics there!
Great stuff uno was on your over 205.5 seats.. got slightly worried when the line dropped to 203.5 yesterday, so great relief when I saw the exit poll!
€50 Estonia, Latvia, Libya, Slovakia women, Germany u19, Gibraltar and Sweden games all over 2.5 mgs returns €1323
Womens International 17:00
Croatia Women vs Bosnia-Herzegovina Women – Croatia Women win
Europe World Cup Qualifying 19:45
Faroe Islands vs Switzerland – over 4.5 first half Asian corners
Double 1.94/1 Bet365 **NAP**
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Womens International 17:30
Holland Women vs Japan Women – Holland Women win
Europe World Cup Qualifying 19:45
Estonia vs Belgium – over 4.5 first half Asian corners
Double 3.38/1 Bet365 **NB**
Good luck all
Saturday
South Korea – K League Challenge – 11am
Bucheon 1995 v Seoul E-Land FC
2-3 Match Goals
2.05 (Bet Victor)
19:45 Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Greece – PREDICTION – 2.1
Best Bets – Bosnia to win @7/10, BTTS @5/4
Key Facts
* Bosnia have won 6 of their last 7 home qualifiers since 2015
* Bosnia have scored 12 goals in their 3 home qualifiers so far in this campaign with 5.0 wins over Estonia and Gibraltar as well as a 2.0 win over Cyprus
* Edin Dzeko has scored 10 goals in his last 11 appearances for club and country
* Greece have scored 11 goals in their last 5 away fixtures. They had only scored 3 in their previous 10 away games (not including Euro 2016)
* Greece have scored in 16 of their last 18 away International qualifiers
FInal Verdict
Bosnia are very strong at home and while the Greeks have improved their form following a managerial change, I can’t see them getting anything from this tie with Bosnia needing 3 points to maintain their hopes of qualification but Greece do have a fine record of scoring in away qualifiers so perhaps a home win with BTTS could be the final outcome here.
World Cup Qualification Grp. B
19:45 Latvia vs Portugal – Prediction – 0.3
Best Bets – Portugal to win -2 @10/11, Ronaldo to score 2 or more @5/4
Key Facts
* Latvia have lost each of their last 5 fixtures. 2 of them by more than 2 goals in 2 of their last 3 fixtures and by more than 1 goal in 4 of their last 5.
* Latvia conceded 14 in those 5 games, scoring only 1, in their 4.1 loss at Portugal in November of last year
* Portugal have won by 3 goals or more in 6 of their last 8 fixtures
* Portugal have scored 30 goals in their 8 international fixtures since winning Euro 2016
* Portugal won 6.0 in their most recent away qualifier at the Faroes
* Ronaldo has scored 10 goals in his last 5 International appearances for Portugal with 2 or more scored in 3 of those 5 games
* Ronaldo has scored 2 goals or more on 16 occasions for Portugal
* Ronaldo scored 2 goals or more in 4 of his last 6 appearances for Real Madrid at the end of the season including 2 in the Champions League final
* Ronaldo has scored 19 goals in his 14 most recent games for Real Madrid
Final Verdict
You have to fancy the man of the moment, Cristiano Ronaldo, to continue his stunning form here against a bang average Latvian side that have performed miserably so far in qualifying and with Portugal in wonderful form since their Euro 2016 triumph and lead by their talismanic captain, I expect a thumping away win with Ronaldo surely too good to ignore at 5/4 to score 2 or more with 19 goals in his last 14 outings for Real and 10 in his last 5 for Portugal.
World Cup Qualification Grp. A
19:45 Belarus vs Bulgaria – Prediction – 0.0
Best Bets – DRAW @9/4
Final Verdict
Bulgaria seem the stronger but they rarely win on the road while Belarus have a decent record at home, losing only 4 of their last 17 and with Bulgaria losing 6 of their last 7 away qualifiers, we could be on course for a dull draw here.
19:45 Netherlands vs Luxembourg – Prediction 4.0 – No bets
19:45 Sweden vs France – Prediction 2.2
Best Bets – BTTS @1/1, BTTS and over 2.5 goals @13/8
Key Facts
* Sweden have scored in their last 13 home International qualifiers, with the Swedes managing 2 or more in 10 of those 13 fixtures
* Sweden have seen over 2.5 goals scored in 8 of their last 10 home qualifiers
Final Verdict
France are fancied to win but Sweden are in good form and while Zlatan has now retired from International duty, the Swedes have found new talent in the shape of Leipzig forward Emil Forsberg who has 3 goals in his last 4 for the Swedes and I fancy the hosts to make a real battle of what looks like the best game of the evening so goals should be on the cards with BTTS my pick from Stockholm and while many are tipping an away win with the French packed full of quality, I do fancy the hosts to perhaps sneak a point in an entertaining contest.
Friday Best Bets
Sweden vs France – BTTS @1/1
Latvia vs Portugal – Portugal -2 to win @10/11
Latvia vs Portgual – Ronaldo to score 2 or more @5/4
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Greece – Bosnia to win @7/10
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Greece – BTTS @5/4
Other selections
Belarus vs Bulgaria – Draw @9/4
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Greece – Dzeko to score first @10/3
Sweden vs France – BTTS and over 2.5 goals @13/8
Cheers, good stuff.
nite owls
sao Paulo o1.5tgs, chapecoense o1.5mgs 13/10 WON
usa overs, cosra rica o1.5tgs, mehico overs 9/2 LOST
Should be an easy double your money…
Belgium
Hungary
Portugal
Holland clean sheet
1/1
2017 Bets 194 W90 L97 P7 +3.95 unit
Bet 195 – double
Switzerland to score 2+
Bosnia v Greece over 1.5 mgs
2.5 units
odds 1.85
Night owls garbage again
Tonight
Holland over 2.5tgs
Sweden over 1.5mgs
Estonia over 2.5mgs
Treble Returns 13/10
Longer shot
Sweden btts
Bosnia btts
Holland over 3.5mgs
Treble Returns 5/1
Good luck
Afternoon gents
As you know I’m not a great fan of international breaks but given there is slim pickings at the moment it’s a welcome card
Always tough to find value and nothing really standing out so going for Treble
Holland v Luxembourg over 3.5
Sweden v France over 1.5 goals
Estonia v Belguim over 2.5 goals
Treble pays 8/5 Ladbrokes
€50 germany u19 women game over 1.5 fhg and over 4 fh corners returns €201.65
In-play
Fc Hllucin v Sk lisen
Currently 2-1 to home team 36 mins on clock
Over 4.5 gls pays evens.
Good luck if you follow
Grrr scored as I posted 2-2
Will have a go on this game in the following double;
Hlucinv SK Lisen – Over 5.5 MGls
Inter U19 II v Torino U19 II – Over 3.5 MGls
2.41
2 POINTS
Mr F Selection Box
Sweden v France BTTS YES
Belgium -1
Portugal -1
(11/4 Lad SSBT)
Thanks very much.
Let’s hope the good Holland team turns up tonight and not the flop Holland team – most inconsistent under-performing International squad ever
Favouring the former, a lot of their youngsters are coming good now.
They should win (again). I think below will be the line-up, it looks more solid at the back with the Lazio Roma duo in the centre.
Cillessen
Veltman – Hoedt – de Vrij – Blind
Wijnaldum – Sneijder – Strootman
Robben – Janssen – Depay
Thanks for the team line-up @mr-orange
I think they should win comfortably before, but Holland have always been my bogey team for betting… they love to let me down!
Are you betting on them?
No, absolutely not :)
They are improving, but I think it’s too late to qualify.
€50 slovakia women game over 4 fh corners returns €105
tonite
Sweden btts&overs 13/8
probs have a couple of punts when see teams up………………..
Latvia v Portugal
Over 14 corners at 5/1 (NAP)
Good luck folks!
€105 MKS Swit Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki game over 2.5 fhg returns €152.50
Afternoon gents – who’d of thought politics could have so much appeal?
Looks like the Tories are dazed and confused with the outcome but that’s what you get if you employ Dom 77 to run your pre-election campaign ?
Back to the football and after a sh*te week, I’ve fared much better these last 2 days – hopefully get a couple more winners under my belt heading into the weekend!
Whilst most eyes will be on the Internationals, I’m swerving these in favour of two slightly more obscure destinations; Iceland and Trinidad & Tobago…
KFG VS. KARI (22.00 KO):
Little known fact about the home side whose full name is KNATTSPYRNUFÉLAG GARÐABÆJAR – these guys are Elvis Parsley’s favourite side and he has a tatoo to prove it – it’s a real hit with the ladies on the Maes-G estate…and especially impressive given where the tatoo is – the old dog!
These two met back in March with a final scoreline of 3-3 and neither side are strangers to goals with MGS totals as follows:
KFG: 6-3-4-7-3-5-4-3-3-3-6-7
KARI: 7-5-10-1-4-3-8-4-6-8-5
Not too shabby and although markets are always limited in the 3 Deild matches, I still reckon there’s some value to be had:
FHGL 1.5…1.825
???
GL 3.5,4.0…1.800
???
Best of luck with all bets and will look to post reasoning for Sando’s game as the Trinidad & Tobago Premier makes a welcome return ?
No shaker, this is my team
KF FJARDABYGGD
Apparently its pronounced
‘Fyardibuddidugidy’ or Rhyl in English.
On it !
No time to waste – two small stakes fancies for tonight:
Hungary Win and U3.5 Match Goals @ 4/5 (Betway)
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Greece To Score @ 20/21 (Unibet)
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Just a point each on these. Looking ahead to the Aussie games in the early hours and the fixtures on Saturday. Good luck all.
Evening all. Mixed bag 4 fold for me tonight 4/1 at betvictor.
Hungary ht/ft
No Faroe Island goalscorer
Sweden v France over 1.5 match goals
Estonia v Belguim over 2.5 match goals
I stole a couple of these off greg .
Good luck .
Bet down. Not the 1st time Hungary have done me. I’ll be staying away from them from now on.
HOPEFULLY FOUND SOME VALUE
DRIES MERTENS TO GIVE AN ASSIST@17/10 888 SPORT
Don’t care much for internationals but stuck a couple of quid on a 6 fold to keep me amused for next few hours, don’t think it will be too far away.
Switzerland O1.5tgs
Cyprus O1.5tgs
Belgium O1.5tgs
Portugal O1.5tgs
Hungary O1.5tgs
Sweden v France O1.5mgs
3.5/1 Bet365
Nice one ??
€50 all 9 qualifiers over 0.5 fhg returns €618
Just been looking back through Holland’s fixtures and they rarely keep a clean sheet. Luxembourg may not be the continents giants but they have scored 6 goals this campaign and that includes one against Holland already but France also and a couple against Bulgaria. The odds on offer are too good against one of Europe’s biggest underachievers.
Holland clean sheet NO @ 7/4
Also including above in a four following with Belgium and Portugal over 3.5 team goals and a Sweden goal before 79mins @ 43/1
Good luck folks
CHEEKY PUNT ON RONALDO TO SCORE FROM A DIRECT FREE KICK@9/1 888 SPORT
Having a dabble on the following “for interest” as thy say…
Both score and no draw 4-fold;
Sweden v France
Estonia v Belgium
Latvia v Portugal
Bosnia v Greece
£2.50 returns £231
ooops forgot ma 2 punts……………
leiknir o1.5 2nd hgls, hungary & Portugal o2.5tgs, Holland win -2 7/1
atgs
dzeko, mertens, shaqiri, griezmann 4 x £2.50 trebles returns £99.22
GL all with a bet on……………….
INPLAY BELARUS OVER 2.5MGLS@9/5
Sweden equaliser will cover ma main bet u2.5mgs 5/2
take an in play in argentina 2-2 just into 2nd half
dock sud o5.5mgs 6/5
€50 france and switzerland next goals before 80 mins returns €157.50
Portugal RT9 & to score again 1.96
How can Belgium no grab a 2nd at 10 man Estonia, mind aw the talk about them being dark horses for Euro’s & WC. Waiting a another gl there & Sweden for 11/2 4fold goal in both halves wi Switzerland & Portugal bring them up themselves
Thought Belgium would grab a couple in second half against 10 men…..just waiting on overs this game but don’t think it gona happen
Friday goals tip
Holland o2.5tgs
Portugal o1.5 tgs
Belgium o1.5tgs
Sweden no clean sheet
29/25 bet 365
June total +3.3 pts
WON ✅✅✅✅
Ace ?
Latvia vs Portugal
Portugal -2 Handicap
10/11
Paddypower – 5.5 Points
**WON** – Back on track now :)
June Profit/Loss: +3.15 Points
Great stuff Kyle.
CLUB SANDO VS. MORVANT CALEDONIA UNITED (23.00 KO):
After a 4 month lay-off the T&T Pro League is back and (despite my wide berth/suspicion of it in seasons gone by) it was an absolute cracker for goals before the break.
Sando finished in fine form with goals-a-plenty and scored 3-3-4-2 team goals in their last 4 consecutive league games to close out the campaign.
2016 H2H’s saw 6-4-1-3 MGS and I’ll take a small stake early season punt on the following:
GL 3.0…1.800
??
So, 3 goals sees stake back…any more and we’ll be like a pig in sh*t.
Good luck ?
As close as iv come for a week Mr fs 4 Bulgaria crap.thers always 1.
Night owls garbage again
Tonight
Holland over 2.5tgs
Sweden over 1.5mgs
Estonia over 2.5mgs
Treble Returns 13/10 **LOST** a goal short on Belgium game…red card didn’t help at fancied Estonia to grab a goal for the overs
Longer shot
Sweden btts
Bosnia btts
Holland over 3.5mgs
Treble Returns 5/1 **LOST** no goals on Bosnia game
Poor few days for me. Well done all winners….some nice ones tonight.
“Mr F Selection Box
Sweden v France BTTS YES
Belgium -1
Portugal -1
(11/4 Lad SSBT)”
– it came in. Many thanks, MrF.
tonite
Sweden btts&overs 13/8 WON cannae beat a 90+3 winner gallus…………..
?
ooops forgot ma 2 punts……………
leiknir o1.5 2nd hgls, hungary & Portugal o2.5tgs, Holland win -2 7/1 LOST fukn hungary grrrrrr…….
atgs
dzeko, mertens, shaqiri, griezmann 4 x £2.50 trebles returns £99.22 LOST 2 from 4 bassa…………
main bet lands, in play LOST sees a profit though WD all with a winner……………
nite owl
barca sc, nac. asuncion overs 21/10
Match fix alert.
Alcorcon v Lugo Spain b league.
Why are Lugo 8-1 to win at a team near the bottom ?.
Answer – alcorcon need a point to survive, Lugo got nothing to play for.
Fix fix fix
Mali v Gabon
Gabon have drawn their last 8 games.
Draw pays 9-4
Cordoba v girona
Draw odds evens.
Girona need a point to finish 2nd, Cordoba got nothing to play for.
Girona 3-1 to win might be a player, maybe 1-0
Alcorcon need a win that should read.
Fix fix fix
On this crane. GL
KNATTSPYRNUFÉLAG GARÐABÆJAR vs. KRIA:
One shy for the 1st half goals but late goals the order of the day as ever in Iceland – 3 in the last 5 minutes…1-5 ?
GL 3.5,4.0…1.800
???
***WON***
I took on the Copa Argentine markets midweek for a mismatched BTTS fancy and highlighted the historic trends in this competition – could be another opportunity later on for any Night Owls still up…
GIMNASIA LA PLATA VS. DEFENSORES BELGRANO VR (01.10 KO):
No time for reasoning suffice to say DBV are huge underdogs BUT I make it they have scored in just over 90% over their last 11 competetive fixtures.
As for the hot favourites GLP, they haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their own last 8 games.
Gamble on.
BTTS…6/5
???
BTTS 1ST HALF…5/1
?
…and for the more speculative punter:
BTTS BOTH HALVES…25/1
?
Best of luck ?
Belgrano got the tough away goal but no home goal ?
Push in T&T…stake returned and no damage done.